Anticipated Entry on Duty: March - July 2027. but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 10/26/2026 whichever comes first. Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.
GS-7 duties: The chief duties of this position include professional alpine mountaineering, aviation, technical rope rescue, avalanche forecasting, and emergency medical services. You participate as a team leader or member on patrols to climb any of the 25 main routes on Mount Rainier. Leading technical rope rescue and helicopter rescues in an alpine mountaineering environment within Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks.
Must be proficient as a backcountry skier or snowboarder. Staffing front-country ranger stations and registering climbers where preventative search and rescue and resource protection messages are given. Staffing climbing high camps including helping with general upkeep, cleaning, and sanitation of backcountry facilities. Leading multi-day alpine mountaineering patrols at Mount Rainier and occasionally at other national parks.
Additional GS-9 duties: Staffing high camps and performing climbing patrols on Mount Rainier. Conducting training and teaching advanced mountaineering techniques. Performing alpine rescues, conducting emergency medical services, as well as a broad array of aviation/helicopter insertion and extraction techniques including Human External Cargo (short haul) operations. Duties related to visitor services and resource protection make up a third of the position.
The incumbent makes visitor contacts and ensures that visitors are complying with park regulations.
To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign education programs and that (1) deemed your education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program, or (2) given full credit for courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $27.18 – $43.22/hr.
Applications close on 2026-10-26.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-19 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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