You will serve as a Supervisory Park Ranger (Protection), in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division at Boston National Historical Park in Boston, Massachusetts. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. You may be required to travel overnight away from home occasionally per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
This position serves as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer for the Boston National Historical Park. The Division's primary law enforcement rangers investigate, apprehend or detain individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal law of the United States committed within the jurisdiction of the park.
The Chief also oversees visitor and resource protection services including visitor safety, emergency medical services, and management of visitor parking facilities. Administers the law enforcement program, investigations, court cases, prosecutions/sentencing, coordinate with U.S. Attorney's office.
Enforce federal criminal laws within the park's concurrent jurisdiction, manages BOST's law enforcement program-including investigations, court proceedings, prosecution, sentencing, and coordination with the U.S. Attorney's Office and Regional Solicitor on cases and tort claims. Formulates park policy for areas of responsibility to include law enforcement, physical security, anti-terrorism, structural fire, employee safety, resource protection, and visitor protection/safety.
Provides advice on these programs to park management, other divisions, and the regional office. Establishes long range plans and objectives based on an in-depth knowledge of Service resource management visitor service standards. Identifies needs, formulates budget, programming, and operational guidelines, and establishes goals, program priorities, work plans, and standards for all division programs.
Determines current and future needs, develops project statements, justifications, and estimates and acquires equipment, supplies, and other property that is managed.
Type I National Park Service Law Enforcement Commission: Must currently possess or previously held (within the past three years), a FLETC issued Land Management Police Training, full Type I Law Enforcement Commission or equivalent; or be qualified to receive a Type I National Park Service Law Enforcement Commission, or equivalent, by Commission upon appointment. This position does not allow substituting education for experience.
This is a secondary/administrative law enforcement position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8412(d) (FERS). While secondary positions are not subject to the maximum entry age (MEA) policy, applicants must have prior service in a primary position and meet the transfer requirement for movement from a primary to a secondary position to be eligible for special retirement coverage.
Applicants may meet qualification requirements but may not be eligible for special retirement coverage; if such an applicant is selected, they will be placed in the regular retirement system.
For FERS eligibility, an employee must transfer directly (without a break in service exceeding three days) from a primary position to a secondary position, complete three years of service in a primary rigorous position-including any such service during which no FERS deductions were withheld-and must be continuously employed in a secondary position since moving from a primary rigorous position, except for any break in employment from a secondary position that began with involuntary separation (not for cause).
It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure this office has sufficient information to determine retirement status and prevent loss of benefits, typically by submitting an SF-50 or other documentation demonstrating work history in approved covered positions. Applicants must inform human resources if they are currently in a primary position.
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This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $123885 – $161053/yr.
This position requires a Top Secret security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-14.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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