Job Title:Visitor Use Assistant (Fee Collection), GS-0303-04
Department:Department Of The Interior
Agency:National Park Service
Job Announcement Number:HRCSS-THRO-15-1272584
SALARY RANGE:
$13.41 to $13.41 / Per Hour
OPEN PERIOD:
Friday, January 9, 2015 to Friday, January 23, 2015
SERIES & GRADE:
GS-0303-04
POSITION INFORMATION:
Full Time - Temporary NTE 1039 Hours
DUTY LOCATIONS:
6 vacancies in the following location(s):
Medora, ND
Watford City, ND
WHO MAY APPLY:
United States Citizens
SECURITY CLEARANCE:
Not Applicable
SUPERVISORY STATUS:
No
JOB SUMMARY:
Experience your America by building a fulfilling career by joining the National Park Service. The National Park Service preserves unimpaired, the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.
The HR Customer Services and Solutions is currently accepting applications to fill up to 6 temporary positions at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. 2 positions Watford City, ND and 4 positions Medora, ND. Appointments made under this announcement are limited to 1039 hours (six months) in a service year and may be terminated at any time. Appointments under this announcement are eligible for extension if workload and funding allow. Individuals selected under this vacancy announcement are eligible for rehire in subsequent service years. Anticipated Entry on Duty: May, 2015
AREA INFORMATION: Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located in the badlands of western North Dakota, and includes the Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area. The park consists of three separate units: South Unit, Elkhorn Ranch Unit, and North Unit. The colorful Little Missouri River badlands provide a scenic backdrop to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which is home to a variety of plants and abundant wildlife, including bison, elk, wild horses, longhorn steers and bighorn sheep.
The headquarters office for the park is located in the South Unit in Medora, North Dakota (population 100). This is a seasonal town with a variety of services available from late May through mid September.
For more information about the park go to www.nps.gov/thro. For information about Dickinson, ND go to www.dickinsonnd.com and/or www.dickinsoncvb.com for Watford City go to www.4eyes.net and for information about Medora, ND go to www.medorand.com
This announcement is being advertised under delegated examining procedures and is open to all U.S. citizens.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
APPLICANTS WHO DO NOT SUBMIT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT RECEIVE FULL CONSIDERATION.
TRAVEL REQUIRED
Not Required
RELOCATION AUTHORIZED
No
KEY REQUIREMENTS
U.S. Citizenship required.
Background Investigation and Favorable Credit Report.
Selective Service Registration if applicable.
Must possess or be able to obtain state issued driver's license.
Wearing a National Park Service uniform is required.
Must be able to handle, collect, and account for money.
DUTIES:
This position is non-supervisory in nature. Responsibilities of this position include contacting visitors, collecting and accounting for fees, and disseminating information. While other duties may include visitor management-related services such as traffic control, radio dispatching or backcountry patrols, visitor contacts, fee collection, and information dissemination are primary and constitute at least 80% of the duties of this position.
1. Visitor Information
As a uniformed employee of the National Park Service (NPS), incumbent serves as a front-line representative of the agency. In many instances, the incumbent is the first and only contact the visiting public has with a NPS employee. Incumbent works at an entrance station, visitor center, campground, or other visitor contact station. As a NPS Visitor Use Assistant, incumbent is responsible for providing answers to recurring visitor questions concerning the specific park area. Explains the area's recreational opportunities, including NPS interpretive services, concession-operated facilities and services, and campground availability; distributes maps, brochures, and other printed material; provides directions and routes of travel through the park; and informs visitors of potential safety hazards.
2. Fee Collection
As a NPS Visitor Use Assistant, incumbent is responsible for collecting appropriate fees at park entrance station, visitor center, campground, or other visitor contact station following established accountability guidelines for handling government funds. Incumbent operates an electronic cash register, performs opening and closing shift functions, issues entrance receipts, park passes, and federal recreation passports in accordance with established guidelines, and verifies entrance receipts and various passes for validity dates. Incumbent completes shift reports to verify money collected, accountable stock sold and all machine transactions from the shift using journal and receipt tapes and a register of voided transactions. Safeguards funds collected and personal accountable stock. May perform campground duties such as collecting fees, monitoring campground self-registration collection activities, checking site availability, and/or conducting compliance checks of campground users to ensure proper payment of fees.
3. Other Duties
In accomplishing his/her work, employee may perform any or all of the following duties depending on the specific needs of the park area. These duties are secondary to the visitor contact, fee collection and information dissemination functions and constitute 20% or less of the duties of this position. These duties may include:
• performs traffic control at park entrance and/or related locations
• gathers information from reporting parties concerning accidents/incidents occurring within the park area and notifies appropriate personnel
• serves as radio dispatcher during emergency incidents
• serves as member of area's search and rescue team and/or fire suppression crew
• provides emergency medical treatment to current level of training and responsibility
• performs minor maintenance duties to insure a clean, safe work area
• restocks supplies as needed
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing for long periods of time, walking, bending, lifting of moderately heavy items and sedentary work is required. Mental stress and physical fatigue occur due to high volume of personal contacts and the responsibility of dealing with large amounts of money.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is often performed in small, outdoor structures with open windows which results in exposure to extremes of temperature, rain, snow, wind, and direct sunlight. Park areas may be geographically located in areas of high elevation, rugged terrain or dense populations. High levels of vehicle noise and emissions may exist during heavy visitation periods. Duties may be performed alone in isolated locations.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement, Friday, January 23, 2015 (unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement).
To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate that you possess either the specialized experience or the education as described below. Equivalent combinations of experience and education may also be used to qualify.
IMPORTANT NOTE: QUALITY RANKING FACTORS - This is a highly desirable skill and applicants who possess this skill will receive additional points during the scoring process. In order to receive the additional points the tasking or skill needs to be documented in the resume. If the tasking or skill is not documented in the resume the applicant will not receive the additional points.
Quality Ranking Factor - Arithmetic
Performs computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division correctly using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Selective Placement Factor (Mandatory Screen Out): Handling Money
Applicants must be able to handle, collect, and account for money.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to be deemed qualified applicant must provide in the resume the skill set you possess for physically handling, collecting and account for money. If this skill is not documented in the resume the applicant will be deemed not qualified.
In order to qualify for this position at the GS-04 level, you must possess one of the following:
A. One year of progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates my ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of a Visitor Use Assistant. General experience includes greeting the public, disseminating information, providing directions and fee collection. -OR- B. Two years of education above high school (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours). This education was obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university. -OR- C. Equivalent combination of experience and education.
Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. In order 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 number of hours worked per week.
Credit for experience is given on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.
In describing the nature of your duties (your experience), please be clear and concise. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience.
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sectors. The OPM Qualification Standards Handbook is available for review at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.
IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) a list with all your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of this announcement.
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- 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. Course work in fields other than those specified may be accepted if it clearly provides applicants with the background of knowledge and skills necessary for successful job performance in the position to be filled.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.
Foreign Education: Education completed outside the United States must have been evaluated by a private U.S. organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials, commonly called a credential evaluation service or education that is recognized by the Secretary of Education from an accredited body http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
Applicants must possess a valid state driver's license. This position requires that you operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. As a condition of employment, you will be required to submit a completed GSA Form 3607, 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 discloses all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. Your employment, after your tentative selection, will be contingent upon receipt of these documents in a timely manner and that those documents establish, to the satisfaction of the selecting official, that you possess a valid driver's license.
Must wear the National Park Service uniform and comply with National Park Service uniform standards.
May be assigned to work nights, early mornings, rotating shifts, holidays, and weekends.
Occasional travel is not required.
Occupancy in government housing is not required for this position.
Government housing may be available.
Overtime is not required.
All federal employees are required to have federal payments (salary) made by direct deposit.
Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (visit http://www.sss.gov/default.htm)
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