This position is located within a National Forest. The primary purpose of this position is to assist the timber sale accounting program.

Duties

Performs technical review of timber sale packages to ensure they are in proper format and technically accurate. Monitors and maintains financial management of each sale contract, ensuring correct payments are made within set time frames, and credited to correct accounts for each sale. Follows established controls to assure that all timber collection of revenues and deposits such as brush disposal, sale area improvements, road maintenance, interest, etc., are billed, collected and deposited to the proper accounts. Establishes and maintains information files necessary for management of road credit accounts, KV, Salvage Sale Fund, brush disposal, erosion control, road maintenance and timber credits. Tracks all timber sale financial collections assuring they are processed in ATSA and FMMI. Issues Timber Sale Statements of Account, Bills for Collection, and various type of bonding procedures. Upon receipt of signed timber sale contract and performance bond, obtains signature of contraction officer and prepares sale folder. Performs the work relating to the input, output, review, analysis, and posting and adjustments of the accounts. Assists in opening and reviewing sealed bids for the compliance with regulations and instructions and for the determination of the high bidder. Audits, prepares, and enters contract data into TSA program. Reviews printouts and resolves any data entry errors. Audits scale records or tree measurement tally sheets and performs the processing of data. Performs the correction of scale tickets and final corrections to the edit files until all entries are valid.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Direct Deposit Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of your choosing.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-Verify.

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. GS-05: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-4 grade level; OR a bachelor's degree or 4 years of successfully completed education above high school; OR combinations of successfully completed post-high school education (in excess of the first 60 semester hours) and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. Examples of specialized experience include: Prepared grazing permits, maintained allotment and permittee files, provided timber sales support by preparing supporting forms/documentation/records, reviewed reports for accurate coding, kept fee collection records, etc. 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. To receive consideration for this position, you must provide updated required documents and meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

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]