This position is located in Pacific Northwest Region, Region 6, at the Supervisor's Office of the Umpqua National Forest in Roseburg, Oregon. This position serves as the Community Engagement & Business Operations Staff Officer to the Forest Supervisor providing strategic guidance and leadership of Community Engagement, Tribal Relations and Administrative Services. Please contact Kevin Larkin at [email protected] for additional information about the duties of this position.

Duties

The position works for the Forest Supervisor and is member of the Forest Leadership Team. Responsible for oversight and leadership to those programs and disseminating the information to other staff officers and the Forest Leadership Team. Manages and supervises the Forest programs for Community Engagement, Tribal Relations and Administrative Services. Responsible for oversight and leadership to those programs and disseminating the information to other staff officers and the Forest Leadership Team. The position also works closely with the Regional office and neighboring Forests in these program areas. Provides oversight, management, and coordination of the budget activities for the organization; which includes formulation and execution of the budget. Speaks as the representative of the program, agency, or federal government in public forums.

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. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Qualifying specialized experience includes meeting two or more of the following: Worked as a senior specialist 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. Provided advice and guidance in one or more functional areas such as office management, human resources, budget and finance, contracting, purchasing, workforce management, etc. Participated in the unit's strategic planning process and development of long-range plans. 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. 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. 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]