Superintendent, Yosemite National Park
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About the role
Summary Note: This announcement replaces announcement WO-1614-SESO-25-12743385. Applicants must re-apply.
It is being readvertised because there is no longer a requirement to address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) or Technical Qualifications (TQs) upon initial application. To meet the minimum qualification requirements, you must show that you possess the five ECQs and TQs within your resume -- not to exceed two pages. The selectee will be required to submit a ten-page ECQ narrative.
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Duties
If you applied to WO-1614-SESO-12743385, you must re-apply to this announcement to be considered for the Yosemite Superintendent position. Yosemite National Park covers 747,956 acres along the central western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in east-central California. Designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, and biological diversity.
This complex role involves managing the iconic national park including its infrastructure, employees, and visitors. The Superintendent is responsible for carrying out the legislative mandate to preserve, protect, restore, and interpret these areas. The Superintendent also exercises direction over Devils Postpile National Monument. Responsibilities include:
- The Superintendent oversees daily operations, planning, management decisions, and implementation of park policy; provides executive leadership of park staff, volunteers, and assessment of park programs; and, manages a multi-million dollar operating budget.
- Leads strategic planning and establishes short and long-range goals and standards of operations to ensure effective park operations and policy.
- Represents the Director in interactions with the Secretary of the Interior and members of his/her staff, local/state/regional leaders of other federal/land management agencies, members of Congress and Congressional staff, state/county/local leadership, tribal leaders, leadership of partner organizations, and other state, local and gateway communities and authorized concessionaires.
- Implements cooperative agreements, contracts, special use permits, and instruments that define the parks' relationship with a variety of partners and commercial interests.
- Manages and directs the parks' partnerships and public awareness programs and a public relations program. This includes concessions, public use management, stewardship, and community outreach. Leads a complex law enforcement and emergency service program, including the Emergency Communications Center, dispatch services for Lassen Volcanic National Park and Devils Postpile National Monument, and Yosemite's complex fire management program.
- Develops resource protection and restoration strategies for the parks' historic and cultural resources and preserves the natural features for future generations and strategies for education and interpretative programs.
- Maintains and operates nearly 500 miles of road, over 800 miles of surface and graded trails, over 2,000 buildings and structures with dozens of water systems and sewer systems, 14 campgrounds with approximately 1500 sites, and five entrance stations. Plans manages, and directs the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and operation of all facilities. Responsible for the development of project cost, scope, scheduling, and contract management for large-scale projects from multiple fund sources.
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Requirements Conditions of Employment
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- You must be able to obtain/maintain a Tier 5 background investigation. This position sensitivity is Non-Critical Sensitive. Selectees may be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use.
- Males must meet Selective Service Registration Act requirements. To verify registration visit SSS.gov.
- You will be required to make occasional travel.
- Selections are subject to Department approval. Initial appointments to the SES must have ECQs certified by an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Review Board before the appointment and will be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
- Individuals selected for an SES position are subject to reassignment.
- Agencies must request OPM approval to appoint current or former (within five years) Executive Branch political appointees to permanent competitive service, non-political excepted service, or career SES position. Please make a note in your application package if you have held any of these positions within the last five years.
- A Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278, and the supplemental form, Confidential Statement of Employment and Financial Interest is required within 30 days after the selection for this position.
Qualifications We are looking for an individual with experience in successfully managing the preservation of a park in a large, geographically dispersed organization who demonstrates experience in cultural and natural resources management, managing recreation and public use programs, working with executive teams, sound judgment; and, possesses strong communication and interpersonal skills. Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. To meet the minimum qualifications, you must submit a two-page resume (max) that shows you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and two Technical Qualifications (TQs). To be considered, the resume must not exceed two pages. Only the selectee will be required to submit a ten-page ECQ narrative.
Technical Qualifications (TQs) are designed to assess an applicant's experience relevant to the specific position requirements. Your resume should clearly demonstrate your experience and accomplishments related to the two TQs below:
- Knowledge and experience in managing public lands which includes addressing operational issues involving complex programs such as visitor services, law enforcement, natural/cultural resource management and protection, interpretation, a fire management program, safety, concessions management, maintenance management, partnerships, entrepreneurial management, public land management, conservation, and recreation management.
- Ability to negotiate and manage partnerships directly related to land management operations to include a wide range of stakeholders from a cross-section of organizations; and your understanding of governmental budgets to include congressional appropriations, large donations, concessions management, fee-based funding, and large-scale project funding or equivalent.
Your two-page resume should also show that you possess the Executive Core Qualifications listed below:
By statute, the Office of Personnel Management prescribes Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) for the appointment of career SES members. The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and not technical expertise.
ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE: You must have demonstrated an ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and implement it in a continuously changing environment.
Leadership Competencies: Creativity & Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision
ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE: You must demonstrate the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to the ECQ is the ability to develop others, facilitate cooperation and teamwork, and support constructive resolution of conflicts. Leadership Competencies: Conflict Management, Developing Others, Team Building
ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Leadership Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility
ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: This ECQ involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
Leadership Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management
ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS: This ECQ involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Leadership Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating
FUNDAMENTAL COMPETENCIES: The following competencies are the foundation for success in each of the Executive Core Qualifications: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, Public Service Motivation
Qualifications will be evaluated based on how clearly and concisely you emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of your programs; services managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues addressed; and the results of your actions taken. Typically experience will have been gained at the GS-15 or equivalent in the private sector or non-governmental organizations.
Already SES Certified? If you are currently serving under a career Senior Executive Service appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the Senior Executive Service, or have completed a Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program (SES CDP) approved by OPM, you only need to submit a two-page resume and personnel action showing you have held a career SES position. SES CDP graduates must submit a two-page resume and a copy of their CDP program certification with their package.
Education
No mandatory education requirement.
Additional information
- A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR
- 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive.
- A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS), to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another.
- SES does not have Veteran's Preference and time in grade restrictions. Competitive status is not required.
- Individuals selected for Senior Executive Service positions may be subject to reassignment across geographical, organizational, and functional lines.
- The Department of the Interior structures its SES positions into categories to determine the minimum pay for each position. Pay is set based on consideration of the selectee's current salary and other factors.
- Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose that information.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
About National Park Service
Most people know that the National Park Service cares for national parks, a network of over 420 natural, cultural and recreational sites across the nation. The treasures in this system – the first of its kind in the world – have been set aside by the American people to preserve, protect, and share the legacies of this land.
People from all around the world visit national parks to experience America's story, marvel at the natural wonders, and have fun. Places like the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty, and Gettysburg are popular destinations, but so too are the hundreds of lesser known yet equally meaningful gems like Rosie the Riveter in California, Boston Harbor Islands in Massachusetts, and Russell Cave in Alabama.
The American system of national parks was the first of its kind in the world, and provides a living model for other nations wishing to establish and manage their own protected areas. The park service actively consults with these Nations, sharing what we've learned, and gaining knowledge from the experience of others.
Beyond national parks, the National Park Service helps communities across America preserve and enhance important local heritage and close-to-home recreational opportunities. Grants and assistance are offered to register, record and save historic places; create community parks and local recreation facilities; conserve rivers and streams, and develop trails and greenways.
Superintendent, Yosemite National Park
Top Benefits
About the role
Summary Note: This announcement replaces announcement WO-1614-SESO-25-12743385. Applicants must re-apply.
It is being readvertised because there is no longer a requirement to address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) or Technical Qualifications (TQs) upon initial application. To meet the minimum qualification requirements, you must show that you possess the five ECQs and TQs within your resume -- not to exceed two pages. The selectee will be required to submit a ten-page ECQ narrative.
Help
Duties
If you applied to WO-1614-SESO-12743385, you must re-apply to this announcement to be considered for the Yosemite Superintendent position. Yosemite National Park covers 747,956 acres along the central western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in east-central California. Designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, and biological diversity.
This complex role involves managing the iconic national park including its infrastructure, employees, and visitors. The Superintendent is responsible for carrying out the legislative mandate to preserve, protect, restore, and interpret these areas. The Superintendent also exercises direction over Devils Postpile National Monument. Responsibilities include:
- The Superintendent oversees daily operations, planning, management decisions, and implementation of park policy; provides executive leadership of park staff, volunteers, and assessment of park programs; and, manages a multi-million dollar operating budget.
- Leads strategic planning and establishes short and long-range goals and standards of operations to ensure effective park operations and policy.
- Represents the Director in interactions with the Secretary of the Interior and members of his/her staff, local/state/regional leaders of other federal/land management agencies, members of Congress and Congressional staff, state/county/local leadership, tribal leaders, leadership of partner organizations, and other state, local and gateway communities and authorized concessionaires.
- Implements cooperative agreements, contracts, special use permits, and instruments that define the parks' relationship with a variety of partners and commercial interests.
- Manages and directs the parks' partnerships and public awareness programs and a public relations program. This includes concessions, public use management, stewardship, and community outreach. Leads a complex law enforcement and emergency service program, including the Emergency Communications Center, dispatch services for Lassen Volcanic National Park and Devils Postpile National Monument, and Yosemite's complex fire management program.
- Develops resource protection and restoration strategies for the parks' historic and cultural resources and preserves the natural features for future generations and strategies for education and interpretative programs.
- Maintains and operates nearly 500 miles of road, over 800 miles of surface and graded trails, over 2,000 buildings and structures with dozens of water systems and sewer systems, 14 campgrounds with approximately 1500 sites, and five entrance stations. Plans manages, and directs the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and operation of all facilities. Responsible for the development of project cost, scope, scheduling, and contract management for large-scale projects from multiple fund sources.
Help
Requirements Conditions of Employment
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- You must be able to obtain/maintain a Tier 5 background investigation. This position sensitivity is Non-Critical Sensitive. Selectees may be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use.
- Males must meet Selective Service Registration Act requirements. To verify registration visit SSS.gov.
- You will be required to make occasional travel.
- Selections are subject to Department approval. Initial appointments to the SES must have ECQs certified by an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Review Board before the appointment and will be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
- Individuals selected for an SES position are subject to reassignment.
- Agencies must request OPM approval to appoint current or former (within five years) Executive Branch political appointees to permanent competitive service, non-political excepted service, or career SES position. Please make a note in your application package if you have held any of these positions within the last five years.
- A Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278, and the supplemental form, Confidential Statement of Employment and Financial Interest is required within 30 days after the selection for this position.
Qualifications We are looking for an individual with experience in successfully managing the preservation of a park in a large, geographically dispersed organization who demonstrates experience in cultural and natural resources management, managing recreation and public use programs, working with executive teams, sound judgment; and, possesses strong communication and interpersonal skills. Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. To meet the minimum qualifications, you must submit a two-page resume (max) that shows you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and two Technical Qualifications (TQs). To be considered, the resume must not exceed two pages. Only the selectee will be required to submit a ten-page ECQ narrative.
Technical Qualifications (TQs) are designed to assess an applicant's experience relevant to the specific position requirements. Your resume should clearly demonstrate your experience and accomplishments related to the two TQs below:
- Knowledge and experience in managing public lands which includes addressing operational issues involving complex programs such as visitor services, law enforcement, natural/cultural resource management and protection, interpretation, a fire management program, safety, concessions management, maintenance management, partnerships, entrepreneurial management, public land management, conservation, and recreation management.
- Ability to negotiate and manage partnerships directly related to land management operations to include a wide range of stakeholders from a cross-section of organizations; and your understanding of governmental budgets to include congressional appropriations, large donations, concessions management, fee-based funding, and large-scale project funding or equivalent.
Your two-page resume should also show that you possess the Executive Core Qualifications listed below:
By statute, the Office of Personnel Management prescribes Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) for the appointment of career SES members. The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and not technical expertise.
ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE: You must have demonstrated an ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and implement it in a continuously changing environment.
Leadership Competencies: Creativity & Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision
ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE: You must demonstrate the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to the ECQ is the ability to develop others, facilitate cooperation and teamwork, and support constructive resolution of conflicts. Leadership Competencies: Conflict Management, Developing Others, Team Building
ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Leadership Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility
ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: This ECQ involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
Leadership Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management
ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS: This ECQ involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Leadership Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating
FUNDAMENTAL COMPETENCIES: The following competencies are the foundation for success in each of the Executive Core Qualifications: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, Public Service Motivation
Qualifications will be evaluated based on how clearly and concisely you emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of your programs; services managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues addressed; and the results of your actions taken. Typically experience will have been gained at the GS-15 or equivalent in the private sector or non-governmental organizations.
Already SES Certified? If you are currently serving under a career Senior Executive Service appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the Senior Executive Service, or have completed a Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program (SES CDP) approved by OPM, you only need to submit a two-page resume and personnel action showing you have held a career SES position. SES CDP graduates must submit a two-page resume and a copy of their CDP program certification with their package.
Education
No mandatory education requirement.
Additional information
- A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR
- 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive.
- A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS), to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another.
- SES does not have Veteran's Preference and time in grade restrictions. Competitive status is not required.
- Individuals selected for Senior Executive Service positions may be subject to reassignment across geographical, organizational, and functional lines.
- The Department of the Interior structures its SES positions into categories to determine the minimum pay for each position. Pay is set based on consideration of the selectee's current salary and other factors.
- Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose that information.
Read more
- Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
About National Park Service
Most people know that the National Park Service cares for national parks, a network of over 420 natural, cultural and recreational sites across the nation. The treasures in this system – the first of its kind in the world – have been set aside by the American people to preserve, protect, and share the legacies of this land.
People from all around the world visit national parks to experience America's story, marvel at the natural wonders, and have fun. Places like the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty, and Gettysburg are popular destinations, but so too are the hundreds of lesser known yet equally meaningful gems like Rosie the Riveter in California, Boston Harbor Islands in Massachusetts, and Russell Cave in Alabama.
The American system of national parks was the first of its kind in the world, and provides a living model for other nations wishing to establish and manage their own protected areas. The park service actively consults with these Nations, sharing what we've learned, and gaining knowledge from the experience of others.
Beyond national parks, the National Park Service helps communities across America preserve and enhance important local heritage and close-to-home recreational opportunities. Grants and assistance are offered to register, record and save historic places; create community parks and local recreation facilities; conserve rivers and streams, and develop trails and greenways.