National Park Service

Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Job Description

Posted on: 
April 10, 2024

This Safety & Occupational Health Manager position is located in the National Park Service, Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monement in the Ranger Services and Safety Division. The incumbent has the responsibility of providing leadership and direction of the occupational health and safety program for a geographically diverse region.

Responsibilities

As the Safety & Occupational Health Manager, you will work for a diverse, geographically-dispersed organization in which work environments consist of indoor and outdoor locations. Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Responsible for providing leadership and direction of the occupational health and safety program for a logistically challenged park environment, containing multiple work groups, a high volume of visitors. With park operations and visitation occurring on two islands, and multiple districts withing two separate states.
  • Serves as principle advisor to the Superintendent, and park program managers on all facets of analyzing and resolving safety issues affecting numerous different professions in a variety of indoor and outdoor work settings.
  • Provides leadership to Superintendent, and park program managers in planning and executing their programs in a manner consistent with national and regional safety objectives and requirements.
  • Provides guidance and direction to one GS-12 Emergency Services Operations Supervisor, two GS-11 EMS Managers and several GS-9 EMT Technicians within the park unit.

Job Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
  • Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
  • Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
  • Time in grade: Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service). Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
  • You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
  • If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
  • 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.
  • You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.


Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/15/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours for each job held. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information will result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.

EXPERIENCE:
At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: managing a safety and occupational health program which requires the planning, organizing, and evaluation of a program with diverse but recognized hazards in areas such as in a park and recreational area environments, or other similar complex worksite; achieving compliance with regulatory provisions and effectively communicating multiple safety and occupational health practices and procedures to staff and line personnel. You must include hours per week worked.Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.Please remember you must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".

CTAP/ICTAP:
Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP or 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible. If you are selected for Federal employment, you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment, OF-306, prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work. Also, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001).A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR

  • 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive.


A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another.EducationThere is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.Additional informationA selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.Physical Demands: The work requires sitting, walking, bending, crouching, or other similar physical activities normally found in a routine office type environment. The scope and volume of work will cause an average mental stress level under a routine workload to a medium stress level. A heavy load of multiple priorities with management and supervisors may cause high levels of anxiety and mental stress. Physical exertion will be required on field trips involving investigations, inspecting, and operation evaluating. Work requires routine outdoor physical exertion activities such as walking, sitting, bending, stooping, crouching, jumping. climbing, lifting light objects, stretching, or reaching. Exertion could be in buildings, woodlands, around equipment, rough terrain, over water, construction project, etc. The work requires travel in a variety of aircraft and watercraft and occasional exposure to hazardous environments. Travel away from the incumbent's office or remote duty station is requiredWorking Conditions: The work requires both indoor and outdoor activities and can range from well lighted, temperature-controlled offices to wilderness surroundings under ambient light and uncontrolled temperature extremes. On-site visits may require exposure to operating machines and equipment, hazardous materials, high noise levels, hazardous fumes and dusts, and other hazardous occupational environments. As such, incumbent is expected to conduct duties in a safe and orderly manner so as not to endanger self, fellow workers, or property.The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.Documentation for the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) eligibility, You must submitALL SF-50s and performance information for each period of temporary/term employment that qualifies for LMWFA. Performance documentation can be obtained by contacting the supervisors for the positions you served in during your 24 months. If they did not complete performance appraisals ask them to provide a statement of performance for each period of service. The statement must specify the dates for each employment period and your level of performance consistent with your SF_50s.Read more

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