Seasonal Park Ranger (Wilderness)

Seasonal Park Ranger (Wilderness)

Department: Department of the Interior

Location(s): Estes Park, Colorado, Grand Lake, Colorado

Salary Range: $23.94 - $26.69 Per Hour

Job Summary: These positions may be filled for a six-month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: April - May 2026 For more park(s) information, please visit find a park.

Major Duties:

• Duties may include: Performing both day and overnight wilderness, front country and/or climbing patrols. Checking trails and wilderness campsite conditions. Performing a variety of resource management and maintenance projects such as reporting significant resource damage and maintenance problems, assisting with wildlife issues, campsite restoration/construction projects, search and rescue response, etc. Completing assigned resource related projects (i.e. wilderness campsite inventory, analysis and monitoring system, campsite rehabilitation, wilderness privy relocation and care, hazard tree analysis, minor trail work, fish census cards, etc.). Assisting with evaluating wilderness conditions and restoring wilderness campsites in technically challenging fire recovery area. Leading seasonal staff in field operations. Some positions may staff visitor contact stations to provide information to park users on a variety of topics, assisting with trip planning, preventative search and rescue (PSAR), etc. Area Information: Established on January 29, 1915, Rocky Mountain National Park is a living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. The park embraces 415 square miles of pristine, uninhabited mountains in north-central Colorado and, as such, is one of the most spectacular, yet easily accessible high mountain areas in North America. With elevations ranging from 7,800 feet at park headquarters to 14,259 feet at the summit of Longs Peak, the park has glacier-sculptured valleys, rugged gorges, alpine lakes, and vast areas of alpine tundra. Trail Ridge Road, the highest paved continuous road in the United States, stays above tree line for 11miles and reaches 12,183 feet in elevation. Elk, deer, bighorn sheep, moose, coyotes, and smaller animals are found throughout the park, as well as threatened and endangered species, such as the Greenback Cutthroat Trout and Boreal Toad. Due to the park's easy accessibility to the Front Range communities of Colorado, Rocky experiences over 4 million visitors annually. The nearest community on the east side of the park is Estes Park, CO. Employees duty stationed in Estes Park, CO will be under the Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO locality pay table. The nearest community on the west side of the park is Grand Lake, CO. Employees duty stationed in Grand Lake, CO will be under the Rest of US locality pay table.

Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/23/2025-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. 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. SELECTIVE FACTOR: These positions perform Search and Rescue duties, and emergency medical response certification at the First Responder (e.g. Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Emergency Medical Responder (WEMR), etc.) or higher level is required. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of a Park Ranger (Wilderness). Examples of qualifying specialized experience include but are not limited to the following: issuing wilderness permits, conducting backcountry/wilderness day or night patrols, disseminating information to promote responsible backcountry/wilderness use and safety, verifying compliance with regulations, promoting leave no trace and safe wilderness/backcountry use; performing search and rescue operations in a park, forest or wilderness setting, using search and rescue equipment such as wheeled litter, backboards or splints; maintenance and rehabilitation/restoration of wilderness campsites and facilities including privies, impact monitoring, and assisting with wildlife issues. You must provide hours per week worked on your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate level study in directly-related fields such as natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. Course work in fields other than those specified may be accepted if it clearly provides applicants with the background of knowledge and skills necessary for successful job performance in the position to be filled. You must submit a copy of transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example: 6 months of specialized experience as described above may be combined with one-half year (9 semester hours) of graduate level college study in a directly-related field of study as described above to meet the qualifications requirements for the GS-7. You MUST submit a copy of 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. ICTAP/CTAP Statement: 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.

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 12/23/2025. 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/12843319 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: 2025-12-23