Administrative Program Specialist

Summary

You will serve as an Administrative Program Specialist with the National Park Service. This position is located at Dinosaur National Monument. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Pay will vary based on grade level for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Duties

• Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Assists with human resources activities, including recruitment, onboarding, personnel actions, records maintenance, and providing procedural guidance to employees and supervisors. Coordinates housing management activities, including housing assignments, inspections, occupancy documentation, tenant communications, and related recordkeeping. Assists in the administration of the volunteer program by supporting recruitment, onboarding, training, records management, reporting, and volunteer recognition activities. Supports property and asset management activities by maintaining accountability records, assisting with inventories, tracking acquisitions and disposals, and ensuring compliance with established procedures. Provides administrative support for park operations, including payroll, time and attendance, travel, correspondence, reporting, records management, and other administrative functions. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/06/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. 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 periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. 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. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: Specialized Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Experience that equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: assisting with administrative programs and operations; processing personnel, payroll, travel, property, volunteer, or other administrative actions; maintaining records and tracking systems; and preparing administrative reports, correspondence, and related documents. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate level education. (One year of graduate education is 18 semester or 27 quarter hours). Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work. You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above. For example, I have 6 months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement) and one-half year (9 semester hours or 14 quarter hours) described above that is directly related graduate level college study at an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education). Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include hours per week and transcripts. -OR- Superior Academic Achievement (SAA): Successfully completed a bachelor's degree in a directly related field AND meet one of the following: (1) Class Standing: rank in the upper 3rd of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, based on the completed courses; OR (2) Grade-Point Average (GPA): earn a GPA of (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) based on 4 years of education, or based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum -or- (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field, or the required courses completed during the final two years. Note: GPA will be rounded to the one decimal place, for example, 2.95 = 3.0, 2.94 = 2.9; OR (3) Membership in a National Scholastic Honor Society. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: Specialized Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equ…

Education

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications