DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Big Bend National Park
Open & closing dates
04/12/2021 to 04/26/2021
This job will close when we have received 50 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more
Service
Competitive
Pay scale & grade
GS 11
Salary
$64,649 to $84,049 per year
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
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Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Big Bend National Park, TX
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Telework eligible
Yes as determined by agency policy
This job is open to
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees who meet the definition of a “surplus” or “displaced” employee.
The public
U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarification from the agency
ICTAP/CTAP and the all US Citizens
Announcement number
IM-1538-BIBE-21-11069444-DE
Control number
598029200
Open to the first 50 applicants or until 04/26/2021 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Responsibilities
Area Info:
Big Bend National Park encompasses 801,000 acres of Chihuahuan Desert with varied scenery and diversity of plant and animal life. The park community consists of 250 people, including employees of the NPS, Concession, Border Patrol, Postal Service, School, and their families living in 4 housing areas; Panther Junction (PJ), Chisos Basin, Castalon, and Rio Grande Village. A state-accredited elementary school (K-8) is located at Panther Junction. The park has a post office, gas stations, camper stores, restaurant, and lodge.
Recreational opportunities include hiking, bird watching, photography, backcountry camping, bicycling, and river rafting. An active employee/community association sponsors social events throughout the year.
Elevation in the park varies from 7825 to 1850 ft. The climate is generally pleasant with hot summers (90-110+ degrees F.) and mild winters (30-50 degrees F.).
Terlingua (a small town 24 miles away from PJ) has a state-accredited high school (no bus service), lodging, restaurants, hardware store, small grocery and gift stores, churches and a bank. Lajitas has limited shopping, lodging, restaurants, golf course and churches. Alpine, Texas (100 miles from PJ) has most necessities, including supermarkets, variety of stores, a hospital, pharmacies, churches, a movie theater, and a university. The nearest larger cities are Midland/Odessa (225 miles) and El Paso (325 miles).
Please visit our website for more information at: https://go.nps.gov/bigbendareainfo
Major Duties:
Incumbent conducts cultural resource management activities in both front country and backcountry areas. Serves as the park’s principal advisor in the management of cultural resources, involving a wide range of duties associated with history, archeology, historic architecture, cultural anthropology, cultural landscapes, and natural and cultural museum collections including archives. Represents the superintendent when working with others on cultural resource stewardship issues.
Serves as the Contracting Officer’s Representative for cultural resource projects conducted through contracts, interagency agreements, and cooperative agreements.
Develops and maintains effective working relationships with seventeen Native American tribes, other traditional associations, and related groups, agencies, and the public. Incumbent maintains peer relationships with researchers, subject matter experts, and resource managers of other agencies and cooperating universities, in order to encourage and facilitate cooperative regional resources management strategies. Recent projects include working with partners in historic adobe structures preservation, prehistoric archeological field studies and museum collections management.
Maintains liaison with the State Historic Preservation Office. Serves as the NHPA 106 compliance coordinator and manages the review of projects to assure protection of cultural resources and compliance with applicable federal laws such as the National Historic Preservation Act, Archeological Resources Protection Act, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and National Environmental Policy Act.
Incumbent provides technical guidance on the preservation and maintenance of historic structures, both adobe and Mission 66 buildings
Manages park museum collections. Coordinates documentation, preservation, protection, exhibition, and use of park collections whether housed in the park or at an offsite repository according to NPS guidelines.
Travel Required
Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position.
Supervisory status
Yes
Promotion Potential
None
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