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Visual Information Specialist (Seasonal)

Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
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Summary

This is a re-advertisement of Local Hire announcement GLBA-25-020. If you previously applied, you will need to apply again to this vacancy announcement.

This is a temporary position not to exceed 1039 hours.

The typical season for this position is early October through early April, but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, projects needs, or funding. The anticipated entry on duty is early October.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
08/21/2025 to 08/29/2025
Salary
$27.07 to - $35.19 per hour

An additional 3% cost of living allowance (COLA) will be added to the salary above. Pay is subject to annual review and adjustment.

Pay scale & grade
GS 7
Location
2 vacancies in the following location:
Bartlett Cove, AK
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Temporary - 1039 Hours
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
AK-1537-GLBA-25-12782493-LH
Control number
843815800

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Clarification from the agency

This position is being filled using the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), local hiring authority (16 USC 3198). Any U.S. Citizen who has acquired special knowledge or expertise regarding the natural or cultural resources of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, by having lived or worked in or near the unit may apply. To be eligible your resume must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near the area of consideration (see qualifications section).

Duties

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This is an excepted service appointment, that remains in the excepted service indefinitely. These positions do not confer competitive status.

Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. You can only submit one resume; Only the resume submitted under the "Resume" "Document Type" will be used to determine your qualifications and for rating purposes.

This position is located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the Interpretation and Education Division.

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Connect people to parks through media delivery, ensuring that distance programming and digital content is meaningful, satisfying, and connects to the park experience.
  • Create audio-visual presentations, most generally for online consumption.
  • Develop and share virtual education and visitor services programming.
  • Assist in the design and display of visual communication aspects of speeches, briefings and training materials through the use of photos, slides, charts, posters, and other appropriate means.

Requirements

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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.
  • You must be 18 years of age or older.
  • 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 will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.

  • You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-Close Date-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Candidates who do not meet these requirements by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Special knowledge or expertise concerning the park's or preserve's natural and/or cultural resources and the management thereof is required. Local knowledge of the resources and the typical conditions that affect the work to be accomplished will be applied in the performance of duties.
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Your resume must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near the areas of consideration. The areas of consideration can be found below:

Areas considered "near" Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is the area within the State of Alaska that extends from Dixon Entrance on the south to Icy Bay on the north. (See map of local hire geographic area)

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The following are the competencies identified for this position. Applicants are not required to address these competencies in a separate document, but are encouraged to include in their resumes experience related to these competencies.

  1. Basic knowledge of specialized subject matter nomenclature, terminology, and other features particular to the park, such as the history, archeology, cultural and natural resources management, and natural history. Knowledge and understanding of accepted standards for interpretation established in the NPS.
  2. Skill in appropriate software to accomplish tasks such as photo and video editing and page design, as well as user knowledge of printers, large-format plotters, wireless routers, web cams, GPS mapping devices and hand-held devices.
  3. Ability to develop interpretive media products that will provide opportunities for virtual visitors and other audiences to form connections with the meaning and significance of park resources.
  4. Technical proficiency in use of software and hardware options necessary to maintain and optimize the use of interpretive media.
  5. Basic knowledge of park resources, audiences and effective techniques that support lessons developed by others that offer opportunities for varied audiences to form their own intellectual and emotional connections to the resource meanings.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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.

Government housing is available for this position.

Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will not be paid.

Physical Demands: The work is normally sedentary and requires long periods of stationary work at a computer work-station. Work may require moderate physical exertion fabricating exhibits and signs, working from ladders, and lifting and working with maintenance staff installing signs and exhibits. Field visits may be necessary for on-site inspection of phases of the production of a visual product. The incumbent occasionally must lift moderately heavy objects and operates hand tools and power tools such as hammers, screwdrivers, levels, rivet guns, saws, drill, etc.

Working Conditions: Work is normally performed in a typical office setting, however, when work is performed outside the office, it may be in field environments or at dirty, dusty, cold, hot, wet or some otherwise uncomfortable locations indoors and outdoors, where the exhibit or display is located. Work involves moderate risks or discomforts such as working with power tools.

Alaska currently does not have a state income tax.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents, responses to the questions in the assessment). If your resume does not reflect having lived / worked within the area of consideration, if your responses to the questions in the assessment do not reflect special knowledge of the natural and/or cultural resources of the park or preserve, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible' or 'not qualified'.

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