The Associate Director is responsible for providing leadership, policy development, program accountability, and budget formulation for interpretation and education programs. The Associate Director leads the NPS visitor experience programs that will serve millions of additional visitors, help the American public engage with relevant meanings about parks so that they might support and care for parks.

These programs include service-wide volunteerism, military and veteran engagement, the Junior Ranger Experience, Historic Weapons and Living History, Artist in Residence, Interpretation Planning, Digital Experience, Visitor Experience Planning, Community Engagement, Commemorations and Anniversaries, Every Kid Outdoors; the NPS Parks as Classrooms Program, Cooperating Associations, and interpretive media assets within the overall framework of the mission of the NPS.

To qualify, the applicant must meet the five executive core qualifications and the technical qualification included below:

• Describe the breadth of your experience and expert knowledge in managing a complex visitor experience portfolio, which includes interpretation and education programs, cooperating associations and partnerships, volunteer and community engagement programs, commemorative events and programs, entrepreneurial management, training, and development of comprehensive program evaluations.