Project Manager Job in Friday Harbor, WA

Vacancy No. PW-1545-SAJH-25-12575264-DE Department National Park Service
Salary $81,242.00 to $105,612.00 Grade 11 to 11
Perm/Temp Temporary FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 10/25/2024 Close Date 10/31/2024
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Locations:
Friday Harbor, WA


Summary

This position serves as project manager for large and small projects for both San Juan Island National Historical Park and Ebey's Landing National Historic Reserve.
For questions or additional information about this specific position, please contact hiring manager and park Superintendent Elexis Fredy at elexis_fredy@nps.gov.

This is a TERM POSITION. See "Duties" section below for additional information.

Government housing is available.

Duties

This is a TERM POSITION (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.

The National Park Service retains the right to extend the duration of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the regulation governing the number of years term appointments may last. This change, which may be made at the agency's sole discretion and without further competition, shall not be construed or interpreted as the granting of a right to a selectee or employee to such an extension. No extension to a term appointment shall be granted to a selectee/employee to an amount of time that exceeds the maximum number of years authorized under any present or current regulation, unless such regulation expressly allows such action.

Major Duties:

  • Serves as a Project Manager for San Juan Island National Historical Park & Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. Initiate, establish, guide, and manage design and construction projects and contracts at from inception through completion.
  • Serves as the central point of contact on all project management issues. Consults with park staff, external stakeholders, and park partners to determine project objectives, goals, alternatives, schedules, constraints and mitigations, milestones, cost estimates, deliverables, staffing needs (in house and contracted), task directives, reporting requirements, and standards for project quality.
  • Manages contracted services for studies, surveys, engineering, design, construction and inspection. Works closely with the Contracting Officer to develop scopes of work, requests for proposals, evaluations, negotiations and contract modifications. Serves as the Contracting Officer Representative, develops independent government estimates, and reviews deliverable and work before recommending payment.
  • Coordinates compliance and consultation requirements, conceptual, schematic and final design, and construction award and management. Monitor and guide projects to adhere to scope, schedule and budget while meeting quality standards by obtaining resources, as necessary, for successful accomplishments.

Area Information: San Juan Island National Historical Park (SAJH) is located on the second largest island in the San Juan Archipelago in Washington State. The park is comprised of two distinct units, American Camp (1,223 acres) and English Camp (915 acres) and contains 6 miles of publicly accessible shoreline. The park was established as a National Historical Landmark in 1961, and as a National Historical Park in 1966, to preserve the sites of the American and English Camps and to commemorate the historical events that occurred there. Today, SAJH provides significant historic cultural landscapes, and incorporates the pre-contact (i.e., pre-Euro-American) indigenous cultural landscape, stunning vistas, a variety of rare ecosystems including endangered species, and exciting recreational opportunities. The diverse natural resources and cultural significance of the park attract many visitors every year that enjoy and appreciate the park's stunning beauty. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve (EBLA), located on Whidbey Island and situated at the entrance of Puget Sound was established as the first national historical reserve in 1978 (Public Law 95-625, Section 508(a), 92 Stat. 3507) in order to protect, preserve, and interpret nationally significant historical resources that comprise a continuous record of exploration and American settlement in Puget Sound from the 19th century to the present day. Most of the land (approximately 85%) within EBLA is privately owned. The National Park Service (NPS) owns 413 acres and holds approximately 2,000 acres in NPS-held scenic easements. Together, the two units consult with eleven (11) traditionally associated Coast Salish Tribes including the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Lummi Nation, Lower Elwha Tribal Community, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Samish Indian Nation, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Suquamish Tribal Council, Tulalip Tribes of Washington, and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
  • Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
  • Complete the initial online assessment.
  • Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
  • The incumbent must either currently possess, or will engage in training required to acquire and maintain, a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Level II certification within 180-days of start date.
  • 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.
  • You may be required to complete training and operate a four-wheel drive vehicle.
  • You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
  • You will be required to complete a one-year trial period.
  • You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 4 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.
  • The position to which you will be appointed is subject to a financial disclosure reporting requirement and you will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of your appointment.
  • Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/31/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To meet the Minimum Qualifications for this Program Manager GS-0301-11 position, you must meet at least one of the requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience: Must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-09 level in the federal service, that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of a Program Manager GS-0301-11. Specialized experience includes the following activities: 1) determines project objectives, goals, work options and alternatives, timetables, appropriate schedules, constraints and mitigations, milestones, budget requirements, cost estimates, deliverables, task directives, reporting requirements, and standards for project quality; 2) manages contracted services for studies, surveys, engineering, design, construction and inspection; 3) develops scopes of work, requests for proposals, task directives and modifications; and 4) coordinates with compliance, design and construction professionals to execute the park's entire construction program.

-OR-

Education: Successful completion of 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field directly related to the position. NOTE: you must submit a copy of your transcripts when qualifying based on this option. Failure to include transcripts will make you ineligible for this position.

-OR-

Combination: Possess a combination of specialized experience as described in A above and education as described in B above which total at least one year. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level (in this case, 2 years of graduate study) may be used to qualify applicants for positions at the GS-11. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the specialized experience) and at least 45 semester hours of higher-level graduate education (50% of the education) would qualify an applicant for this position. NOTE: You must include your college transcripts to qualify under this option. Failure to include this documentation will make you ineligible for this position

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

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.

Physical Demands: The work requires some physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, or recurring and considerable walking, stooping, bending, crouching, and climbing such as in performing regular and periodic construction monitoring activities, field inspections, or to observe and study work operations in an industrial, storage, or comparable work area. Incumbent may carry light items such as books, instruments, and other similar materials. Depending on project assignment, the work may require periodic travel up to 5 business days.

Work Environment: The work is usually performed in an office setting. The work area involves everyday risks or discomforts requiring safety precautions typical of offices or meeting and training rooms. The incumbent may be required to travel to work sites which can involve occasional exposure to conditions in production facilities, laboratories, or construction sites requiring normal safety precautions.
The incumbent may be required to participate in safety training such as fall protection, respiratory mask fit testing, or confined space entry training, as required by individual projects, to allow safe and thorough assessment of existing facilities and/or new construction.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Additional information

A 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.

This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.

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.

ICTAP/CTAP Clearance : 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 and 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). }}?

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Occupational Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Occupational Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions may affect your rating.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

  • Accountability
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Planning and Evaluating
  • Project Management


To Preview the application questionnaire, click the following link:https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12575264

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. These procedures place candidates with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Veterans with a service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:
  • Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position.
  • Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job.
  • Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.

Required Documents

The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 10/31/2024:

  1. Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, with dates specified in month and year format. You must indicate hours worked per week. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade.
  2. A complete Occupational Questionnaire
  3. Other Supporting Documents, if applicable, such as:
    • Veterans Preference Documentation:
      • If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documentation of Service and Separation under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15. If you don't have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the National Archives.
      • If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documentation from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/rate at time of discharge, 4) dates of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) dated within 120 days of your separation.
      • If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15, and if applicable, a completed SF15. You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.ebenefits.va.gov or call 1-800-827-1000 to establish proof of disability.
    • If you are requesting a reasonable accommodation to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, submit documentation to support your request, including the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form found here.
  4. College transcripts, if qualifying based on education.
  5. Documentation for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan consideration if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area. You must include: 1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separation Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc; 2) SF-50s (Notifications of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive status, promotion potential and duty location; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be rated well-qualified or above on the rating criteria for this position.
Do not submit photographs with your application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

To apply for this position: You must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive consideration, the complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 10/31/2024.
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Agency contact information

Ethan Baer
Address
San Juan Island National Historical Park
650 Mullis Street, Suite 100
P. O. Box 429
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
US
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Next steps

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