Incumbent is responsible for the oversight of administrative programs and performs analysis and advisory assignments related to the effectiveness and efficiency of organizational programs and operations. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Anthony Scardina at 740-624-0702 or [email protected]

Duties

Incumbent provides guidance and advice to FS organizations and assures close coordination of program related activities across organizational lines. Planning, direction, development, evaluation and administration of unit programs. Provides recommendations of an administrative nature on issues requiring leadership decisions Conducts a continuing array of studies and analyses to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of administrative operations within the staff. Carries out specialized assignments and represents the staff on working groups and in meetings to develop and refine administrative and budgetary initiatives and activities. Analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of the program to meet established goals and objectives. Develops and recommends programming decisions affecting the long and short-range goals of the staff. Duties are listed at full performance level of the position.

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
• Subject to one-year managerial probationary period (unless prior service is creditable). New USDA managers 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-12: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as the majority of the following: Worked as a program analyst/specialist, or directly related position with responsibility for analyzing program data and information, preparing management reports, and coordinating a variety of administrative projects; Wrote, prepared, and evaluated formal and informal correspondence, reports, statistics, and analytical documents for senior level officials; Worked with program managers in carrying out a variety of administrative functions and business requirements; Provided expert analytical and technical advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to organizational processes, procedures, and policies. For the GS-13: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as the majority of the following: Work as a senior specialist that requires knowledge and skill in performing staff analytical, planning, and evaluative assignments concerned with the administrative and operational aspects of organizations, programs, services and management. Such work should demonstrate experience in planning and conducting administrative and management, studies, evaluations, and improvement projects. 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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]