Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist (Chief of Planning and Compliance)

You will serve as a Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist (Chief of Planning and Compliance) at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park with the National Park Service.

Coordinates the environmental compliance and historic preservation programs for all operational and development planning in the park. Provides general coordination, technical assistance and support for the preparation of all visitor-use and infrastructure planning activities within the park.

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Oversees a complex planning and compliance program under the direct supervision of the Park Superintendent. The incumbent works with division chiefs to develop planning and compliance requirements, prepares scopes of work for contracts and in-house services, recruits, trains, and supervises a subordinate staff of specialists and assistants, and evaluates and ensures all federal undertakings are compliant with legal and policy requirements.
• Manages multiple highly visible, multi-phased, and/or unique compliance projects with overlapping schedules through leadership, coordination, document preparation, and interagency involvement.
• Coordinates compliance actions and writes compliance documents [Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental Assessments (EA), Programmatic Categorical Exclusions (PCE), etc.] related to park planning, operations, infrastructure maintenance or development, Rights of Ways, and Special Use Permits.
• The incumbent serves as an integral part of the park senior management team, working closely with other branch chiefs in the establishment and execution of park policies and priorities; Coordinates cross division planning efforts, such as strategic plans and site plans.
• Serves as key advisor to the Superintendent on critical and sensitive issues, external affairs, and projects.
• Manages functions and staff of the Superintendent office, including sensitive and controlled correspondence, FOIA's, and record keeping. Investigates and prepares responses to park controlled/Congressional correspondence and on other sensitive issues.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 09/03/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.

For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level:
Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:1) Formulating policy recommendations and guidelines, establishing procedures, methods, and standards for all aspects of implementation of, associated Federal regulations, executive orders and policies; 2) Providing technical assistance on environmental compliance activities, and integration of other federal laws (e.g., Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, etc.) into the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) planning process; 3) Serving as a project manager and monitoring contractor performance for conformance with contract requirements, legal requirements, and professional standards; 4) Facilitating meetings with federal, state, county, and/or local agencies, as well as community groups and the general public in order to elicit feedback on proposed environmental programs, projects, and planning efforts. You must include hours per week worked.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.