Current Job Opportunities
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Budget Officer
Open Period: 9/04/24 to 9/16/24
Series and Grade: GS 0560 13
Salary: $121,485 - $157,934 per year
Location(s): This position may be filled at an agency worksite in the following locations: Staten Island, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Highlands, NJ or Brooklyn, NY.
Who Can Apply: Current and former status federal employees (tenure 1 or 2, competitive service); Special Authorities such as Schedule A, Peace Corps, certain military spouses, OPM Interchange Agreement, etc.; Veterans (30%, VEOA); CTAP/ICTAP.
Job Description:
MAJOR DUTIES AND/OR RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
- Serves as a consultant and advisor in all phases of budget and related financial management matters.
- Provides leadership to managers of budget programs in budget formulation and execution; information and guidance; and oversees the formulation and execution of broad financial plans and policies affecting the authorization and use of funds.
- Reviews and analyzes financial plans and summaries prepared for comparison of budgets to allowances; determines significant deviations and reasons for same and recommends corrective action, where necessary; analyzes these financial plans and summaries as related to the base data used for allotments to determine and recommend action needed for adjustments and revisions of workload analyses or program bases.
- Formulates and establishes effective and sound control procedures to ensure control of obligations so that at no time are deficits incurred in any appropriation and obligations do not exceed the approved apportionment for any period.
- Reports to senior management on operating and projections on expenses including salaries and lapses of salaries.
- Responsible for the formulation and effectuation of plans, procedures, standards, and methods covering all phases of budgeting allocations, apportionments, and financial controls.
- Supervises and performs overall work planning, establishes work schedules and priorities, assigns and reviews work, discusses work progress and problem areas with subordinates, reviews and approves leave, and interviews and recommends. the hiring, promotions, reassignments, and other personnel changes of subordinate staff.
- Carries out minor disciplinary measures such as counseling, written warnings, and reprimands and proposes other more sever discipline in more serious matters.
Recreation Fee Clerk and Technician
Open Period: 9/09/24 to 9/16/24 or until 200 applications have been received
Series and Grade: GS 0503 3-6
Salary: $17.74 to $32.29 per hour
Location(s): Jamaica Bay, Sandy Hook, and Staten Island Units.
Who Can Apply: The public
Job Description:
- Serve as a front-line, uniformed representative of the NPS, answering visitor questions and explaining the area's recreational opportunities, including NPS interpretive services, concession operated facilities and services, campground availability, hiking trails, etc.
- Perform assignments in accordance with all NPS and U.S. Treasury regulations governing the handling of government funds.
Additional duties for higher grades are listed in the job announcement.
Park Ranger (Protection)
Open Period: 9/09/24 to 9/13/24 or until 200 applications have been received
Series and Grade: GS 0025 5-7
Salary: $27.47 to $39.56 per hour
Location(s): Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook Units.
Who Can Apply: The public
Job Description:
- Enforce federal laws, regulations and policies.
- Patrol front country and backcountry sites.
- Emergency response (utilizing Incident Command System) including medical services, search and rescue, and wildland/structural fire suppression.
- Facilitate visitor stewardship and orientation; wilderness management; boundary enforcement; protection of natural and cultural resources (e.g. wildlife, plants, archaeological sites, historic buildings). Proactively protects park resources from all forms of degradation.
- Assist with preliminary investigations of felonies, crimes and violations of park rules, public use, safety requirements, and motor vehicle accidents.
- Crowd control activities.
- Proactively protects park resources from all forms of degradation.
- Must possess or be able to obtain a NPS Type II Law Enforcement Commission.
Interdisciplinary Project Manager
Open Period: 9/11/24 to 10/02/24
Series and Grade: GS 0801/0807/0808 12
Salary: $102,163 - $132,807 per year
Location(s): Staten Island, NY
Who Can Apply: Current and former Federal employees with status, or who are reinstatement eligible; veterans eligible under the VEOA authority, or who are 30% or more disabled; applicants eligible under special appointing authorities such as individuals with targeted disabilities, certain military spouses, former Peace Corps and Vista Volunteers, etc.; CTAP/ICTAP eligibles.
Job Description:
- Provide project management services for multiple design and construction projects using industry recognized project control measures.
- Act as technical point of contact on projects when assigned.
- Write scopes of work, independent government cost estimates, technical evaluations, and make recommendations to the Contracting Officer.
- Analyze and negotiate contractor's price proposals, secure purchase requests, and prepare solicitation package for Contracting.
- Routinely walk construction sites to provide construction observation, confirm project progress, and ensure work commensurate with the contract.
You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
