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Executive Director, National Parks of New York Harbor

Job Field: Security
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $119,554.00 - $165,300.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Phone: (202)354-1978
JOB SUMMARY:

**Current SES who earn more than $165,300 will be reassigned at their existing salary rate.

 

Experience your America and build a fulfilling career by joining the National Park Service.  Become a part of our mission to unite the past, our cultures and our special places, to establish important connections to the present and build a rich and lasting legacy for future generations.

Are you interested in joining:

--An agency whose mission includes protecting and preserving America’s special places, such as the Statue of Liberty, Yellowstone National Park, and the Grand Canyon?

--An agency whose responsibilities touch the lives of all Americans, and contributes to the Nation’s environmental quality, economic vitality, and the well-being of communities, including those of Native Americans, Alaska Natives and affiliated Islanders?

 

 The Department of the Interior has a multifaceted mission that combines natural resource protection, recreation, natural resource use, services to communities and individuals, and biological and earth sciences. We are seeking individuals who share a passion for our country’s most valuable resources and a commitment to obtaining, training, and retaining a highly skilled and diverse workforce needed to accomplish our exciting and challenging mission. This position is located in the National Park Service; you can find information specific to our Bureau at the National Park Service website, http://www.nps.gov/.

 The Department of the Interior:

 Manages one in every five acres of land in the United States.

  • Operates more than 800 dams and irrigation facilities.
  • Oversees water projects that irrigate lands generating 60 percent of our Nation’s vegetables.
  • Manages lands and waters that generate one-third of the Nation’s domestic energy supply.
  • Undertakes research and provides scientific information to advance knowledge of our surroundings.·
  • Serves American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities.
  • Works with States to restore abandoned mine land sites and protects communities.
  • Manages 397 national park units and 542 wildlife refuges.·
  • Employs over 75,000 individuals at approximately 2,400 locations across the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, and freely associated states who work with thousands of state, local, and public interest groups to help cities and towns address their natural resource needs.

 

Who May Apply: Open to all status candidates.  Status candidates include the following:

  • All Federal employees with a career or career-conditional appointments in the competitive service (see your HR Specialist if your are not sure)
  • All former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility based on previous career or career-conditional appointments


KEY REQUIREMENTS:
  • Some travel will be required
  • Current or former status employee
  • Please read the vacancy announcement in its entirety
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