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Open: March 31, 2026 — Closes: April 20, 2026
Summary
These positions are located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division. Guadalupe Mountains National Park may pay a recruitment or relocation incentive for the applicant selected. The incentive may be up to 25% of the annual rate of pay, multiplied by the number of years in the service period (up to 4 years, depending on length of service agreement). Please visit find a park for additional park information.
Major Duties
These positions oversee the park's Emergency Services and Field Operations Programs. The incumbent serves as a commissioned federal law enforcement officer, enforcing and investigating criminal and conservation laws of the United States, as well as applicable state laws. Aids work units park-wide with technical expertise in investigative techniques related to lost persons and crime scenes in technical terrain. Serves as the park's manager for the Emergency Medical Services and Field Operations programs, ensuring adequate manpower, resources, and training requirements for all emergency-services are met. Serves as incident commander during large-scale emergency operations including rescue operations, searches for lost persons, emergency medical operations and disaster situations. Is responsible for maintaining the SAR cache and structural fire plan. Is responsible for conducting and coordinating training sessions in a variety of emergency services activities, including but not limited to Incident Command System (ICS), search management, technical rescue, EMS and Structural Fire planning. Analyzes and develops budget proposals and capital equipment requests to provide for improvement of emergency services operations. Serves as the park's Health/Fitness Coordinator. Ensures compliance with RM-57 Health and Fitness Guidelines. Keeps current all necessary certifications at the EMT-B, Park Medic or higher Level. Maintains EMS drug cache. Prepares all quarterly and annual reports for emergency services. Assists Chief Ranger's Office in developing agreements with local emergency services agencies and represents the NPS in developing cooperating agreements with county and state emergency service agencies. AREA INFORMATION: Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in western Texas, 55 miles from Carlsbad, NM and 110 miles from El Paso, Texas. This is a remote park with the nearest community of Dell City (pop. 500), which has bus service for school grades K-12. The area has a semi-arid climate with warm summers, mild winters, abundant sunshine, low relative humidity and approximately 21 inches of rainfall per year. Grocery and department stores, hospitals, doctors, churches of most denominations, banks, motels, restaurants, and recreational facilities are found in Carlsbad, NM and in El Paso, TX. Recreation opportunities are plentiful with Carlsbad Caverns National Park, two state parks (Brantley Lake and Living Desert Zoo) and the Lincoln National Forest within an hour's drive. El Paso provides an abundance of recreation and cultural opportunities. This is a secondary-administrative law enforcement position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S. C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U. S. C. 8412 (d) (FERS). PLEASE NOTE: Applicants may meet qualification requirements, but may not be eligible for special retirement coverage. If such an applicant is selected, they will be placed in the regular retirement system. To be eligible for Secondary retirement coverage under CSRS, an employee must transfer directly (without a break in service exceeding 3 days) from a primary position to a secondary position. To be eligible for Secondary retirement coverage under FERS, an employee must: 1) transfer directly (without a break in service exceeding 3 days) from a primary position to a secondary position, AND 2) complete 3 years of service in a primary rigorous position including any such service during which no FERS deductions were withheld, AND 3) must be continuously employed in a secondary position(s) since moving from a primary rigorous position, except for any break in employment from a secondary position that began with involuntary separation (not for cause). It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure this office has enough information to determine your special retirement status to ensure you do not lose benefits (normally through submission of your work history or other documentation that demonstrates work history of approved covered positions). You must let this office know if you are in a Primary position.