This position is located in the Southern Region serves as the advisor for a program or specialty area. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact: George Washington and Jefferson National Forest in Roanoke, VA - Linwood Butler at 540-265-5119 or [email protected] Regional Lands, Minerals and Uses Unit with Remote Location Negotiable (see Additional Information Section for more information) - Forrest Decker at 404-764-9025 or [email protected]

Duties

Formulates, plans, and manages major aspects of the program's partnership development and staff operations. Coordinates and integrates complex professional, scientific, technical, managerial, and/or administrative work to ensure services meet customer and unit needs. Analyzes emerging and critical sustainability issues. Identifies problem, defines the nature and scope of the problem, develops study approaches, assumptions to be used, and objectives sought. Develops strategies and recommendations that address issues which comply with established policies and guidelines. Actively seeks and builds public and private sector partnerships to promote effective program opportunities. The position serves as liaison, maintaining productive working relationships between interagency teams and Forest Service counterparts to resolve mutual problems and implement integrated strategic approaches for problem resolution. Ensures open communication in an effort to enable solutions and complementary results in support of the agency mission.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-13: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Worked in a specialist capacity that requires knowledge and skill in complex program and/or project management, including analysis, data management, planning, and evaluative assignments concerned with the administrative and operational aspects of organizations, programs, services and management; Developed and presented recommendations and supporting data/information to senior leadership related to program/project direction and administration; Collaborated with partners such as federal agencies, congressional representatives/staff, local, county, and State officials, civic groups, and/or members of the general public to develop projects/programs and carry out the mission of the organization. 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. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]