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Job Field: Government Jobs
Location: Richmond County, NY
Salary: $18.49 - $21.59 / Per Hour
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Phone: (718)354-4542

JOB SUMMARY:

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Experience your America and build a fulfilling career by joining the National Park Service.

Become a part of our mission to unite our past, our cultures and our special places to establish important connections to the present and build a rich and lasting legacy for future generations.

This is a Full Time Career Seasonal position that is Subject to Furlough annually and does not provide employment on a year-round basis. Seasonal employment is defined in 5 CFR 340.401 as annually recurring periods of work expected to last less than twelve (12) months during a calendar year. Career Seasonal employees are permanent and placed in a non-pay/non-duty status during the furlough period. Although the actual work schedule and period of furlough is contingent upon funding and operational needs, you will be required to work or be in a pay status for a minimum of 26 weeks (13 pay periods) and generally not more than a maximum of 50 weeks (25 pay periods) in a service year. Permanent Career Seasonal employees are generally eligible for retirement coverage (5 CFR 831), are eligible for health and Life Insurance (5 CFR 870 and 890), and earn leave while in a pay status (5 CFR 630).

 

This position is located in the National Parks of New York Harbor (NPNH) Maintenance Division, Grounds Operation, Gateway National Recreation Area, Staten Island Unit. The Unit includs Miller Field, a former Army Field, developed as a high use athletiv recreation outdoors sport complex, Great Kills Park which is a high-use beach area and Fort Wadsworth, a 226-acre historic site. The incumbent serves as a Laborer, WG-3502-04 which is responsible for a wide variety of tasks associated with routine grounds and facility maintenance, custodial, repairs, rehabilitation and emergency work.

 

WHO MAY APPLY: Applications will only be considered from those who are: Federal employees serving under a career or career conditional appointment; reinstatement eligibles; VEOA eligibles (i.e., veterans who are preference eligibles or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after completing approximately 3 or more years of continuous active service); CTAP/ICTAP eligibles; or persons eligible for non-competitive appointment under special authorities.

Information on eligibility for special hiring authorities is available through the OPM Federal Hiring Flexibilities Resource Center web site at: http://www.opm.gov/Strategic_Management_of_Human_Capital/fhfrc/FLX05020.asp.

  

This announcement is concurrently open under announcement # NY-LN-12-742110 DE under Delegating Examining procedures.

Gateway National Recreation Area is one of the sites within the National Parks of New York Harbor (NPNH), which includes 10 national park system sites with 22 unique destinations in and around four of the five boroughs of New York City and northern New Jersey. Additional information on Gateway NRA can be found at the following website: Gateway NRA website

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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US Citizenship is Required

You must be able to successfully pass a background investigation

A valid State issued driver's license is required

Must wear NPS uniform in conformance with Agency policies

Subject to probationary period if not already completed

Holidays, evening and weekend work may be required