Recreation Specialist (Outdoor Activities)

Summary

About the position: This position will be assigned to the SLD 30/ 30 FSS/ Community Services Flight Outdoor Recreation.

Duties

• Develops, plans, schedules, organizes, administers, and implements outdoor adventure activities for a moderately sized outdoor recreation program.
• Maintains outdoor recreation facilities and various recreational areas within established Department of the Air Force, Command and base policies and objectives.
• Ensures activities are designed to fit the needs of the community and conform to limitations in funds, facilities, equipment and staff support.
• Demonstrates techniques, instructs participants, conducts events or arranges to contract for instructors.
• Prepares budgetary information for recreation programs to include transportation costs, supplies, equipment, and instructor fees.
• Arranges supplies and support services for functions (transportation, facilities, security, and funding).
• Works with military and family members to establish special interest clubs; acts a liaison to the same.
• Prepares information papers, pamphlets, and written articles for installation wide circulation publicizing events.
• Develops and coordinates outdoor recreation volunteer program, ensuring all volunteers as well as outdoor recreation employees have appropriate training and certification.
• Drives a 15-passenger van on public roads to transport people and equipment on outdoor recreation adventure trips.
• Maintains records on programs and expenditures.
• Incumbent shall ensure activities incorporate sound use and conservation of natural resources.
• Participates in programs and trains participants and volunteers.
• Publicizes program activities to ensure maximum coverage in attracting and motivating participants.
• Provides safety orientation to participants prior to taking part in program activities.
• Maintains responsibility for equipment maintenance, cleanliness and ensures equipment is in safe and working condition.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of Outdoor Recreation activities on a continuing basis through personal contact with participants, volunteers and staff.
• Recommends changes to supervisor.
• Establishes working relationships with, and routinely promotes the cooperation and collaboration of local and state recreation organizations, and local environmental agencies.
• If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12986498

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program.

It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

How You Will Be Evaluated

Your resume and supporting document will be evaluated against the qualifications of the position. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination has been made that you have inflated your responses to meet the position’s qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.,) for professional and personal references on your resume.

Required Documents

• Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference – MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,).
• The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your application by the closing date of this job announcement: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• Other accepted documents to support a qualification and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Statement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certification Proof of Marriage Status Resume Separation Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility.
• If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
• NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
• Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
• You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
• You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.