Park Manager (Assitant Superintendent)

Park Manager (Assitant Superintendent)

Department: Department of the Interior

Location(s): Asheville, North Carolina

Salary Range: $124531 - $161889 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in Blue Ridge Parkway, in the Office of the Superintendent. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 12/24/2025 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Major Duties:

• The position serves as the Assistant Park Manager (Assistant Superintendent) of Blue Ridge Parkway (BLRI), with headquarters located in Asheville, North Carolina. The incumbent plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates the operation and management of key divisions and programs of the parkway in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, policies, agreements and with input from various parkway stakeholders, and with supervision from the Superintendent. The program areas within the portfolio of the assistant superintendent include natural and cultural resource management; planning, lands and compliance; interpretation and education; and safety. The assistant superintendent exercises a key role in external relations and promotes a high level of public engagement, understanding, trust, and support for the parkway and the National Park System as a whole. The incumbent promotes and regulates use of the parkway in accordance with the policies, guidelines, and regulations of the National Park Service (NPS) and applicable laws of the state, county, and Federal government. In addition, the incumbent exercises a key role in external community relations in order to achieve a high level of public interaction, understanding, trust, and support of the parkway and the National Park System. Community engagement and support are essential. BLRI is a 469-mile motor road that encompasses several large recreational areas and serves to preserve cultural, scenic and natural resources. The Assistant Superintendent provides leadership, direction, policy development, oversight, and budget formulation to park programs and activities including cultural and natural resources management, planning, lands and compliance, interpretation and education, and employee safety and wellness. They also encourage a spirit of close cooperation and coordination among the various divisions of the parkway. Incumbent works closely with the Superintendent to set the direction and policy for their respective parkway programs and is the secondary authority for interpreting and implementing national programs within assigned program areas at the park level after the superintendent. The Assistant Superintendent also: Provides direction in strategic and long-range planning for the parkway's operations within assigned program areas. Incumbent coordinates the development of a target organization based on the annual operating budget that allows for flexibility and creative organization design that meets the parkway's current and future needs. Identifies operational needs for assigned divisions and acts as appropriate. Delegates authorities, assigns responsibilities, and evaluates effectiveness of individual activities and total operations, including partnership operations. Works with the Superintendent to define resource conditions, visitor experiences and management actions that will best achieve the parkway's missions, protect resources and implement broad-scale plans through more specific planning, area plans, and annual work plans. Ensures public participation and consideration of differing interests. Coordinates planning and development with other National Park Service, Federal, state, and city/county offices as necessary. Is responsible for short and long-term planning including development of objectives, and revision and updates to Foundation for Planning Documents, Unit Management Plans, Resource Management plans, as well as collaboration with other Division Chiefs and the Superintendent on implementation of the Park Asset Management Plan. Provides strategic thinking and leadership for the parkway's long-term planning efforts across several large organizational divisions. Identifies and capitalizes on new opportunities for park connections with the community, organizational restructuring, business services, and visitor services. Recognizes problems and develops creative and innovative solutions to position the park for the future. Identifies the need for and then leads development of park strategic plans related to assigned functions and divisions, such as interpretive services plans, resource stewardship strategies, and lands acquisition plans. They provide leadership for recommending changes in and carrying out the intent of the parkway's General Management Plan and contribute to and implement decisions on the general philosophy and direction of the park Area InformationThe Blue Ridge Parkway extends 469 miles in North Carolina and Virginia, connecting Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks, and includes 29 counties. Due in part to the Parkway's length and also because of the need to protect scenic resources outside parkway boundaries, involvement in external affairs is significant, adding significant complexity to the Parkway's management. Parkway headquarters is in beautiful Asheville. For information on Asheville, North Carolina, visit: https://www.ashevillechamber.org/live-visit/

Qualifications: Requirements Continued... As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct the needs and interests of the agency whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. 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-12/24/2025-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying 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 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. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level, you must possess the of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is experience that equips the applicant with particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of this position. Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park related work. This experience includes activities such as: management, assistant or program specialist work involving development and implementation of complex, controversial, and/or sensitive policy related to protection and conservation of park areas or similar operations; directing programs and work through direct and indirect supervision. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in level of difficulty and to that of at least the GS-13 grade level in the federal service. 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.

How to Apply: Noncompetitive or Special Hiring Authority. Applicants who are eligible to be considered based on a Noncompetitive or Special Hiring Authority (i.e. Schedule A, VRA, Peace Corps, AmeriCorp Vista, former PLC member, certain Military Spouses, 30% or More Disabled Veterans, Pathways Interns who have met the eligibility requirements for noncompetitive conversion, etc.) must submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. 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. 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 12/24/2025. You must provide documentation to support your claim for each eligibility selected. Please review the required documentation listed in the eligibilities language to ensure you submit the appropriate information. Note: You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities that you selected and provided the appropriate supporting documentation. WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES. Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you will be prompted to login or create an account. Prompted to Start the Application Process by selecting "Start Application." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to create an application" To PREVIEW the application questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12848227 Select or add the resume you want to use for this application. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS. Select documents you want included in this application. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic information. After reading and certifying the application is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your application. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Application. While logged in, you can check the status of your application by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your application at any point during the open period of the announcement. To update an application, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Update Application" for this job. Note: When you click Update Application, you will be prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first application will no longer be associated with the applicant record. So, it is important that you select all documents you want to use in the re-application.

Application Deadline: 2025-12-24