MAJOR DUTIES: This position serves as the Deputy Superintendent for Natchez Trace Parkway, Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, and Tupelo National Battlefield and is a member of the management team. The purpose of this position is to serve in all phases of managerial responsibilities with the Superintendent. This includes providing overall supervision, management and policy direction for administrative support, resource management, resource protection, visitor services and interpretation, and facility maintenance. The incumbent is responsible for managing all operational phases of Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway).
- Responsible for planning, organizing and directing all programs and operations for the Park. Coordinates and directs implementation of division field operations, ensuring that work efforts and human and financial resources are focused on accomplishing priority objectives.
- Responsible for the management, leadership and direction of the workforce. Establishes performance standards, conducts performance appraisal reviews and provides leadership in the park's implementation of performance appraisal systems. Rewards exemplary and outstanding performance. Takes disciplinary actions and submits formal proposals for adverse actions to maintain an effective and efficient diversified work force.
- Provides leadership, direction, policy development, oversight, and budget formulation to park programs and activities including cultural and natural resources management, visitor and resource protection, maintenance, administration, environmental protection, interpretation, and employee safety and wellness.
- Manages the park operating budget and ensures coordination and accountability of budget management responsibilities delegated to the respective division chiefs. Helps determine distribution of funds, and reallocation of funds as necessary, to meet park core mission priorities.
- Manages inter-agency relations and cooperative agreements related to park operations.
- Serves as the Superintendent's representative in contacts and negotiations with other government entities (such as Federal, State, County and Municipal), property owners, and organizations and individuals interested in the operations and programs of the park and the National Park Service. Represents the park at various meetings with various interagency task groups, non-governmental organizations, and special interest groups.
- Manages complex park facility management programs. Involves key staff and partners in prioritizing and implementing maintenance and preservation of structures, landscapes, and monuments. Ensures that staff are well trained in the most effective work methods. Aggressively identifies and implements sustainable practices.
- Helps build coalitions, at the direction of the Superintendent, internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, to achieve common goals. Provides strategic leadership to park partners and sets forth an organizational vision that allows the park to uphold its mandate and objectives in a complex and continuously changing environment.
- Ensures compliance with all laws, executive orders, regulations and policies including but not limited to United States Code Titles 16 and 18, Code of Federal Regulations Titles 36 and 40, National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation, NPS Management Policies, and Director's Orders.
AREA INFORMATION: The Natchez Trace Parkway commemorates the historic travel corridor known as the Natchez Trace, which is one of the oldest transportation routes in North America. The modern Parkway stretches 444 miles and takes more than 10 hours to drive from end to end through three states, 25 counties, and 20 communities. The combined residential population of the counties it traverses is nearly two million. In addition, there are more than 3,000 commercial and private landowners immediately adjacent to the Parkway boundary. The modern Parkway was completed in 2005 and now covers one of the largest geographic ranges of any unit in the national park system. The Parkway corridor, which spans five degrees of latitude, includes 52,000 acres of impressive scenic, natural, cultural, and historic resources representing a variety of traditional southern landscapes-forests, wetlands, prairies, rivers, pastures, and croplands. In 1996, the Natchez Trace Parkway was designated a National Scenic Byway and All-American Road for its significant historic, cultural, natural, and scenic qualities. Almost 6.5 million people visited the Parkway in 2021, which makes it the seventh most visited National Park Service place.
Starting at $122,198 Per Year (GS 14)
