This position is located at the Rocky Mountain Regional Office. The incumbent serves as a Director for the full breadth of programs in State & Private Forestry. Responsibilities include leadership; formulating Regional policy, standards, procedures, and direction; coordinating and integrating programs and activities; and supervising staff. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Jacqueline Buchanan at [email protected] and (575)644-9678.

Duties

Serve as a member of the Forest Service executive staff formulating and executing national forest management policies. Lead and/or coordinate with others on a large variety of issues to achieve effective and efficient management ensuring a creative learning work environment. Coordinate and integrate programs and activities. Serve as a technical expert and signatory authority for grants/agreements. Provide Regional leadership direction for the management of assigned activities in a manner which will best serve the social, economic and environmental needs of the public. Direct inspection oversight for the purpose of maintaining surveillance compliance with overall program implementation, progress and ascertaining conformity with policies and program objectives. Provide advanced theories, concepts, and practices of biological science/natural resource management. Plan and direct the overall work through subordinate supervisors, team leaders, or comparable positions. Exercise significant responsibility in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, and/or in advising management officials of higher rank. Set and adjust short-term priorities and schedules and makes decisions on work problems of subordinate supervisors. Participate with Research Directors and Regional Foresters, State Foresters, Federal land management agencies, and partners to obtain an effective approach to deliver administrative services in support of forest and State and Private resources.

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.
• Selectee is subject to financial disclosure requirements and must submit form OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.
• New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required new supervisory training program before the end of their probationary period.
• Subject to one-year supervisory probationary period (unless prior service is creditable). New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required new supervisory training program before the end of their probationary period.

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: GS-0401: 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 biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major field of study that included 24 semester hours in course work in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. Related course work generally refers to courses that may be accepted as part of the program major. OR Combination of education and experience that included 24 semester hours in course work in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position, AND experience sufficient to demonstrate that I possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform work in the occupation that is comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of a full 4-year course of study with a major in the appropriate field needed to perform the work of the occupation. 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-15: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience include the following: Provided guidance/leadership in formulation and executing national forest management policies, to include recommendations of policies under the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry and Forest and Range Research program areas. Participated in formulating, promulgating, and effectuating policies and programs of Regional scope for the management of administrative programs. Planed and/or directed the overall work through subordinate supervisors, team leaders, or comparable positions. Exercised responsibility in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, and/or in advising management officials of higher rank. 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

See Qualifications for Education Information.

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]