Wayside Exhibit Planner

National Park Service • Full-time • Location Negotiable After Selection • $70.62k - $133.14k / year • 1d ago

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Open: October 22, 2026 — Closes: November 5, 2026

Summary

You will serve as a Wayside Exhibit Planner with National Park Service in Harpers Ferry Design Center (HFC), in Media Development. This position is responsible for the planning, development, and contract administration of complex interpretive outdoor exhibit projects. Salary will be based upon duty station/locality pay listed above. If selected, you may be placed at the regional office, field office, current duty station, or other DOI-owned or leased worksite at the discretion of management.

Major Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Advisory Services: Provides technical assistance to parks regarding wayside exhibit planning and development, offering insights including audience evaluation techniques, wayside fabrication and installation, use of contracts, accessibility accommodations and their use within HFC and the NPS, in general. This assistance includes planning, development, and contract administration of interpretive outdoor exhibit projects, which include NPS Wayside Exhibits. It also includes informational signage, accessibility accommodations, current industry and NPS media practices, procedures, and standards, including those related to technical innovations, emerging techniques, accessibility, and sustainability. Wayside Exhibit Planning & Development: Drafts and directs the planning of outdoor wayside exhibit projects, which include but are not limited to NPS Wayside Exhibits, while ensuring standards are maintained regarding the overall creative and technical direction. This requires an active, hands-on approach working with clients to develop user-oriented strategies and visual communications within the built environment; collaborating with other project design teams to assist in the planning, development, and implementation of environmental graphics and other exterior wayside exhibit elements. Contract Administration: Serves as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or technical reviewer for multiple contracts or Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task orders. Manages the creative and technical direction of contracted media products and services. Writes contract scope of work statements to ensure interpretive goals and park needs are met and project concerns are addressed. Determines needed modifications to contract documents derived from unanticipated circumstances. Communication & Collaboration: Participates within the collaboration group comprised of park staff, project manager, media professionals, and contractors to develop and implement project scope, schedules, budgets, and staffing needs that best satisfy NPS and park goals and objectives. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

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