This position serves as an Assistant Director and is responsible for policy development and leadership of complex issues regarding management of Washington Office Fire and Aviation Management Workforce Development and Training; provides leadership and guidance regarding planning, development, and evaluation of national policies and initiatives. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Sarah Fisher at [email protected].

Duties

Serves as staff leadership for strategic planning and the full range of leadership responsibilities in Workforce Development, Training, and Education programs which are all national in scope. Leads the development of new activities, programs, and organizational strategies to enhance workforce diversity and overall agency workforce development. Represent the Forest Service at national meetings and conferences with other Federal, State, Tribal and private organizations; represent the agency as a member of national standard and policy-setting bodies. Leads, coaches, and develops the capabilities of direct reports and their staff, contributing to a positive workplace where employees feel safe, welcome, respected, and valued. Participates with agency and interagency leaders to ensure an effective approach to Fire, Aviation, and Leadership training standards and delivery. Provides technical and administrative supervision to employees in a variety of professional and non-professional occupations. Assess emerging workforce development issues and adjust accordingly for short-term priorities and long-term solutions. Plans the work to be accomplished by the unit, assigns work to employees, and establishes production or quality standards for the unit’s work. Performs administrative and human resources management functions for the unit; provides advice, counsel or instruction on both administrative and work matters; and assures full compliance with safety regulations. Provides leadership, allocates resources, and implements activities to accomplish Forest Service multicultural organization direction, and Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights requirements, goals, policies, and objectives.

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 supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required 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. In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the date the certificate of eligible candidates is issued. 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-15: You must have one-year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as a majority of the following: Developing and implementing wildland fire qualification requirements and workforce development strategies including standards for developing a well-trained Fire and Aviation Management (FAM) workforce; responsible for providing leadership to regional/national FAM programs, coordinating the development of short and long-range strategic program direction and providing oversight to FAM program(s) across the agency; Identifying and analyzing emerging workforce development issues and adjusting accordingly short-term priorities and long term solutions. 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]