This position is located within a National Interagency Support Cache. This position serves as manager of a Type 1 National Interagency Support Cache (NISC) providing supplies and equipment to federal, state and tribal governments and international organizations during natural disasters. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Angelica Romero at [email protected] or Lisa Renken at [email protected].

Duties

Serves as a manager and performs supervisory duties 20% or less of the time. Develops and implements Cache Management and Inventory Management Plans supporting the National Interagency Support Cache (NISC) while providing for the integration of fire management needs at the geographical level to insure mission accomplishments. Collaborates with internal and external contacts to formulate national standards for supplies, equipment, policies, and procedures. Monitors, evaluates, and provides Fire Loss information and reports on all Type 1, 2, and 3 incidents. Develops and maintains fire cache management and incident support policies, guidelines, and standards for consistency with accepted principles and practices. Plans the work to be accomplished, establishes production or quality standards, and identifies developmental and training. Determines the need for and assignment of additional personnel as workload fluctuates, as well as approves emergency hires. Manages the budget for functional areas of an incident support cache. Maintains accurate records of work completed, materials used, and costs involved in compliance with established fire cache management and inventory plans. Maintains security and accountability of all supplies and equipment. Provides input of loss mitigation plans related to fire loss. Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of 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.
• Direct Deposit: 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. 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. Note on 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: Planning, budgeting, administering, and managing an incident support cache; and/or Providing support to functional areas, such as supplies, storage and distribution, supply systems development, hazardous materials, and small engine repair; and/or Evaluating personnel, budget, and material resource requirements to develop project work plans; and/or Participating in the review and evaluation of cache and inventory program operations to plan for adequacy, efficiency, and safety; and/or Coordinating the procurement, receipt, manufacturing, storage, management, packaging, shipment, return, and/or refurbishment of supplies and equipment needs for emergency operations. 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. To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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]