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Park Ranger (Preventative Search and Rescue)
National Park Service · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
Vacancy is being filled under the Field Unit Local hiring authority and is open only to residents in the local vicinity of the park. See "Additional Information" section below for eligibility details. Position will be located in Bryce Canyon National Park in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division. Position will be filled at the GS-7 grade, with a full performance level of GS-9. This is a permanent career-seasonal position. See Duties section below for additional information.
What You'll Do
- →Please visit find a park for additional park information.
- →Career-Seasonal: This position is designated as Career-Seasonal.
- →Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis.
- →In this position you will work from approximately mid-January to mid-November, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year unless other work exists that can be assigned to during this period.
- →Though non-pay time may be reduced, you will still be placed in non-pay status for a minimum of 1 pay period each year in accordance with NPS policy.
- →Major Duties: This position serves as a Park Ranger in Preventive Search and Rescue (PSAR) in Bryce Canyon National Park.
- →The primary purpose of this uniformed position is to perform a variety of park ranger duties associated with preventing search and rescue incidents from occurring in park units managed by the National Park Service (NPS).
- →Position serves as a member of a highly functioning team of Rangers alongside fellow General Rangers, Protection Rangers, other park staff, personnel from cooperating agencies, and volunteers.
- →Use computers to communicate electronically; use radios to communicate on a daily basis.
- →Conduct patrols throughout the park's backcountry trail network via foot and throughout the park's front country and fire roads via motor vehicle.
- →Educate Park visitors about a variety of subjects, including recreational opportunities, natural and cultural history of the park and its resources, hazards and how to avoid them, backcountry safety, preparedness, safe hiking, and what to do in the case of an emergency while on patrol and while staged at busy trailheads.
- →Deliver Preventative Search and Rescue (PSAR) messaging to visitors.
- →Communicate in-person via impromptu contacts, as well as via informal and semi-formal presentations.
- →Respond to emergency medical calls as an AEMT, such as motor vehicle crashes, litter carryout rescues, helicopter rescues; drive the park ambulance (if trained); conduct hasty ground search operations; conduct visitor assists, such as lockouts, jump starts, and courtesy transports.
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.
- ✓You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment.
- ✓In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
- ✓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 may be required to complete training and operate a four-wheel drive vehicle.
- ✓You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards.
- ✓A uniform allowance will be provided.
Personality Fit
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