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Park Ranger (Interpretation)
National Park Service · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
This position located at Freedom Riders National Monument, in the Interpretation Division and may occasionally serve Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, which is under the same administrative leadership. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 07/06/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
What You'll Do
- →This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Interpretation & Education, Anniston, AL.
- →At the full performance level (GS-09) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: Designs interpretive experiences with purposeful focus and cohesion that address the strategic goals and objectives of park interpretation.
- →Use a variety of fully developed interpretive techniques based on audience, medium, resource, and setting to guide interactive experiences and provide opportunities for in person and virtual connections.
- →Applies facilitation skills and collaborate with others to guide interactive experiences and explore sensitive, complex, and/or controversial topics.
- →Creates, facilitates, and supports opportunities for audiences to understand national significance and personal relevance through intellectual and emotional connections to resource meanings and their current context.
- →Develops and present formal and informal audience and learner-centered interpretive experiences using interpretive skills, techniques, and tools delivered in-person and through interpretive media and technology.
- →Salary Range Information (Per Annum): $61,722 - $80,243 per annum *First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level.
- →The employees of the National Park Service care for special places that are the heritage of all Americans.
- →Since its inception in 1916, the National Park Service has been dedicated to the preservation and management of this country's outstanding natural, historical, and recreational resources.
- →Park Ranger - Interpreters connect people to parks.
- →They play a key role in ensuring that visitors have a meaningful, satisfying, and safe park experience, help visitors decide how to spend their time in the park, and inform them about the wonders that await their discovery.
- →Park Ranger - Interpreters are specially trained to engage the public so that each park visitor can find a personal connection with the meanings and values found in the places and stories of that park.
- →They help visitors explore the many dimensions of parks by introducing them to a variety of perspectives.
- →By providing the opportunity for visitors to care about the places they visit, they promote stewardship and the opportunity for those visitors to care for park resources.
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 in order to travel between Freedom Riders National Monument and Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument; 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 3-5 nights per month.
- ✓You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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