Incumbent serves as a rangeland management specialist, with responsibility for managing, planning, scheduling, coordinating, reviewing, and reporting on an ecosystem-based rangeland management program on the unit. For contact information for individual duty locations, please see the "Education" section.

Duties

Duties listed are at the full performance level. Develop an overall ecosystem-based rangeland management program utilizing resource management plan goals, objectives, and decisions to implement actions that help achieve land management plan goals and objectives. Administer livestock grazing permits by consulting, coordinating, and cooperating with permittees and other rangeland users. Prepare, execute, and ensure the implementation of rangeland management program. The incumbent exercises independent judgment in interpreting, selecting, and applying the appropriate technical guides to specific problems. The work requires regular physical exertion, such as hiking, riding horses, or riding in trucks including 4x4s over rough, uneven, mountainous terrain. Exercise supervisory and managerial authorities and responsibilities less than 20% of the time. Determine permittee compliance with permits and make recommendations to correct discrepancies.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service 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.
• New supervisor training must be completed within your first year.

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. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Basic Requirement, 0454 series: Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement defined below. For more information on the qualifications for this position, go to: Rangeland Management Series 0454 (opm.gov) Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major field of study in range management; or a related discipline that included at least 42 semester hours in a combination of the plant, animal, and soil sciences, and natural resources management, as follows: Range Management -- At least 18 semester hours of course work in range management, including courses in such areas as basic principles of range management, range plants, range ecology, range inventories and studies, range improvements, and ranch or rangeland planning. Directly Related Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences -- At least 15 semester hours of directly related courses in the plant, animal, and soil sciences, including at least one course in each of these three scientific areas, i.e., plant, animal, and soil sciences. Courses in such areas as plant taxonomy, plant physiology, plant ecology, animal nutrition, livestock production, and soil morphology or soil classification are acceptable. Related Resource Management Studies -- At least 9 semester hours of course work in related resource management subjects, including courses in such areas as wildlife management, watershed management, natural resource or agricultural economics, forestry, agronomy, forages, and outdoor recreation management. -OR- Combination of education and experience: at least 42 semester hours of course work in the combination of plant, animal, and soil sciences and natural resources management shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as meeting one or more of the following: Assisting senior specialists in performing scientific and technical analysis and/or providing technical advice concerning rangeland management topics and/or issues; Assisting in performing recurring, well-defined, and moderately difficult range improvement projects such as preparing allotment management plans, locating, designing, and placing fences, signs, cattle guards, determining stocking and rotation schemes and similar projects; and/or Assisting in preparing segments of conventional range use plans under multiple use sustained yield concepts or developing simple activity plans. -OR- A master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. -OR- An appropriate combination of specialized experience and education (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. For the GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as meeting one or more of the following: Analyzing environmental data and advising on conventional rangeland management monitoring, issues, and projects; Exercising independent judgment to perform recurring, well-defined, and moderately difficult range improvement projects such as preparing segments of land use plans under multiple-use sustained yield concepts, designing, monitoring, and implementing plant community changes, developing and implementing prescribed burns, or other initiatives of comparable scope and complexity; and/or Preparing segments of conventional rangeland use plans under multiple use sustained yield concepts or assisting in the development of activity plans that included range and watershed improvement. -OR- Three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree with a major directly related to the work of the position. -OR- A combination of graduate level education (beyond the requirements for a master's degree) and specialized experience that is directly related to this position, that together meets the qualification requirements for this position. Work Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary, or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate, or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position. 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.

Education

See above for education that may be qualifying for specific grade levels.

For contact information for the individual duty locations, please contact the following:

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Helena Ranger District located in Helena, MT:

• Katherine Bushnell at [email protected]

Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Sheyenne Ranger District located in Lisbon, ND:

• Kurt Staton at [email protected]

Dakota Prairie Grasslands, McKenzie Ranger District located in Watford City, ND:

• Kim Anderson at [email protected]

Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Medora Ranger District located in Dickinson, ND:

• Misty Hays at [email protected]

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]