This position will be located at Umatilla National Forest in Pendleton, OR. This position has responsibility for administrative management within the organization. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Kathy Steele at [email protected]

Duties

Coordinates and integrates a number of important and complex unit segments of technical and administrative work. Formulates, plans, and provides expertise regarding all aspects of operations within the unit and supports its major programs. Negotiates and closes agreements with clients throughout the agency, across multiple forests, regions, and agencies. Ensures client understands terms of agreement and provides follow-up to ensure client is satisfied with performance and delivery of service or product. Leads in initiatives and task force groups to accomplish programmatic goals involving special projects. Negotiates with other organizations (regional office, center, or field installation), and key staff in resolution of issues regarding quality assurance, deliverables, timelines, conflicts, etc. Develops, writes and manages grants for external funding utilizing the Forest Service Natural Resource Manager Information System required to support the program. Makes recommendations on major decisions and takes actions that have a direct and substantial effect on the unit and programs managed.

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 at least the GS-11 in the Federal service. Qualifying specialized experience includes meeting one or more 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. 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. 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.

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]