Public Safety Dispatcher

Public Safety Dispcher Department of the Interior Nional Park Service Denali Nional Park and Preserve Summary Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. For these vacancies, one position will work from mid-March through le December. The other position will work le December through early October. These positions in a non-pay stus for the remainder of the year. Learn more about this agency Summary Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. For these vacancies, one position will work from mid-March through le December. The other position will work le December through early October. These positions in a non-pay stus for the remainder of the year. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/20/2026 Salary $24.60 - $39.36 per hour An additional 3% cost of living allowance (COLA) added to the salary above. Pay is subject to annual review and adjustment. Pay scale & grade

GS 6 - 8

Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Denali Park, AK Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time - Career seasonal: subject to periods of non-pay. Service Excepted Promotion potential 8 Job family (Series) 2151 Dispching Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

AK-1537-DENA-26-12951996-LH

Control number 868060400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is being filled using the Alaska Nional Interest Lands Conservion Act (ANILCA) local hiring authority (16 USC 3198). Any U.S. Citizen who has acquired special knowledge or expertise regarding the nural or cultural resources of Denali Nional Park and Preserve, by reason of having either lived or worked in or near the unit may apply. See Qualificions section for eligibility requirements. Duties Help This is an excepted service appointment, th confers competitive stus after two years and upon meeting all performance and OPM qualificion requirements. This position is loced in Denali Nional Park and Preserve in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division. Duties include but are not limited to the following: Performs dispch and call-taking services for a wide variety of complex public safety-reled incidents and operions. As an advanced senior dispcher serving in a complex dispch environment, provides training to lower-graded and/or new dispchers and informs them on proper procedures as required. Operes a multi-frequency radio console for multi-units and areas. Prioritizes radio traffic and reled communicions. Serves as primary point of contact for Law Enforcement and other public safety responders. Provides training to new employees. Accesses, analyzes, and utilizes informion from a variety of nional, ste, or local law enforcement-reled computer dabases/systems/networks. As an advanced senior dispcher, works with dispchers, technicians, and others on troubleshooting computer network outages th do not respond to standard solutions. At the higher grade levels, provides technical guidance, oriention, and training to new employees or lower-level dispchers. Assists law enforcement officers with investigions and court document preparion. Performs records management duties including maintenance of incident logs, da-entry, quality control, and preparion of stistical reports. At the

GS-2151-06

level, the duties are designed to prepare the selectee for higher-level assignments, and as such the selectee will receive detailed instructions and specific deadlines, will have examples to follow, and work subject to review while in progress. At the

GS-2151-07

level, the duties are designed to prepare the selectee for the highest-level assignments. Selectee expected to work more independently while still receiving instructions and specific deadlines. Selectee's work subject to review a decreased interval. At the

GS-2151-08

level, the selectee is expected to work independently with minimal instruction and review. The selectee is expected to train others and take initiive on projects. Duties developmental in nure when filled below the full performance level. Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and based solely on your ability to sisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work the higher grade level, and recommendion by the position's supervisor. Hourly Re Pay Range by

Grade :

GS-06 steps 1 to 10: $24.60 to $31.98 per hour + COLA GS-07 steps 1 to 10: $27.34 to $35.54 per hour + COLA GS-08 steps 1 to 10: $30.28 to $39.36 per hour + COLA Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for this duty stion is 3% Please find a park for additional park informion. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Meet Selective Service Registrion Act requirement for males. Selectee required to participe in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. You required to submit to a drug test and receive a negive drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use. Position designed essential; selectee may be required to work during emergencies. All public safety dispch personnel must have access to the Alaska Public Safety Informion Network (APSIN) and Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) systems to perform job duties. Therefore, must not have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony. Familiarity with basic computer opering systems and ability to type least 40 words per minute. Eligible for conversion to competitive service after two years and upon meeting all requirements. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Applicants must be least (1) 18 years old or (2) least 16 years old and: (a) Have gradued from high school or been awarded a certifice equivalent to graduing from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocional training program; or (c) Have received a stement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rher than continuing their educion; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacion periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program. •Additional Requirements loced under qualificions• Qualificions Requirements Continued... As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 2-year trial period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. This trial 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 organizion 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 organizional 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 probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your trial period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. All qualificions must be met by the closing de of this announcement 05/20/2026 unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement.

SELECTIVE FACTORS

This position performs as a Dispcher providing public safety dispch operion in a complex environment and must be able to obtain and maintain access for both the Alaska Public Safety Informion Network (APSIN) and Nional Crime Informion Computer (NCIC) systems, both of which require th the incumbent cannot have been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor. -AND- This position requires a typing proficiency of least 40 words per minute. You must self-certify your ability to type least 40 words per minute during the applicion process. Candides th do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further considerion for this position. If after certificion of typing skills, it is determined the incumbent does not have or maintains least a proficiency of 40 words per minute or higher, the incumbent may be removed for a failure to maintain a condition of employment. Also, please list your typing speed in your resume. -AND- ELIGIBILITY

REQUIREMENTS

Special knowledge or expertise concerning the park's or preserve's nural and/or cultural resources and the management thereof is required. Local knowledge of the resources and the typical conditions th affect the work to be accomplished applied in the performance of duties. -AND- To be eligible your resume must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near the area of considerion. The area of considerion can be found in the below paragraph: Areas considered "near" Denali Nional Park and Preserve include only: Anderson, Cantwell, Chulitna, Clear, Curry, Denali Park, Ferry, Healy, Kantishna, Lake Minchumina, McKinley Village, Nenana, Nikolai, Petersville, Talkeetna, Tanana, Telida, and Trapper Creek. -ALSO- The following are the competencies identified for this position. Applicants are not required to address these competencies in a separe document but are encouraged to include in their resumes experience reled to these competencies: Knowledge of basic law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical care and resource operion. Ability to use or learn complex computer systems and equipment and to use public safety dispching equipment. Ability to maintain and safeguard confidential informion and files. Specialized knowledge of Alaska in relion to the park you lived near or in. GS-07 position: Ability to perform public safety dispching duties. GS-08 position: Ability to perform public safety dispching duties, train others performing public safety dispching, work independently, and take initie on projects reling to public safety dispching, and emergency services. Educion There is no substitution of educion for the required special knowledge or expertise concerning the park's or preserve's nural and/or cultural resources and the management thereof as outlined in this announcement. Additional informion A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher re of pay. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue de of the referral certifice. Government housing may be available for this position. Alaska currently does not have a ste income tax. Travel, transportion, and relocion expenses paid if the person selected for the position is outside more than 50 miles from the Denali Park, AK duty stion and is otherwise eligible for reimbursement of relocion expenses under the Federal Travel Regulions.

Physical Demands:

Incumbent must function efficiently in a confined space for extended periods with no breaks and no opportunity to leave the confines of the Communicions Center. The dispcher is considered an "essential employee," meaning he/she is required to work most holidays, report for duty during adverse weher conditions, and be expected to work for long hours exceeding normally scheduled shifts in case of emergencies. Position is sedentary with high amounts of stress. Incumbent is subject to shift work, roting shift work, and uncommon tours of duty. Work requires use of the voice in vocal communicions for periods of hours a time. Voice must be clear, audible, and tone effective with words plainly spoken and understandable. Incumbent must be able to hear clearly and discern a variety of audible communicions and signals simultaneously. Incumbent must be able to read critical informion from multiple sources, including computer screen, fax, and written log quickly and accurely. The work is of an emergency nure and is emotionally stressful. Incumbent must possess manual dexterity sufficient to opere computer terminals/keyboards and reled equipment and to maintain written logs. Work involves occasional lifting of boxes and supplies up to weights of 50 pounds.

Working Conditions:

The work is normally performed in a well-lighted and temperure-controlled room. Noise levels are routinely high due to electronic equipment, telephones, radios, and other discussions ongoing in the performance of duties. The setting is typically confined and secure, and entrance and egress is controlled. During the training period and/or on other occasions, the incumbent assigned to accompany field law enforcement personnel in prol vehicles to learn or gain a more detailed familiarizion with agency field opering procedures and jurisdictional boundaries. Incumbent may not leave the center unless relieved by another qualified dispcher. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents, responses to the questions in the assessment). If your applicion package does not clearly reflect having lived / worked within the area of considerion, does not clearly reflect special knowledge of the nural and/or cultural resources of the park or preserve, or if you fail to submit all required documention, you red 'ineligible' or 'not qualified'. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. You may only submit one resume. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine your qualificions/eligibility and for ring purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the lest submission reviewed. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/20/2026: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Complete All Required Assessments. To be eligible, your applicion package must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near the areas of considerion as described in the Qualificions section of this announcement. Other Supporting Documents, if applicable, such as:

Veterans Preference Documention :

If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you don't have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the Nional Archives . If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran , you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15 . You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.ebenefits.va.gov or call 1-800-827-1000 to establish proof of disability. Self-certify whether you meet the Selective Factor during the applicion process. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help There are multiple options for applying to this position, please see applicion options and instructions below: To apply online : You must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/20/2026. You must provide documention to support your eligibility claim. Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12951996 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select " Upde Applicion " for this job.

Note:

When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So, it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion.

To apply via mail:

Mailed applicions must be postmarked by the closing de of the announcement. If applying via mail, you must include answers to the Applicion Questionnaire. The Applicion Questionnaire can be accessed via the link in the instructions above. If your applicion is postmarked by the closing de, it must be received in a sealed envelope no ler than seven calendar days after the closing de. The seven-day waiting period may be extended if weher delays mail delivery.

Applicions may be mailed to:

Nional Park Service Alaska Regional Office Attn:

Human Resources 240 W. 5th Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501 Applicions must include the vacancy announcement number. If you are applying to multiple vacancy announcements, you must submit a separe applicion for each vacancy. Agency contact informion Laura Lasell laura_lasell@ios.doi.gov Address Alaska Regional Office 240 W 5th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 US Next steps If your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your Applicion Package the time candides are referred for considerion, and when the selection process is complete. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/20/2026: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Complete All Required Assessments. To be eligible, your applicion package must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near the areas of considerion as described in the Qualificions section of this announcement. Other Supporting Documents, if applicable, such as:

Veterans Preference Documention :

If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you don't have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the Nional Archives . If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran , you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15 . You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.ebenefits.va.gov or call 1-800-827-1000 to establish proof of disability. Self-certify whether you meet the Selective Factor during the applicion process. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help There are multiple options for applying to this position, please see applicion options and instructions below: To apply online : You must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/20/2026. You must provide documention to support your eligibility claim. Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12951996 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select " Upde Applicion " for this job.

Note:

When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So, it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion.

To apply via mail:

Mailed applicions must be postmarked by the closing de of the announcement. If applying via mail, you must include answers to the Applicion Questionnaire. The Applicion Questionnaire can be accessed via the link in the instructions above. If your applicion is postmarked by the closing de, it must be received in a sealed envelope no ler than seven calendar days after the closing de. The seven-day waiting period may be extended if weher delays mail delivery.

Applicions may be mailed to:

Nional Park Service Alaska Regional Office Attn:

Human Resources 240 W. 5th Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501 Applicions must include the vacancy announcement number. If you are applying to multiple vacancy announcements, you must submit a separe applicion for each vacancy. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Laura Lasell laura_lasell@ios.doi.gov Address Alaska Regional Office 240 W 5th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 US Next steps If your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your Applicion Package the time candides are referred for considerion, and when the selection process is complete. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/20/2026 Salary $24.60 - $39.36 per hour An additional 3% cost of living allowance (COLA) added to the salary above. Pay is subject to annual review and adjustment. Pay scale & grade

GS 6 - 8

Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Denali Park, AK Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time - Career seasonal: subject to periods of non-pay. Service Excepted Promotion potential 8 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

AK-1537-DENA-26-12951996-LH

Control number 868060400