Park Manager (Superintendent)

Summary

You will serve as a Park Manager (Superintendent) with Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

Duties

• This is a temporary promotion and/or detail not to exceed 1 year and can be extended up to 5 years. There are no qualification requirements for a detail assignment however, employees must meet any positive education/licensure requirements and have experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the major duties of the position. Detail assignments do not include additional or reduced compensation, including locality pay, but benefit from the experience gained, and the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and skills. Time spent on a detail is not creditable for time-in-grade purposes. Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Incumbent serves as the manager of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The park is located in the states of Tennessee, Kentucky; and Virginia and four counties. The park has approximately 45 employees, with a range of schedules. Duty station is Middlesboro, KY although the incumbent spends about one-third of his/her time in each of the three states of the park (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia). Incumbent provides administrative and technical supervision to a large subordinate staff. In doing so he/she provides administrative and technical supervision/direction of the park to facilitate work. In oversight of this large organization, exercise delegated authority to oversee the overall planning, direction, and timely execution of a program, several program segments (each of which is managed through separate subordinate units), or comparable staff functions, including the development, assignment, and higher level clearance of goals and objectives for supervisors or managers of their subordinate organizational units. Responsible for planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating resource management programs (natural and cultural). Coordinates land and resource planning and management with representatives of other agencies, Federal, state, and local governments, the general public, and with private landholders. Determines work priorities for the park and directs accomplishment of the approval Annual Work Plan. The Superintendent represents the Park and the Service on a national level, to include other land management agencies, associate in conservation and environmental fields, members of Congress, Governors, key state and local officials, partners, and the media from three different states.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/17/2026-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. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: Specialized Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Park-related or similar land management experience may have been in technical, administrative, resource management, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include, but are not limited to: Management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations; Management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; Directs park-related or similar land management programs and work through direct and indirect supervision. You must include hours per week worked. 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.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.