Two positions being filled in Missoula, MT and Albuquerque, NM. POSITIONS ARE NOT REMOTE! The incumbent serves as the Chief of Staff to the Regional Officer and Deputy Regional Forester(s) in a key advisory role on administrative activities affecting the organization and those activities that have a broad impact across the Forest Service Missoula, MT: Contact Daniel McKeague at [email protected]. Albuquerque, NM: Contact Sherri Schwenke at [email protected]

Duties

Consultant and advisor to the Regional Forester providing high level leadership, representation, consultation, liaison, and coordination to support a broad scope of the agency mission and related special program responsibilities. Initiates, coordinates, and oversees intensive studies, analysis, or other matters related to Regional programs, policies, or relationships and activities requiring the special attention of the Regional Forester. Monitors major projects within the Region, continuously observes progress, resolves problems as they arise and keeps the Regional Forester informed. Consults with subject matter and program specialists within FS, USDA, and other Federal agencies to negotiate support for significant policy decisions and management initiatives affecting the human resources community, vendors, and FS employees. Represents the Regional Forester at high-level meetings, conferences, and committees. Defines, establishes, and directs the coordination and support on priority issues and agendas that cross organizational boundaries and promulgates solutions to issues raised in the process. Tasks senior employees to research and resolve sensitive problems/issues; items of congressional interest; and issues raised by the Department, customers, contractors, and other senior federal/non-federal employees. Assists, or takes the lead, in development and strategic management programs and organizational issues that require decision or other action by the Regional Forester. Defines, integrates, and implements strategic direction for resolution of critical problems. Initiates, coordinates, and/or prepares agency response to sensitive and complex inquiries from the Administration, Members of Congress, and a wide variety of external partners. Develops long-range plans that may include new programmatic efforts, changing and establishing priorities, and eliminating or modifying programs. Performs supervisory duties 20% or less of the time.

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
• 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-14: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as performing one or more of the following duties: Develop long- and short-range plans to include programming, budgeting, integrating, and evaluating complex programs for the agency; Initiate and lead high priority special projects, studies, and initiatives encompassing difficult and diverse functions or issues that affect critical aspects of major agency programs; and/or Recommend the revision of programs and procedures to facilitate operations in the face of technical or administrative obstacles. 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. 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]