This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Superintendent, Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio, Colorado to perform a variety of technical forestry work in support of forestry programs and activities. NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Duties

Serves as timber sale contract administrator on final harvest and/or commercial thinning timber sales. Performs timber sale reconnaissance and unit design for proposed timber sale tracts. Implement limited forestry projects involving specialized or complex procedures. Initiates and conducts inventory surveys according to accepted standards and techniques. Serves as a crew leader for various forestry projects.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Indian Preference applies
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incumbent may be required as an incidental duty to operate a government-owned or leased motor vehicle. If selected, you will be required to complete an Incidental Motor Vehicle Operator’s Certification Form.
• TELEWORK: Indian Affairs has determined that the duties of this position is not suitable for telework.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Technical and Medical Support Positions and Individual Occupational Requirements for Forestry Technician Series, 0462). GS-5: 1 year of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-4 level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to work as a Forestry Aid or technician work to perform administrative support work associated with forestry programs and activities, utilizes automated programs and maintains electronic case files, provides assistance in identifying improvement projects (wells, reservoirs, fences) and inspecting/inventorying condition of existing projects, collects information for, and prepares necessary reports on, forest and woodland trespass cases; OR 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree (a) with major study in forestry, range management, agriculture, or a subject-matter field directly related to the position, or (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as those shown above For GS-4. No more than 6 semester hours in mathematics is creditable; OR combination of experience as described in A above and education as described in B above which total at least one year. For example, 6 months of experience (50% of the experience) and two years of related under-graduate study (50% of the education requirement) would qualify an applicant for this position. GS-6: 1 year of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include but not limited to work as provide assistance in pre-inventory mapping by preliminary delineation in geographic information systems (GIS), compiles maps of forest and woodland areas, and burned areas, provide support in administering timber sale contracts, review data for technical accuracy and transfer for computer data analysis, map reading, and use common hand tools and equipment such as chain saws, power sprayers, and GPS;OR 1 year of graduate level education directly related to the position or a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience that is directly related to the work of the position. GS-7: 1 year of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-6 level duties. Examples of specialized experience include but not limited to planning and, following approval, conducts segments of forest inventories, administers timber sale contracts, prepares forest road layouts, executes plans for slash disposal, forest plantings, thinning, and forest disease and insect control; utilizing computer programs required for data collection, coordinate pre-inventory mapping by preliminary delineation in geographic information system (GIS), administered timber sale contracts, map reading, use common hand tools and equipment such as chain saws, power sprayers, and GPS; OR 1 year of graduate level education directly related to the position or a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience that is directly related to the work of the position. The full performance level of this position is GS-07. Promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. A career ladder promotion is at the discretion of management, and in no way guaranteed. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Albuquerque BIA Center for Recruitment Albuquerque 1011 Indian School Road, NW Suite 136 Albuquerque, NM 87104 US
• Name: Antonia Gachupin
• Phone: (505) 563-5135
• Email: [email protected]