Backcountry and Noncommercial River Permits Program Manager

This Backcountry and Noncommercial River Permits Program Manager position is with National Park Service (Department of the Interior) in Grand Canyon, AZ. You will serve as a Backcountry and Noncommercial River Permits Program Manager with National Park Service. This position is located within the Division of Visitor and Resource Protection. The employee manages Backcountry overnight, Non-commercial River nautical use and Tuweep permitting programs Incentives up to 15% may be authorized. Key duties: • Supervises and directs staff in the backcountry noncommercial river permit operations. Ensure equal opportunity for all employees and volunteers supervised; responsible for on-the-job safety; develop effective working relationships and coordinate work efforts with personnel of other organization units. Coordinates remote permitting offices within the park (North Rim, Lees Ferry, Pearce Ferry, Tuweep) and cooperating permitting offices outside the park (BLM/Arizona Strip offices, Pipe Spring NM, USFS North Kaibab Ranger District). Plans work to be accomplished, sets priorities, and schedules work to be completed. Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities. Provide public orientation of backcountry regulations, current park events resource management projects and management policies. Serves as a Park representative with the Intermountain Regional Special Use Coordinator, Washington Special Use Coordinator, and other vested organizations. Writes correspondence and informational releases to explain permitting policies and to promote cooperation/support with local constituencies and within the park. Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 08/26/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: Gathering, organizing, and analyzing information from multiple sources. Reviewing programs, policies, projects, proposals, or organizational activities. Identifying issues, trends, risks, or areas for improvement. Evaluating the potential costs, benefits, impacts, feasibility, or effectiveness of proposed actions. Preparing reports, summaries, briefings, or recommendations for management. Communicating findings to managers, coworkers, partners, or other stakeholders. Coordinating with others to obtain information, resolve issues, or support projects and programs.. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or have successfully completed three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or possess a LL.M degree, related to this position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. EXAMPLE: Six months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement), plus 45 semester hours of directly related graduate level education in an accredited educational institution (50% of the qualifying education) equals 100%. (NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of 36 semester hours is creditable towards meeting this requirement). You must include transcripts. 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. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.