This position is located in Pacific Southwest Region, Region 5. The incumbent serves as a Realty Specialist located on a Forest Service unit with primary responsibilities in Special Uses administration.

Duties

Serves as the primary contact for prospective and existing special use holders and works with them to resolve problems if they arise. Provides technical assistance to field personnel in negotiating terms and conditions for special uses activities to ensure compliance with Agency standards, regulations, and policies. Evaluate simple special uses proposals according to regulatory screening criteria.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US 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. Basic Requirement: For the GS-09 level: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service; OR Successfully completed appropriate Ph.D. or equivalent Doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.); OR An appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a Master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.). Examples of specialized experience include one or more: Assisted higher-level specialists in the administration of more complex special-use authorizations for a variety of activities such as, but not limited to, developing special-use permits and writing Operations and Maintenance Plans for recreation residences, linear rights-way, oil/gas pipelines, and electric powerlines; Compiled information for the development of reports on matters such as special-use field compliance inspections, pre-application meetings, and land ownership; Assisted in conducting routine Realty investigations. 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

See above qualification section.

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]