Tribal Liaison

You will serve as a Tribal Liaison with National Park Service located in the following: Tucson, Arizona, Anchorage, Alaska and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This position serves as a Tribal Liaison for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), State & Local Assistance and Urban and Recreation Recovery (UPARR) Program. These programs provide financial assistance to states and local governments for the acquisition and development of public park and recreation sites.

Major duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Point of contact between NPS and Native American Tribes on Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) projects including government-to-government consultation responsibilites. Support and advise program managers and staff on tribal issues, concerns and opportunities related to LWCF projects. Serve as liaison between State LWCF agencies and tribes on program matters, promoting collaboration and tribal outreach. Incorporate tribal concerns into the compliance work around National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 and the National Environmental Policy Act. Prepare written and verbal communications and reports and advise program managers.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/15/2026-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-12 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:

1. Experience in collaboration across organizational boundaries and the use of consensus building, negotiating, and conflict resolution skills.
2. Experience in coordinating and facilitating the efforts of disparate gropus, including grantees, state program officials, and internal regional and central program staff.
3. Manage environmental compliance review of projects based on the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 and the National. Environmental Policy Act.
4. Experience in leading government to government consultation with tribes.

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.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. You may be required to travel occasional from home up to 2 nights per month. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.