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Administrative Program Specialist
National Park Service · Posted today
Hybrid Los Alamos, NM $62K – $81K Apply by Jun 11, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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This position serves as the Administrative Program Specialist and provides services to three National Park Service units. Primary duties include disseminating instructions on classification, staffing, recruitment, and training. For questions, contact Lisa Ford at lisa_ford@nps.gov.
What You'll Do
- →Disseminating instructions on classification, staffing, recruitment and training.
- →Assists in special employee programs examples include employee performance appraisals, individual development plans, Occupational Worker's Compensation Program, Employee Assistance Programs, etc.
- →Responsible for coordinating many facets of the pay and leave process examples are administrator for time and attendance system, facilitates employee usage of paid parental leave, Family Medical Leave Act, etc.
- →Coordinates training efforts and develops training material for multiple sites via multiple formats examples develops SharePoint content, written job aids, Standard Operating Procedures, on-site trainings, etc.
- →Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary, but requires periods of standing, bending, lifting, filing, and carrying records or supplies.
- →Working Conditions: Most work is performed in an office setting with adequate heating, lighting, and ventilation.
- →Occasionally, incumbent will have to travel to other park sites and offices, and/or out of state training.
- →Bandelier National Monument is comprised of over 32,817 acres, including a designated wilderness area of 23,267 acres and an 800-acre detached archeological section.
- →The monument was created to preserve the numerous archeological and natural features that hold ancestral and traditional significance to 23 tribal nations.
- →The monument's natural resources have been extensively surveyed and hold some of the most complete data sets for climate transition that exist in North America.
- →Annual visitation exceeds 200,000.
- →The monument is located 45 miles from Santa Fe, 32 miles from Espanola, and 12 miles from Los Alamos.
- →Elevation ranges from 5,300 to 10,199 feet with headquarters located at 6,000 feet.
- →Medical facilities, schools, and shopping are available in Los Alamos and White Rock.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship required.
- ✓Appointment subject to 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.
- ✓Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).
- ✓Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments.
- ✓Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments and must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
- ✓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 complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking.
- ✓Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
Personality Fit
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