Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist (Chief of Planning and Compliance) at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park with the National Park Service.

Coordinates the environmental compliance and historic preservation programs for all operational and development planning in the park. Provides general coordination, technical assistance and support for the preparation of all visitor-use and infrastructure planning activities within the park.

Duties

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Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Oversees a complex planning and compliance program under the direct supervision of the Park Superintendent. The incumbent works with division chiefs to develop planning and compliance requirements, prepares scopes of work for contracts and in-house services, recruits, trains, and supervises a subordinate staff of specialists and assistants, and evaluates and ensures all federal undertakings are compliant with legal and policy requirements.
• Manages multiple highly visible, multi-phased, and/or unique compliance projects with overlapping schedules through leadership, coordination, document preparation, and interagency involvement.
• Coordinates compliance actions and writes compliance documents [Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental Assessments (EA), Programmatic Categorical Exclusions (PCE), etc.] related to park planning, operations, infrastructure maintenance or development, Rights of Ways, and Special Use Permits.
• The incumbent serves as an integral part of the park senior management team, working closely with other branch chiefs in the establishment and execution of park policies and priorities; Coordinates cross division planning efforts, such as strategic plans and site plans.
• Serves as key advisor to the Superintendent on critical and sensitive issues, external affairs, and projects.
• Manages functions and staff of the Superintendent office, including sensitive and controlled correspondence, FOIA's, and record keeping. Investigates and prepares responses to park controlled/Congressional correspondence and on other sensitive issues.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
• You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 09/03/2026-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-13 grade level:

Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:1) Formulating policy recommendations and guidelines, establishing procedures, methods, and standards for all aspects of implementation of, associated Federal regulations, executive orders and policies; 2) Providing technical assistance on environmental compliance activities, and integration of other federal laws (e.g., Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, etc.) into the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) planning process; 3) Serving as a project manager and monitoring contractor performance for conformance with contract requirements, legal requirements, and professional standards; 4) Facilitating meetings with federal, state, county, and/or local agencies, as well as community groups and the general public in order to elicit feedback on proposed environmental programs, projects, and planning efforts. 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.

Additional information

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.

All DOI employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, DOI Ethics Prohibitions | U.S. Department of the Interior.

Physical Demands: The office portion of the job is usually sedentary and will involve the usual amount of sitting, walking, standing, and bending associated with. office and work, informal meetings, and use of office equipment such as computers and copying machines. Documentary research and report writing work is sedentary, which entails the ability to concentrate and write for long periods. The field portion of the job will include driving, hiking, and carrying equipment. Thus, the employee will occasionally carry a heavy backpack (up to 50 lbs) and hike over rough, uneven, rocky terrain or slippery surfaces at elevations from 1,000 ft to over 10,000 ft and in temperatures from 20F to 115F. Work requires the operation of a motor vehicle on steep mountainous roads and rocky hardened lava flows. Incumbent must be able to perform occasional travel assignments.

Work Environment: Work is performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office, meeting rooms, or similar settings as well as in the field. Office work will require the ability to sit for extended periods of time working at a computer. Field work includes exposure to extreme weather conditions (extreme humidity and wet, hot and freezing), high altitude, steep and uneven terrain, pesticides, poisonous plants, biting and stinging insects, and wild animals. Work occasionally includes travel to different sites over long distance and exposure to extreme weather conditions (i.e., rain, snow, fog). The employee may sometimes have to fly in a helicopter to get to a work site. Special Consideration: The island of Hawai'i can be subject to high concentrations of volcanic fumes, especially sulfur dioxide gases and particulates. The fumes are known to be hazardous to an unborn fetus, and persons with heart and respiratory problems. Long-term effects on normal healthy persons are unknown.

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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.

Benefits

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