Position located at Saguaro National Park, Tucson, AZ. The park is comprised of two districts to the east (Rincon Mountain District) and west (Tucson Mountain District) of the city, with an hour-long drive between the two. Tucson is a vibrant and diverse community of nearly 1 million. All urban services, (hospitals, education, university, shopping, etc.) are readily available. It is the Sonoran Desert and daytime temperatures range from 100+ degrees in the summer to 20-70 degrees in the winter.
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/28/2025-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 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying 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. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying 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. Selective Factors: Applicants must meet ALL of the following to qualify: Must currently possess, previously held (within the past three years), or be able to obtain a valid Type I National Park Service (NPS) Law Enforcement Commission, or equivalent, by 04/28/2025. More information can be found in the 'Education' section of this job announcement. This is a primary position covered by enhanced retirement provisions which stipulate mandatory retirement at age 57 after 20 years of service. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and must not have reached their 37th birthday upon appointment to this position. Two exceptions are allowed: 1) an applicant has prior Federal service in a primary covered position sufficient to complete 20 years of service on or before the mandatory retirement age of 57; or 2) an applicant is a qualified veterans' preference eligible, in which case the MEA is waived, and their corresponding retirement age may be higher than 57 after completing 20 years of service. Must currently possess or be able to obtain a National Registry Emergency Medical Technician-Basic certification by 04/28/2025. - AND - Applicants must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS/GL-09 level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of a Park Ranger (Protection). Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Investigating alleged violation of laws or regulations for the protection, conservation use, and management of natural and/or cultural resources in park areas or similar operations; collaborating with other law enforcement or emergency response organizations on investigations or emergency incidents; contributing to the development and implementation of law enforcement short and long-range goals and program requirements; and/or writing and validating law enforcement action plans and standard operating procedures. You must include hours per week worked. EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least three full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree related to the occupation, such as natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archaeology, anthropology, park and recreation management; law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, or sociology. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: Successful completion of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours or equivalent earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 36 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours or equivalent. Then, take the number of months of experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. 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.
This is a non-supervisory law enforcement position as the Law Enforcement Specialist in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division. As a Commissioned Ranger, you will be responsible for performing law enforcement duties including detection, investigation, apprehension, and prosecution under applicable laws, rules, and regulations enacted to insure the protection and safe use of National park resources. You will also educate, interpret, and inform visitors about resources, conservation, laws, and regulations. Collateral duties may include: field training, court liaison, emergency medical services, special response, technical rescue, swift water rescue, and helicopter rescue. Major duties include: Setting work goals and ensuring all employees receive required training in a timely manner. Identifying operational requirements and making recommendations to your supervisor regarding programming, budgeting, training, administration, and evaluation of operations. Conduct patrols to maximize visitor contact with special consideration to problem areas. Participating in complex law enforcement, all hazard, emergency medical, and search and rescue operations as well as provide emergency medical services to park visitors and residents.