This position serves as a Deputy District Ranger on a National Forest/Grassland. The Deputy serves as an alter-ego to the District Ranger sharing responsibility with the District Ranger for providing technical and administrative direction to all activities on the District, including supervision of District employees through intermediate supervisors. For additional information about points of contacts and duty locations for these positions, please see Education section.

Duties

Serves as an alter-ego to the District Ranger sharing responsibility for providing technical and administrative direction to all activities of a designated area on a National Forest/Grassland. Serves as a steward for a designated Forest Service area and embodies the agency's core values in service to the Forest Service mission and completes duties in a way that is trustworthy, caring, respectful, responsive, curious, and inclusive. Clearly communicates decisions and takes care to explain actions in the larger context of our Forest Service mission and purpose. Works in collaboration with communities and partners. Builds community, welcomes diverse and new perspectives, remains invested and stays informed of current social, political, and economic issues and concerns within assigned geographical area. Oversees the inventory, planning, evaluation, and management of each forest/grassland resource including timber, soil, land, water, wildlife and fish habitat, minerals, forage, wilderness and visual areas, and outdoor recreation. Oversees the planning, budgeting, and management information for identifying workforce and organizational needs, and unit priorities. Plans work to be accomplished, sets, and adjusts short-term priorities, prepares schedules for completion of work. Develops and monitors performance standards, provides advice and counsel, hears and resolves minor complaints, addresses minor grievances, identifies and provides training; and recommends appointments, promotions, and reassignment actions. Twenty-five percent (25%) or more of time is spent on the supervision of subordinate positions in an environment that is values-based, purpose driven, and relationship-focused.

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
• 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.
• 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Represented an organizational unit for the purpose of discussing agency policies and regulations with the general public, representatives from local, county, State, Federal and Tribal governments, permittees, industry, special interest groups, or other partners; Developed annual program of work, prepared project work plans, developed long- and short-term budget needs, set priorities and documented work progress and accountability for assigned programs; Planned, implemented, and administered a natural resources program (e.g., timber management program) for a unit that included developing staffing, budget and equipment needs for program/project accomplishment; and/or Provided advice, technical support, and evaluation of proposed and on-going natural resource programs to higher-level officials. 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.

Contact Information

-Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Medora Ranger District, Duty Location: Dickinson, ND. Supervisor: Misty Hays, [email protected]

-Dakota Prairie Grasslands, McKenzie Ranger District, Duty Location: Watford City, ND. Supervisor: Kim Anderson, [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]