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Open: July 15, 2026 — Closes: July 29, 2026
Summary
This position develops law enforcement curriculum, manages instructors, identifies national performance needs, and oversees delivery of the Law Enforcement Training Program. This is a not-to-exceed one (1) year temporary promotion/detail assignment. This temporary promotion/detail may be extended without further competition; however, it may not exceed a total of five (5) years. This temporary promotion/detail may be made permanent without further competition.
Major Duties
Major Duties of the Park Ranger (Protection) - Training Program Manager position include, but are not limited to the following: Provides full leadership, direction, and operational oversight of a satellite law enforcement training program, ensuring for effective training delivery, resources, and operations meet Department of the Interior and National Park Service (NPS) standards and mission objectives. Develops, reviews, and updates law enforcement training curriculum, evaluation tools, and instructional methods to ensure consistency with federal standards, NPS policy, and contemporary law enforcement practices. Selects, supervises, and evaluates instructors, field training staff, and program support personnel; provides guidance on performance, training delivery, and adherence to program objectives. Serves as the primary liaison between the satellite training site and internal/external partners (e.g., NPS leadership, parks, academies, federal/state/local agencies), ensuring alignment of training needs, expectations, and program requirements. Ensures all program components comply with federal law enforcement standards, NPS policy, and applicable regulations; conducts ongoing assessment of program effectiveness and implements improvements to strengthen trainee preparedness for NPS law enforcement duties. Temporary Promotion/Detail Requirements - Career or career-conditional candidates applying for a temporary promotion/detail, must meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade qualification requirements. Detail Requirements - Career or career-conditional candidates must meet qualification requirements, however, candidates are not required to meet the time-in-grade qualification requirements of this position. Details also apply to current employees who hold the full performance level of the position (GS-11) or higher grade level on a permanent basis. While on detail, the employee continues to hold their official position from which detailed and keeps the same status and grade. A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments and must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
