This position is located at the Forest Service National Partnership Office. Development, coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of scalable, national level partnerships; and development of partnership capacity within the Forest Service. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Gary Barrett @ 202-712-0001 or [email protected]

Duties

Develop and distribute partnership guides and other materials to enhance partnership capacity. Network and consult with other organizational members through meetings and other communication and collaboration tools in support of partnership programs. Identify programmatic issues or conflicts and coordinate with the staff to negotiate and/or resolve problems. Provide advice, counsel, or instruction on administrative and work matters to ensure compliance with safety and partnership regulations. Create, modify, review, and coordinate partnership agreements to ensure they are aligned with organizational priorities, policies, and regulations. Develop strategic networks to leverage and amplify partnerships. Anticipate and identify programmatic issues or conflicts and coordinate with the appropriate staff to negotiate and/or resolve problems. Ensure partnership effectiveness through the development of new strategic initiatives.

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

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. 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 a majority of the following: Performed work related to building coalitions for partnerships that included communicating with stakeholders such as small businesses, governmental organizations, non-profits, tribal governments, media, academic institutions, the general public, local community groups, and/or other organizations; worked with non-profit organizations or state government demonstrating a general understanding of how external partners are funded and how they operate in partnerships; and/or planned, developed, directed, and implemented partnership programs that included serving as a technical advisor to resolve partnership issues, provide guidance and training to managers and staff, and participate in or lead funding activities in support of partnership programs.. 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

No Education 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]