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Job Field: Security
Location: Yellowstone National Park, WY
Salary: $13.55 - $13.55 / Per Hour
Job Type: Full Time - Internships NTE One Year
Phone: (307)344-2044

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. For more information about the National Park Service, click http://www.nps.gov/index.htm 

 

WHO WILL BE CONSIDERED:  Current students eligible for the Pathways Intership Program.

The Northern Rockies Servicing Human Resources Office (NR SHRO), Yellowstone, National Park, WY.,  is currently accepting applications through USAJOBS to fill approximately two Student Trainee positions as Dispatcher, GS-2199-04, at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.  This is a temporary  Intern  appointment within the Excepted service.  Appointments under this Pathways Internship position will be made in not-to-exceed one year increments, with anticipated full time work during the summer season. These appointments may be extended based on funding, work levels and employee performance.

The purpose of the Pathways Internship Program is to provide interns with exposure to public service, enhance educational experience, and support educational goals.  The program is formally structured to give interns the opportunity to work in positions related to their academic or career goals.

Under the Pathways Internship Program, interns may be converted to a permanent or term appointment without further competition upon completion of the program requirements. The conversion is not guaranteed and is based on the needs of the agency. 

For more information on the Pathways Program, please visit:  Pathways

AREA INFO:  Yellowstone National Park. Elevation at Mammoth is 6,200 feet.  Temperatures vary from an average of 70 degrees in summer to sub-zero at times in winter. Schools are available with (grades K-12) located in Gardiner, Montana, five miles north of headquarters.  Free bus transportation is provided for school children between Mammoth and Gardiner.  Many community facilities such as stores, a drugstore, motels, and restaurants are available in Gardiner.  A medical clinic is available in Mammoth.  All other services are available within 55 to 75 miles of Mammoth.

Work Schedule: The work schedule will be full-time 40 hours per week. Will work weekends, evenings and holidays.  Depending on funding and work levels, the employee/s may be placed on a part-time work schedule (8 to 32 hours per week), or in an intermittent work schedule which is sporadic and unpredictable so that a tour of duty cannot be regularly scheduled in advance. Federal government dormitory housing may be available at some locations.

 

TRAVEL REQUIRED

• Not Required

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

• No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a degree seeking student.
• GPA must be 2.0 or higher & course load must be at least half time.
• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Drug testing designated position.