This position is located in the Washington Office Fire and Aviation Management Staff, National Interagency Communication Division and serves as the program authority and principal advisor to Forest Service Leadership for Incident Telecommunications For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Kim Christensen at 208-387-5949 or [email protected].

Duties

Duties are at the Full Performance level. Communicate with a variety of persons and organizations with diverse issues, concerns, agendas and values to negotiate and build coalitions to achieve program objectives and resolve conflicts. Prepare written documents for outside parties which present controversial information designed to persuade and/or gain understanding and support for program goals and objectives. Plan and direct overall work through subordinate supervisors, team leaders, or comparable positions. Demonstrate recognized technical and program authority as principal advisor on management controls to Agency and Interagency Leadership for critical Incident Communications and Remote Sensing programs to support shared agency mission areas. Prepare technical papers, reports, testimony, and other correspondence regarding nationally significant, emerging, or controversial program policy issues regarding Incident Communications. Develop long and short-range plans, to include budget, leading high priority projects, and studies to provide input to highest management levels in the organization.

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 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. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Basic Requirement: GS-13: One-year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level. Examples include: Work as a senior specialist or recognized technical authority 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. GS-14: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level. Examples include: developing long- and short-range plans to include programming, budgeting, integrating, and evaluating complex programs for the agency; initiating and leading high priority special projects, studies, and initiatives encompassing difficult and diverse functions or issues that affected critical aspects of major agency programs; recommending the revision of programs and procedures to facilitate operations in the face of technical or administrative obstacles. 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 educational requirement for this position.

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]