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Duties:

• Serves as a Crew Leader for a residential, overnight Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program for 15-18 year olds including camping four nights per week.
• Responsible for the security, safety, and control of teen enrollees at all times on duty in a shared community living situation.
• Provides resource education lessons to enrollees using the Yellowstone YCC Leadership Curriculum at least 1 hour per day.
• Responsible for establishing the spike camps, organizing cooking and clean-up, pitching tents, driving youth crews, counseling enrollees, and coordinating work projects.
• Responsible for leading teen work crews on a variety of land management projects using short and long-handled hand tools, chainsaws, and other standard construction equipment.

Physical Demands: Physical exertion in the outdoors (wet, rough, uneven, rocky surfaces; climbing). Requires average agility and flexibility. A hard hat/helmet as prescribed by regulations. Projects are physical in nature, include backcountry trail maintenance, construction, campground restoration work, fence work, and a variety of research/resource management projects. Mountainous hiking/backpacking (approximately 10 miles a day) with often lifting/carrying equipment weighing more than 50 pounds.

Work Environment: Indoor and outdoors work (temperatures/weather extremes). Incumbent must conduct duties in a safe and orderly manner so as not to injure self, enrollees, station personnel, or property. All work projects are completed with enrollee’s safety in mind. Outdoor conditions may include temperature extremes from 0 – 100 degrees with low relative humidity. Snow depths may vary from 1-6 feet. Inclement weather may be expected during much of the year. Work is performed at altitudes of 5,500 feet to over 10,000 feet. The work environment is often one of high stress caused by long hours, heavy workloads, short deadline, and caring for minor children who are away from their parents in a multi-week overnight camp environment for the first time. Work is in bear country and other large-mammal habitats.

 

Conditions of employment

 

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to childcare background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• Government housing may be available.
• You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver’s license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator’s License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver’s licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
• You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 16 nights per month.
• Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.

 

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/15/2025-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. Resume must be no more than 2-pages. If resume is longer than the two-page limit, only the experience within the first two pages will be reviewed to determine qualifications.

To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: supervising or leading youth work-based learning programs. Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work. Examples include experience in Park guide or tour leader; Law enforcement or investigative work; Archeological or historical preservation research work; Forestry and/or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; Management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations. You must include hours per week worked.

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EDUCATION: Must have completed four years of education above high school (120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor’s degree with major study in a related field which included at least 24 semester hours of related coursework. Related fields of study include natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archaeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources). IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE: If you are using education to qualify you must document your course work and/or degree completed in your resume or other application materials you submit. You must submit a copy of your transcripts, or a complete list of college courses taken that identifies for each course the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade received, and date completed. If you are qualifying based on education and you do not submit specific course work information as described previously, your application will be rated not qualified for consideration. You must include transcripts. (A copy of your official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty, if selected).

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Combination of Education and Experience: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. I do have an equivalent combination of education and specialized experience of the type and level described above. For example, six 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the required specialized experience) and 90 semester credits of appropriate study (50% of the study). Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the education requirement.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement.

Limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. You can only submit one resume; Only the resume submitted under the “Resume” “Document Type” will be used to determine your qualifications and for rating purposes.

A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated ‘ineligible’, ‘not qualified’, or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your rating.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. These procedures place candidates with veteran’s preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Veterans with a service connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

• Best Qualified – applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position
• Well Qualified – applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job
• Qualified – applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.

You will be evaluated on the following competencies:

• Leadership
• Planning and Evaluating
• Stamina
• Teaching Others

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.