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Open: March 9, 2026 — Closes: March 23, 2026
Summary
This career/career-conditional permanent position is located in Shenandoah National Park, in the Natural and Cultural Resource Division. The primary purpose of the position is to serve as the Park's principal environmental coordinator performing operational and compliance work in support of an Environmental Protection Program.
Major Duties
This position will perform assignments that involve diverse aspects of assigned functions to support the Environmental Protection Program within Shenandoah National Park. Duties may include: Lead interdisciplinary teams through the environmental compliance process including review of proposed actions, development of alternatives, identification of potential environmental impacts, and consideration of mitigation strategies. Establish and maintain effective working relationships that foster open communication upward, downward, and at peer levels with staff, regional office staff, partner agencies, and other groups and organizations to ensure that program objectives are well understood and achieved as efficiently and effectively as possible. Writes reports, briefing statements, and correspondence on technical aspects of environmental compliance and historic preservation issues that are clear, concise, grammatically correct, and stylistically appropriate for the intended purpose and audience. Researches, interprets, and properly applies provisions of a broad range of environmental regulations and legislation such as the NPS Organic Act of 1916, the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and relevant Executive Orders. Uses planning and impact analysis techniques including the ability to gather, analyze and interpret information, analyze impacts to wilderness and natural and cultural resources, analyze cumulative environmental impacts, formulate management alternatives, and develop mitigating measures. POSITION LOCATION: This position will be with the Division of Natural and Cultural Resources, Shenandoah National Park, Headquarters Complex. Headquarters is located approximately 4 miles from Luray, Virginia; a small rural community in the Shenandoah Valley all the basic public amenities and a population of about 5,000. Shenandoah National Park contains approximately 199,000 acres along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia. The Park's backcountry consists of more than 500 miles of trails, including 95 miles of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and nearly 80,000 acres of federally designed wilderness. Skyline Drive, the famous scenic tour road through the Park, follows the ridge crest for 105 miles from Front Royal to the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesboro. Approximately 1.5 million people visit the Park each year to enjoy views from the Skyline Drive, hike trails, fish for trout, enjoy nature, camp in campgrounds or in the backcountry, or stay overnight in one of the Park's rustic lodges or backcountry cabins.
