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Park Ranger (Preventative Search and Rescue (PSAR))
National Park Service · Posted 112 days ago
About the Role
These positions are located in Everglades National Park and Dry Tortugas National Park, in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division. These are Term positions. Please see the "Duties" section of this announcement for more information. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 06/08/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
What You'll Do
- →These are Term positions (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years.
- →Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.
- →As a Park Ranger (Preventative Search and Rescue (PSAR)) you will: Conduct substantial analysis regarding PSAR related educational strategies and program offerings.
- →Educate, interpret, and inform visitors about resources, conservation, laws, and regulations.
- →Provide administrative, operational, and logistic support to PSAR related outreach activities.
- →Provide operational supervision over small to complex search and rescue incidents utilizing the Incident Command System.
- →Area/Duty Station Information: At 1.5 million acres in size, Everglades National Park contains a vast ecosystem, with wetland sloughs and prairies, tropical hardwood hammocks, pine rocklands, extensive mangrove estuaries, and Florida Bay with its expansive seagrass meadows.
- →This vast ecosystem is the largest subtropical wilderness area in North America and the largest legislated wilderness area east of the Rocky Mountains.
- →More than 5 million people live on the edge of the park in the communities of Miami, Homestead, Naples and the Florida Keys.
- →Park headquarters is located in Homestead, Fl.
- →South Florida has two distinct seasons (rainy and dry).
- →The rainy season occurs from mid-April to mid-November and the dry season is from mid-November to mid-April.
- →Heavy downpours, tropical storms and hurricanes are frequent in the rainy season, and temperatures can exceed 90'F for extended periods of time.
- →During the dry season the skies are clear and sunny, and temperatures vary from mid 60's to mid 70's.
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.
- ✓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 submit to a pre-employment and periodic physical examination.
- ✓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.
- ✓You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
Personality Fit
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