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Lead Recreation Fee Technician
National Park Service · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Joshua Tree, CA $53K – $69K Apply by Jul 1, 2026 Financial Clerical And Assistance ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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Lead Recreation Fee Technician overseeing 3+ GS-05 staff. Manages fee and donation collection, deposits, tracking, and expenditures under FLREA. Ensures compliance with regulations, improves work methods, performs clerical and technical tasks, and serves as a uniformed front-line NPS representative.
What You'll Do
- →At the full performance level (GS-06) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service.
- →Specialized experience demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of Recreation Fee Technician, GS-0503-07.
- →Examples of specialized experience include: Independently operating a fee collection point (entrance station, campground, or visitor center), including accurately processing cash, credit, and digital transactions, reconciling shift deposits, and completing end-of-day remittance paperwork without coaching.
- →Executing field-based compliance checks such as verifying valid passes, checking CUA documentation, conducting campground fee audits, and issuing receipts/fee envelopes demonstrating the ability to follow established accountability procedures.
- →Drafting and updating operational documents such as shift guides, daily operational checklists, or step-by-step workflow instructions to ensure consistency in procedures.
- →Collecting, organizing, and reporting operational data (traffic counts, visitor use numbers, campground occupancy, or revenue figures) and submitting structured, error-free summaries that support daily or weekly park decision-making.
- →Training or onboarding new or returning seasonal fee staff on standard procedures (RBMS tasks, booth operations, pass policies, safety protocols), demonstrating the ability to convey steps clearly and correct errors in real time.
- →This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
- →This is a career-seasonal position.
- →Career-seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis.
- →You will be placed in a pay status and can expect to work a minimum of 22 pay periods not to exceed a maximum of 25 pay periods per year.
- →Salary Information First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the lower salary range of the grade level.
- →This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.
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 may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties.
- ✓You will also submit a photocopy of your valid State issued driver's license prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year, or more frequently if management determines such need exists.
- ✓Lastly, you may be required to 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.
- ✓Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid State driver's license.
- ✓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.
- ✓The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster.
Personality Fit
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