You will serve as a Wayside Exhibit Planner with National Park Service in Harpers Ferry Design Center (HFC), in Media Development. This position is responsible for the planning, development, and contract administration of complex interpretive outdoor exhibit projects. Salary will be based upon duty station/locality pay listed above.
If selected, you may be placed at the regional office, field office, current duty station, or other DOI-owned or leased worksite at the discretion of management.
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Advisory Services: Provides technical assistance to parks regarding wayside exhibit planning and development, offering insights including audience evaluation techniques, wayside fabrication and installation, use of contracts, accessibility accommodations and their use within HFC and the NPS, in general.
This assistance includes planning, development, and contract administration of interpretive outdoor exhibit projects, which include NPS Wayside Exhibits. It also includes informational signage, accessibility accommodations, current industry and NPS media practices, procedures, and standards, including those related to technical innovations, emerging techniques, accessibility, and sustainability.
Wayside Exhibit Planning & Development: Drafts and directs the planning of outdoor wayside exhibit projects, which include but are not limited to NPS Wayside Exhibits, while ensuring standards are maintained regarding the overall creative and technical direction.
This requires an active, hands-on approach working with clients to develop user-oriented strategies and visual communications within the built environment; collaborating with other project design teams to assist in the planning, development, and implementation of environmental graphics and other exterior wayside exhibit elements.
Contract Administration: Serves as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or technical reviewer for multiple contracts or Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task orders. Manages the creative and technical direction of contracted media products and services. Writes contract scope of work statements to ensure interpretive goals and park needs are met and project concerns are addressed.
Determines needed modifications to contract documents derived from unanticipated circumstances. Communication & Collaboration: Participates within the collaboration group comprised of park staff, project manager, media professionals, and contractors to develop and implement project scope, schedules, budgets, and staffing needs that best satisfy NPS and park goals and objectives. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.
Qualifications Continued... Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted.
Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs.
For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications
This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $70623 – $133142/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-05.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-22 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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