Total 60 customer service job vacancies in Aurora, Colorado

• Resolves a variety of technical problems emanating from Windows operating systems.
• Receives phone calls, walk-ins, or computer-generated service requests from personnel.
• Creates, modifies, and deletes approved users in SharePoint user groups using Active Directory profiles to confirm status.
• Provides support to users in developing MS Team pages that connect to SharePoint.
• Works closely with end users to identify and resolve problems as they relate to the use of software.
• Disseminate newly developed information to staff and assists in both formal and informal end-user training on a variety of automation.

Starting at $66,732 Per Year (GS 9)

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is an open continuous announcement until September 30, 2025. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available. This announcement may close without advanced notice.

This position independently performs duties that require proficiency in special procedures and broad knowledge of service operations, such as food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, and safety and sanitation.

Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Sets up and breaks down assigned station with the correct supplies and food items;
• Portions food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware;
• Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets when the diet card or tray ticket identifies only the kind of diet called for;
• Provides patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available;
• Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu;
• Follows directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques;
• Delivers meal trays to the patients' bedsides; reporting the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian;
• Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area including assembling, labeling and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by cooks;
• Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts along with individual and bulk nourishments and supplement foods and beverages for patients;
• Makes final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures;
• Works in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line;
• Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas;
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full time or Part time; Work schedule will be determined upon selection.
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
Remote: This is not a remote position
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Physical Requirements: Wage Grade 4 Food Service Workers perform work requiring light to moderate physical effort. They may be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. They are subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Work is normally performed indoors with adequate heat, light, and ventilation. Some work may be performed outdoors where there may be exposed to varying degrees of heat and cold as well as inclement weather. PPE may be required in some circumstance as exposure to possible contagious diseases, blood and bloody secretion are inherent to this position. Care is required to avoid serious injuries (i.e., broken bones) when working on ladders, or when using 30-100-pound power equipment or handling hazardous materials.

Starting at $22.15 Per Hour (WG 4)

Assist cooks in food preparation by weighing measuring and assembling ingredients.

Accurately place the correct amount of meal items in each serving dish either by count or by weight so that each cadets receives the correct amount of servings.

Perform waiter duties as required by dynamic and changing workload; setting/bussing tables, sanitizing equipment, placing condiment on serving tables, removing trash and recycled material from tables to appropriate location.

Exhibit a thorough understanding of the routine methods and procedures used in all functional areas of the food service operation and skill to train lower grade workers in such methods and procedures.

Sanitize, operate, maintain, and clean tools, equipment in kitchen and dining areas. Regularly attend weekly safety meeting as prescribed by management and established policies.

Starting at $42,241 Per Year (WG 4)

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is an open continuous announcement until September 30, 2025. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available. This announcement may close without advanced notice.

The Food Service Worker duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

• Using proper cleaning solutions to sanitize food preparation surfaces.
• Cleaning walk-in refrigerators and freezers in a food service or food handling organization.
• Handling and storing sanitized dishes, glasses and silverware for public use.
• Making sandwiches using prepared ingredients for cafeteria or buffet lines.
• Portioning food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and containers.
• Assembling and tossing fresh fruit or green salads in large quantities for public consumption.
• Brewing coffee in a restaurant/commercial size coffee maker.
• Setting up glasses, silverware, dishes, trays and condiments in communal dining areas.
• Scouring and scrubbing heavy cooking utensils such as mixing bowls and pots.
• Performing heavy duty cleaning tasks such as ceilings and/or exhaust hoods.
• Loading and operating a continuous conveyor belt feeding dishwasher.
• Setting up cafeteria lines and/or steam-tables with hot and cold food items.
• Standing/walking to clear tables and carrying trays of heavy dishes for several hours or more at a time.
• Sweeping and mopping floors repetitively in high traffic areas such as corridors, entry ways, cafeterias and other areas.
• Moving kitchen equipment such as stand mixers, weight scales and meat slicers to clean spaces behind and under such equipment.
• Delivering meals, which may include hot foods and liquids, to patients' bedsides or patrons.
• Emptying trashcans containing food scraps and waste.
• Reading and understanding written material such as time and duty schedules.
• Reading and following instructions with regard to safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals.
• Reading and following instructions on menus, recipes, and/or basic work instructions.
• Following label directions in using cleaning or disinfecting/sanitizing agents.
• Applying sanitation principles to safeguard food against spoilage and waste.
• Adhering to safety policies and procedures when performing manual work involving lifting, carrying, transporting and delivering food or other items.
• Working quickly without accidents while at the same time being attentive to the quality of your work.
• Recognizing typical health and safety hazards for yourself and other workers around you.
• Working rapidly and accurately under the pressure of deadlines.

Work Schedule: Full time or Part time; Work schedule will be determined upon selection.
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99921-S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
Remote: This is not a remote position
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Physical Requirements: Wage Grade 2 Food Service Workers perform work requiring light to moderate physical effort. They may be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. They are subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others.

Starting at $17.70 Per Hour (WG 2)

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as the technical and quality expert of culinary standard.
• Analyzes and performs quality improvement tasks for menus and food service arrangements.
• Creates and tests specialized recipes and develops specialized food preparation methods to meet the needs of the Veteran population.
• Creates specialized food service menus, recipes and service techniques offered in a hospital setting to include diets for multiple medical conditions, including modifications in micro and or macro nutrients, food allergies, sensitivities and food consistencies, which are reviewed and approved by the Supervisory Dietitian.
• Provides forecasts of required food items based on advanced understanding of edible portions of yield and waste factors.
• Attends focus groups and implements strategies to closer meet customer desires within clinical parameters, while partnering with Clinical Nutrition Section.
• Serves as lead culinary specialist, researching, advising, training and educating in the advancement of culinary arts for the service.
• Provides budgetary input on food service subsistence needs, advises on future budgetary requests for food service and culinary program advancements.
• Conducts product samplings with vendors, keeps current on new food product availability.
• Identifies new equipment to bring into food service systems, determines equipment replacement schedules and established budget for equipment replacement.

Work Schedule: Sunday-Saturday 05:00AM -08:00PM
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Food Service Specialist/PD99847S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

Starting at $80,665 Per Year (GS 11)

The applicant will serve as the Associate Chief of Staff for the Mental Health Service.

• Authority for resource allocations within the area of responsibility and ensures the efficient operation of the organizational unit.
• Possess broad and overall responsibility for the service-level department and full responsibility for clinical practice, program management, education, human resource management and supervision for the service, as appropriate.
• Provide leadership with objective, independent assessments and recommendations for policy, operational and administrative issues and initiatives requiring decision and action. Autonomously manage substantive parts of specialized, complex, professional services which significantly impact the care provided to Veterans.
• Overall responsibility for planning, assessing, and evaluating programs to ensure coordination between care delivered by the program and overall delivery of health care within the facility.
• Process data related to program planning and the specialized needs of the Veteran, the service, and the medical center.
• Assure compliance with accrediting agency and regulatory requirements and assure corrective action is initiated as needed.
• Ensure policies or issues have been fully coordinated, vetted, and staffed. Advise leadership entities, including Executive Leadership, on policy implications, key issues, and relationships to both internal and external interest groups, and recommend courses of action.
• Maintain interdepartmental relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals. Service Chiefs coordinate and negotiate resolutions to complex problems.
• Prepare special reports and responses, Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for the medical center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and of a complex nature as requested.
• Develop policies, procedures, performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements.
• Conduct performance appraisals and perform other clinical and administrative responsibilities related to management of staff to ensure that the mission of the service and the medical center has been satisfied.
• Responsible for all professional, management, and administrative aspects of the service. Supervision and resource management involve major decisions, and work activities and supervision significantly affect the ability of staff to provide comprehensive services to Veterans. - Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staff.
• Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees.
• Serves on Medical Center, VISN, and/or National VA committees or task forces.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible:No
Telework: Adhoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 0000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.Contact martha.kimmel@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Starting at $164,875 Per Year (GS 15)

The Assistant Chief Nurse functions as a self-directed clinical leader, educator, and consultant utilizing management theory in collaboration with Patient Care Service (PCS) and other services. The Assistant Chief Nurse demonstrates leadership at the service and/or hospital level, including functioning as a nursing leader with the ability to delegate appropriately. Performs administrative functions to assistant the Associate Chief Nurse (ACN) which include but are not limited to educational programs, medicine specialty, procedural areas, etc.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Assists Nurse Managers (NM) to carry out the functions and activities expected of them.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of medical center personnel and relate effectively with customers, families, and the community as well as program and service leaders at the local and network levels.
• Contribute ideas and recommendations
  for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of
  nursing organization-wide, while assisting in policy-making activities as related to customer
  service and the overall functioning of administrative and clinical programs.
• Collaborates with
  other health care staff to establish and maintain programs that cross service and/or discipline
  lines and influence organizational mission and health care.
• Demonstrates leadership at the service and/or hospital level,
  including functioning as a nursing leader with the ability to delegate appropriately.
• Performs administrative functions to assistant the Associate Chief Nurse (ACN) which include but are not limited to educational programs, medicine specialty, procedural areas, etc.
• Assist with aggregate data and participate in the budget process to plan for current, emerging, and future resource requirements for operational status.
• Provides leadership in determining the allocation of resources based on patient care systems that produce high-quality outcomes.
• Equip staff with tools for culturally competent care and promote a culture of accountability for high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.
• Assists with the development of care delivery models and environmental design, ensuring evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient care.
• Ensures compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards, directives, policies, and standards operating procedures (SOP).

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Preferred Experience: Interventional Nurse Manager experience and/or Assistant Chief Nurse experience.

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: 7:00am to 4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: May be available
Telework: Ad-hoc

Starting at $108,711 Per Year (AD 00)

Specific duties include:

• Counsel veterans, their dependents, and beneficiaries regarding all benefits available through the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as non-VA benefits available through other organizations concerned with veterans.
• Discuss with the claimant the immediate and long-term factors that may influence the decision between different benefits.
• Acts as an advocate for veterans and ·their beneficiaries in their dealings with other VA elements and organizations that affect their claims.
• Describes the types of documentation needed to expedite claim processing, as well as how to find, fill out, and submit the paperwork needed for the particular type of claim being submitted.
• Collects the required data and finish a claim with the veteran and/or a family member present.
• Explains the VA's judgments to the claimant and provides verbal or written justification for those decisions.
• Occasionally, along with a senior specialist, may represent the Department of Veterans Affairs at various outreach events such seminars, committee meetings, service organization meetings, home visits, and other veteran-related activities.
• Determines the needs of those looking for social services and refers them to the proper government or nonprofit groups that provide those services.
• Analyzes and interprets laws, rules, and protocols where precedent and guidelines may not be clear, the incumbent must exercise discretion and judgment.
• Ability to interpret and apply laws, guidelines, regulations, and precedent opinions to provide accurate entitlement determinations and benefit payment information.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. The grade progression for this position is GS-07 and GS-09. GS-09 is the full performance level of this position.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday (hours to be determined by hiring office)
Compressed/Flexible: May be available as determined by the hiring office
Telework: May be available as determined by the hiring office
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Legal Administrative Specialist (Veteran Service Center); 40120A, 02109A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Starting at $49,025 Per Year (GS 7-9)

• Plans, organizes, coordinates, directs, evaluates, and financially advises on a comprehensive safety and occupational health program.
• Develops and prepares annual local safety and occupational health plans through adaptation of DOL and Forest Service instructions and policies; prepares program of work and associated budget.
• Interprets and applies rules and regulations established by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Department of Labor, National Fire Protection Association, and other regulatory agencies.
• Coordinates safety and occupational health activities with representatives of the medical, personnel, security, and other organizational components.
• Conducts worksite safety inspections on new construction and building alterations to determine the degree of compliance with standards and regulatory criteria; recommends procedures to control or eliminate hazardous operations or conditions.
• Conducts or participates in continuous inspections and surveys.
• Monitors the project(s) during the course of the construction to ensure compliance with applicable safety related standards.
• Responsibilities are listed at the full performance level.

Starting at $59,966 Per Year (GS 9-11)

• Advises Agency leadership on forecasted and changing workforce needs and works with the Agency’s financial manager to determine the overall availability of funds.
• Strategizes with Agency leadership team by using workforce data and forecasted workforce trends to establish the overall annual bandwidth for hiring.
• Develops the Agency’s strategy for university partnerships to maximize student Agency outreach, and partners with other Agency’s Workforce Strategists to coordinate college/university recruitment events and job fairs.
• Represents the Agency and its strategic workforce development plan to ensure efficient hiring within the Agency.
• Identifies the most critical positions for the Agency’s current and future needs and analyzes the position attrition risk to help set knowledge management priorities.

Starting at $135,860 Per Year (GS 14)

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Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Inputs spatial and non-spatial digital data to draft format, field compilation, CAD, or GIS and performs necessary and proper verification and checking procedures to ensure the resultant database is as free as possible from error. Seeks assistance for situations not covered by instructions or guidelines.
• Plots data to meet users' requirements for various kinds of displays. Also makes plots to check and verify the results of map file construction. Follows established guidelines and instructions to selects plot contents, appropriate scales, suitable colors, shading patterns, line types, fonts and text, and line thickness. Plots legends as instructed.
• Refers situations not covered by guidelines to the supervisor for resolution.
• Visits field sites to gather information after explicit instructions from the supervisor, and using accepted field mapping techniques (e.g., Global Navigation Satellite System - GNSS). Refers unusual situations to the supervisor for assistance.
• Operates, updates, and assists in maintaining GIS software, hardware, and associated peripheral devices. Assists in maintaining GNSS equipment and peripherals. Orders supplies as needed.
• Maintains GIS files and related databases. Performs backups, purges unnecessary files, and ensures all files are organized and properly distributed for effective and efficient protection, access, and use. Edits components of GIS database to correct errors or modify, delete or add information.
• Prepares and maintains digital and hard copy versions of data histories (metadata) and data dictionaries that explain and document the nature, contents, and evaluation of information source of the GIS data base.
• Verifies and/or establishes data site locations through on-site inspections; may carry out literature searches for the purpose of gathering information for data theme development or verification of data accuracy.

Starting at $21.08 Per Hour (GS 5)

The major duties of the Geologist position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provides program management support to obtain, synthesize, and present geologic and geologic hazards data and information about National Park Service areas in Geographic Information System, written, and oral formats to multiple NPS and public audiences.
• Develops, maintains, and queries databases, other tracking systems, and geologic hazards monitoring systems to organize and present geologic and geologic hazards data and information and ensure discoverability by other audiences.
• Utilizes exceptional oral and written communication skills to disseminate geologic data and geologic hazards information to internal program and external NPS and public audiences via informal or formal methods (e.g., summaries, reports, briefs, websites, SOPs, presentations, PowerPoint slides, in-person or video conferences).
• Reviews or edits geologic data and information for consistency, grammatical correctness, and geologic accuracy.

Starting at $66,670 Per Year (GS 9)

Major Duties: This position provides facility operations and management support at Rocky Mountain National Park. The Facility Management Systems Specialist provides technical support involved in asset management work associated with the Facility Management Software System (FMSS) and other related condition assessment and cost estimating systems. This position also serves as the hub lead for the High Plains Group of National Park Service Sites, which includes Bent's Old Fort NHS, Capulin Volcano NM, Sand Creek Massacre NHS., and Amache NHS.

Major duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Operate and maintain data in the facility management software system including, but not limited to, asset identification and inventory, condition assessments, cost estimating, work order generation, and life-cycle information. Review and correct data in the facility data management systems.
• Prepare, analyze, and present reports to management from the facility management database for operational, fiscal, and planning purposes.
• Participate in the formulation and execution of long-range strategies for facility management for parks within the network. Develop project scopes, prepare work orders, cost estimates, and narratives for facility projects for the annual Service-wide Comprehensive Call. Coordinate with park staff by reviewing reports to prioritize asset needs and communicate annual project needs to parks and aid in developing facility projects in the Project Management Information System (PMIS). Review facility PMIS projects to ensure data fields are aligned and accurate information presented, such as beginning and ending Facility Condition Index, work order types, etc.
• Use standardized guidelines to determine the condition of all assets, including annual and comprehensive assessments, life-cycle assessment, and daily work findings.
• Complete the annual review, close out, and setup of numerous routine and complex maintenance work orders such as replacing aging infrastructure, preservation of a historic site, changes in facility usage and/or modernization for inclusion in the operational budget.

Physical Demands: the work is primarily sedentary. Visits to job sites or travel to conference may be required. Occasional hiking, climbing or crawling to perform asset inspections may be required.

Working Conditions: the work is normally performed in an office setting. Travel to various site locations within the park to perform asset inspections may be required.

Starting at $80,665 Per Year (GS 11)

Provide administrative support to management and staff, on the practical and clerical aspects of office administration, to include human resources, payroll, travel, budget, acquisition and property management, and other administrative support services. Examples of duties include:

• Provide advisory services to staff on administrative functions to facilitate understanding and compliance to agency rules and regulations.
• Serve as liaison to Human Resources Specialists on matters related to personnel management. Submit requests for personnel actions through the Federal Personnel Pay System (FPPS).
• Provide new employee orientation and completes check-in procedures.
• Assist employees with Worker's Compensation claims.
• Provide advisory services and coordination of payroll submission.
• Support budget and financial management activities through data entry, tracking, reconciliation, report preparation, and providing recommendations to management.
• Coordinate travel and provides guidance and assistance to employees related to preparing travel documents and following travel regulations.
• Perform and oversee acquisition and property management.

At the GS-5 level, the employee is becoming familiar with the rules and regulations related to the above administrative functions in order to become the expert point of contact for employees and management. In particular, at the GS-5 level the employee provides support for budget and financial management that is largely transactional work until knowledge and expertise is gained in this area to advance to the GS-6 grade level.
Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Work Environment and Physical Demands: Work is mostly sedentary and performed in an office setting.

AREA INFORMATION:
Dinosaur National Monument: Dinosaur National Monument is a spectacular 210,000-acre medium-sized park with mega-park values. Dinosaur has the most complete geologic record of any national park area and an internationally renowned display of Jurassic era dinosaur bones. The rugged landscape provides habitats that support a diverse assemblage of plants and animals and critical habitat for endangered species. People have been living on this landscape for over 10,000 years and the evidence of their activities can be seen in numerous rock art sites and homesteads. The whitewater rafting and magnificent scenery found in the canyons of the Green and Yampa rivers provide premier Western boating experiences. The Yampa is the only remaining large tributary in the Colorado River system that retains its free-flowing character. Dinosaur is over 90% recommended wilderness and was certified as a Dark Sky Park in 2019. Dinosaur National Monument spans a remote area of NE Utah and NW Colorado that is a 3.5 hour drive from Salt Lake City, Utah and a 6 hour drive from Denver, Colorado. The park headquarters is located 2 miles from Dinosaur, Colorado. The communities of Rangely, CO and Vernal, UT offer all amenities (hospital, schools, grocery, etc.) and are within commuting distance of headquarters located near Dinosaur, CO and the Quarry Visitor Center located near Jensen, UT. More information about the monument can be found at www.nps.gov/DINO.
Housing at Dinosaur: Government housing may be available.

Fossil Butte National Monument: Fossil Butte is a 52-million-year-old lake bed and one of the richest fossil localities in the world. The monument is located in southwestern Wyoming and considered a high desert environment with an elevation of 7,000 feet. Sagebrush is the dominant vegetation at the lower elevations, while limber pine and aspen occur on the slopes. Pronghorn, Mule deer and a variety of birds are commonly seen. Moose, elk and beaver are sometimes observed. Winters are snowy and cold, with temperatures in the single digits and below zero. Summers are relatively mild, with high temperatures peaking in the low 90s. The nearest town is Kemmerer, WY, population 3,000, and is 15 miles east of the park and provides opportunities for shopping, a movie theater, rec center, doctors, dentists, churches and schools (K-12). Bus service is provided to local schools. Salt Lake City, UT is two hours away and Jackson Hole, WY is three hours to the north. More information about the monument can be found at: www.nps.gov/FOBU
Housing at Fossil Butte: No government housing is available. Housing is available for purchase or rent in the local area.

Starting at $39,576 Per Year (GS 5-6)

The duties for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinates scientifically credible protection, mitigation, and restoration projects to minimize impacts of outdoor lighting.
• Analyzes data and product specifications, writes scientific reports, and makes recommendations to staff.
• Develops and maintains liaisons and effective working relations with related groups.
• Represents NPS on regional task groups or similar. Makes presentations in parks, public gatherings, and professional meetings.
• Conducts outdoor lighting measurements using established procotols.

Starting at $66,670 Per Year (GS 9)