Concessions Managment Specialist
National Park Service - Department of the Interior
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/24/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either “full-time” (or “40 hours a week”) or “part-time” with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position at the GS-9 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: Reading guidelines and contract language to determine program or contract requirements related to the management and administration of the Commercial Services Programs; performing basic analyses of collected data; providing support for developing documents related to business opportunities, such as, assisting in the development of prospectus documents, requests for proposals, and requests for bids for leases; reviewing financial reports for completeness and compliance with annual financial report instructions; drafting responses to routine inquiries and complaints from the general public; preparing routine reports using established templates; planning, coordinating and implementing simple projects, such as, real estate market studies and site visit evaluations; creating and disseminating written communication to a variety of audiences, and using software programs; such as, word processing, spreadsheet, or database (e.g., Excel, Access, Word, or similar operating systems). You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a masters or equivalent graduate degree OR two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. NOTE: you must include a copy of your college transcripts when qualifying based on this option. Failure to provide this documentation will make you ineligible for this position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. As an example, I have six months of specialized experience and 27 semester hours or 41 quarter hours of appropriate directly related graduate education (50 percent of the education requirement.) You must include copies of your college transcripts when qualifying based on this option. Failure to include this documentation will make you ineligible for this position. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: performing evaluations of concessions, commercial or hospitality service providers such as food service, overnight lodging, transportation services, guided activities or retail sales, to ensure compliance with contracts/commercial use authorizations or quality control of services or goods provided; collecting, tracking, compiling, and maintaining data related to concessions or commercial uses using a variety of computer software applications; performing analysis of concessions or commercial services uses data for feasibility and comparability studies; preparing reports related to concessions or commercial services or special uses; and making recommendations to senior staff in relating to Concessions, commercial, hospitality services or special uses schedule. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. NOTE: you must include a copy of your college transcripts when qualifying based on this option. Failure to provide this documentation will make you ineligible for this position. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. As an example, As an example, I have six months of specialized experience and 2 1/2 years of graduate education. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade may be used to qualify for a combination. This means that my first two years of graduate study are not qualifying. You must include copies of your college transcripts when qualifying based on this option. Failure to include this documentation will make you ineligible for this position. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Documentation for the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) eligibility, submission of ALL SF-50s and performance information for each period of temporary/term employment that qualifies for LMWFA. Performance documentation can be obtained by contacting the supervisors for the positions you served in during your 24 months. If they did not complete performance appraisals ask them to provide a statement of performance for each period of service. The statement must specify the dates for each employment period and your level of performance (dates should match the dates on the SF-50s).
This position is located in Big Bend National Park, in the Office of the Superintendent Division.