Recreation Fee Technician @ National Park Service

Job Summary

You will serve as a Recreation Fee Technician within the Interpretation with National Park Service. $43,384-$56,399 - Salary Table 2026-MFL Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 24.67% For the Locality Pay Area of Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Qualifications

Requirements Continued... As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary 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 organization 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 organizational 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 probationary period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.

In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/02/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience.

For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification

Requirements

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: To qualify for this position at the GS-0503-05 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: handling, tracking, and depositing monies, auditing fee collection and deposit procedures; visitor orientation programs; and working with technology and software used in revenue and fee management.

You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least 4 years of education above high school (120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. (You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts indicating degree earned and credit hours in order to qualify based on education and you will be required to submit your Official transcripts prior to EOD). OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above.

Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. For example, 9 months of the specialized experience described in A above (75% of the experience requirement), and 3 years of college study from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education, which equals greater than 100% of the total requirement.

(You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts indicating number of credit hours in order to qualify based on the combination option). You must include hours per week and transcripts and you will be required to submit your Official transcripts prior to EOD. 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.

Major Duties

• Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Prepare and complete remittance reports for funds donated and/or collected by others.
• Review shift reports and count funds collected.
• Verify funds collected against shift reports, journal and receipt tapes, and a register of refunded and voided transactions.
• Verify and confirm sales of pre-numbered receipts, passes, and/or tickets on register journal tapes and POS records.
• Count and balance all monies for each shift report.
• Verify and remit funds using dual controls protocol.
• Investigate and proactively resolve routine or recurring discrepancies, and track overages, shortages, and errors.
• Create deposit tickets electronically through approved automated U.S. Treasury deposit systems (e.g., OTCnet).
• Verify that all deposits for sales and/or donations are accurate.
• Ensure all cash, check, credit card, and voucher sales are deposited in appropriate time frames and in the correct amount to the appropriate functional areas.
• Provide appropriate personnel with fee deposit records and reports (e.g., OTCnet cash deposit ticket, SF-215 Check Deposit Report and Credit Card Summary) for accounting and reconciliation.
• Collect appropriate fees at a park entrance station, visitor center, campground, fee cannister, AFMs, donation boxes, and/or other visitor contact station(s) in accordance with established accountabilityguidelines for handling government funds.
• Determine visitor eligibility for the sale of variousinteragency park passes.
• Operate an electronic cash register, computer, tablet, smart phone, or other POS system to conduct financial transactions.
• Perform opening and closing shift functions.
• Issue entrance receipts, tour tickets, permits, park passes, and/or federal recreation passes in accordance with establishedguidelines.
• Verify entrance receipts and various passes for validity dates and ownership.
• Processrefunds or upgrades as needed according to established guidelines.
• Complete shift reports to verify money collected, accountable stock sold, and all machine transactions from the shift, using shift accountability, receipt tapes, and a register of refunded and voided transactions.
• Safeguard funds collected and accountable stock under the incumbent's control.
• Use automated reservation systems to process routine, simple payments, transactions, and reservations for campgrounds, tours, tickets, backcountry permits, Special Use Permits, etc.
• Explain rules and regulations to reservation holders and disseminate park information.
• Utilize fee program related technologies and equipment that include hardware, software, and peripheral devices such as hand-held devices, computers, POS equipment, tablets, mobile phones, scanning devices, AFMs, and reservation systems in accordance with established guidelines.
• Process routine backcountry/wilderness reservations, permits, and fees in accordance with clearlyestablished guidelines.
• Conduct fee compliance checks for visitor registrations and payments at unstaffed fee collectionlocations such as campgrounds, park entrances, trails, and/or fee stations.
• Conduct fee compliancechecks of campground users to ensure proper payment of fees.
• Inventory and/or restock fee program supplies and assist with placing orders and preparingrequisition requests for equipment/supplies as needed.
• Fill out accountability records (e.g., excel spreadsheets) for fee collection transactions inaccordance with well-established accountability record requirements.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards.

A uniform allowance will be provided. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. You may be required to travel occasional per month with the park locations. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. *Additional Requirements located under qualifications*