Current Job Opportunities
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Fire Protection Specialist
Open Period: 12/12/25 to 12/22/25
Series and Grade: GS 0081 12
Salary: $104,436-$135,773 per year
Location(s): Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, NY
Who May Apply: Open to Career or Career-Conditional employees' government-wide; transfer and reinstatement eligible candidates, Veterans, Land Management and applicants eligible through Special Hiring Authorities. Indicate the type of special hiring authority you are seeking and submit documentation to support your eligibility.
Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office environment and in the field. The incumbent instructs components of any one of the NPS training classes for structural fire. However, the work also involves regular and recurrent exposure to hazards, discomforts, and potentially dangerous situations while in the field. While on a training or fire location, the work environment may involve hazardous environmental conditions such as exposure to fire, heat, chemicals, and loud noise for extended periods of time. Protective equipment or clothing may be needed, including the use of a self-contained breathing apparatus. Travel may be required to the Washington office, regional offices, and field areas for meetings, training, on-site inspections, and policy implementation.
Major Duties Include:
- Perform technical review of contractor prepared designs and specifications for fire detection, suppression, alarm, and egress systems.
- Audit park structural fire programs, conduct risk assessments on existing park facilities, including historic structures, and provide risk mitigation solutions.
- Evaluate existing and proposed building modifications to help mitigate life safety hazards and property damage resulting from either a fire or fire suppression efforts.
- Work to ensure regional and park structural fire program activities are consistent with established fire and life safety protection policies, Director's Order (DO) 58, Reference Manual (RM) 58, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), International Code Council (ICC) and other model building codes and standards.
- Serve as the primary liaison on the national Structural Fire LEadership Council, helping to develop policies, training, education and audits for the entire service.
Physical Demands: The work of this position is mostly sedentary but requires periods of regular and recurring physical exertion while in the field. All Risk Emergency Incident Management Team assignments, fire inspections, program audits, fire suppression classes, and other field assignments require considerable walking, bending, hiking, carrying, and climbing. The incumbent is required to maintain incident qualifications to participate in program activities that require high intensity arduous work and exposure to live fire conditions in a hazardous setting.
Visitor Services Assistant (Seasonal)
Open Period: 12/22/25 to 12/28/25 or once 100 applications have been received
Series and Grade: GS 0303 4/5
Salary: $20.56 to $29.90 per hour
Location(s): Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook units
Who May Apply: The public
Job Summary: This position is located in both the Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook units of Gateway National Recreation Area. The major duties include the following:
Visitor Services Assistant Standard Duties:
- Provide visitor services including patrol, roving, fixed post assignments and public programs.
- Participate in day-to-day operation of a seasonal contact station.
- Site monitoring, and resource protection.
- Operates two-way radio equipment.
- Responds verbally to visitor inquiries, offering information and guidance.
- Public can include individuals who are distressed, confused, frustrated, difficult or even hostile.
Additional duties for GS-4 and GS -5 levels can be found in the announcement.
This is a temporary position.
Seasonal Biological Science Technician
Open Period: 12/09/25 to 1/15/26
Series and Grade: GS 0404 5
Salary: $22.28 per hour
Location(s): Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook units
Who May Apply: The public
Job Summary: This position is located in both the Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook units of Gateway National Recreation Area. The major duties include the following:
- Make field observations of natural resource conditions.
- Lead and/or coordinate volunteers and youth work groups in carrying out stewardship and science activities.
- Implement established natural resource management projects using appropriate resource management equipment.
- Assist in natural resource data entry and preparation of reports, plans, and guidelines.
- Provides information, advice, assistance, and training to others involved in projects and research.
This is a temporary position.
Seasonal Laborer
Open Period: 12/17/25 to 6/17/26
Series and Grade: WG 3502 3
Salary: $22.28 per hour
Location(s): Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook units
Who May Apply: The public
Job Summary: This position is located in both the Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook units of Gateway National Recreation Area. The major duties include the following:
- Operate heavy power equipment such as lawn mowers, portable snow blowers, and all types of hand tools (such as shovels, rakes, lawn edging equipment, etc.;) to maintain buildings, grounds, roads, and trails, etc.
- Load and unload supplies and material from trucks, trailers, dollies, etc.
- Move furniture, remove and set signs, paint picnic tables and signs, rake and water lawns, trim trees and shrubs, pick up litter, and clean fire pits.
- Dig ditches and trenches with pick and shovel where soil is hard and compact and must grade or slope; occasionally breaks up pavement, soil, or concrete; mixes and pours concrete, asphalt, and hot/cold mix; fills and levels holes in damaged roads.
- Move heavily loaded wheelbarrows and hand trucks; utilize heavy type power mowers including adjusting, cleaning, and oiling blades.
This is a temporary position.
