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Open: April 22, 2026 — Closes: April 26, 2026
Summary
These positions are located in Yellowstone National Park, in the Visitor and Resource Protecton Division. This is a temporary position not to exceed one year but may be extended for one additional year. Temporary positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service. The National Park Service retains the right to extend the duration of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the regulation governing the number of years temporary appointments may last.
Major Duties
Assumes overall responsibility for planning, developing, managing, and leading a law enforcement program for either a front-country or backcountry district or law enforcement office/Justice Center. Conducts and supervises staff in law enforcement operations for visitor and resource protection, including patrol by vehicle, snowmobile, foot, horse, and boat. Cites, apprehends, detains, transports violators and may be responsible for staffing a holding facility located inside the Park boundary. . Investigates and prosecutes crimes. Assesses skills of law enforcement personnel and ensures recurring training standards are met by all personnel. Leads fee collection, permitting, search and rescue/recovery, and emergency medical services in the park. Participates in structural and wildland fire fighting. Performs after-action reviews of major incidents to critique group and individual performance and provide feedback to improve future performance. Supports mutual aid agreements among Federal, State, and local law enforcement and emergency services organizations including non-governmental cooperators. Maintains critical and sensitive relationships with representatives of surrounding law enforcement and EMS jurisdictions. Serves on regional and national teams for law enforcement planning and training. Supervises staff spread across a large geographic area, including recruiting, hiring, and evaluation. Physical Demands: The incumbent is routinely required to perform rigorous assignments. The work requires physical exertion, such as regular and recurring long periods of standing, walking over rough, uneven, rocky surfaces; mountainous terrain; bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching or similar activity; carrying of equipment weighing 50 pounds or less; recurring lifting of moderately heavy items such as fire packs, saddles, and rope bags. The work may require specific, but common, physical characteristics and abilities such as above average agility and dexterity. Duties and responsibilities require long workdays and extensive travel by all modes of transportation. Mandatory physical fitness and medical standards apply to the incumbent of this position. Work Environment: The incumbent works in a northern mountainous park with temperatures ranging from 100 degrees Fahrenheit in summer to -50 degrees Fahrenheit in winter. Snow depths during the winter may vary from two to eight feet. Elevation ranges from 5,000 to 11,000 feet above sea level. The work environment involves regular and recurring exposure to high physical/emotional stress and moderate risks or discomforts such as low temperatures, high winds, adverse weather conditions, falling limbs or trees and similar situations. Employee will be required to utilize personal protective equipment pursuant to agency and OSHA guidelines/regulation. During winter months must function in sever winter weather conditions. Travel over snow by means of skis, snowshoes, snowmobiles, and snow coach is required to access work area. Frequently must travel and work during cold weather advisories.
