Community Planner

Summary

You will serve as a Community Planner with National Park Service. It is located in the Strategic Planning and Project Management Division of Yosemite National Park, El Portal Office. The purpose of this position is to provide technical analysis, guidance, and coordination for park planning projects and to monitor previously implemented projects.

Responsibilities

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Incumbent assists with coordinating strategic planning on projects taking place within Yosemite. The incumbent will work on complex initiatives involving coordination of a variety of planning activities and policies.

Position requires interactive coordination assistance with all divisions within Yosemite National Park along with visitors, external gateway communities, contractors, Support Offices, Region, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Washington Support Office (WASO).
- The incumbent assists with facilitating multi-disciplinary teams in the development of strategic plans for Yosemite; uses resourcefulness and independence in managing highly visible and potentially controversial projects with external participation and few precedents to guide action.
- Assists as a lead planner for management studies, including the development of study/data collection methodologies, evaluation of resources, formulation of recommendations, and development of long-range implementation strategies.

Projects often involve complex and controversial policy and management issues.
- Assists with the establishment, monitoring, and updating of comprehensive work plans and sets priorities for the allocation and structuring of project work and assists in developing programs for Yosemite.
- Gathers in-depth information and assists with complex analyses of alternative options, land use patterns, transportation corridors, and data for specific projects.
- Prepares and submits in-depth correspondence and reports related to assigned program activities. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment 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 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.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement
- 11/13/2026-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