Job opening: Community Planner

Salary: $91 897 - 119 463 per year

Relocation: YES

Published at: May 30 2024

Employment Type: Full-time

This position is located in Interior Region 2, in the Planning and Compliance Division. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 06/13/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

This position serves as a community planner responsible for advising and coordinating matters involving planning and compliance for a variety of projects and plans for South Atlantic Gulf region parks. The position functions as project manager leading interdisciplinary teams of planning and other agency professionals to prepare a variety of planning projects and special resource studies. It requires experience in compliance with applicable federal laws and requirements; interpreting, applying, and enforcing program authorities, regulations, and policies with the National Parks Recreation Act, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Wilderness Act, and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. Key responsibilities include the ability to prepare technical scopes, budgets, and schedules and function as a Contracting Officer Representative, and the ability to lead and facilitate meetings and working group sessions, including the ability to coordinate and work effectively with groups of people with diverse backgrounds, perspectives and interests building collaboration and consensus. Communicates effectively both orally and in writing with planning and compliance team members, regional office/park employees and the public on matters concerning park planning and NEPA compliance. Area Information: Atlanta, Georgia is a major metropolitan city with a population of approximately 496,461. Atlanta enjoys many annual events and festivals, has substantial health care facilities, spectator sports, restaurants, and many different attractions such as the APEX Museum, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, history centers, walking tours and many public parks, etc. Several colleges and universities call Atlanta home, such as the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech. Housing is available in the city, either rental properties or homes to purchase, as well as in the surrounding area, just outside the city limits, but within commuting distance.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-06/13/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this series (Community Planner 0020), you must possess at least one of the following Individual Occupational Requirements for the Community Planner 0020 series by close of the announcement: (1) Have a degree in community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance. You must provide transcripts. -OR- (2) Have a combination of education and experience with courses equivalent to a major in one of the above disciplines, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the above disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education. You must provide transcripts. - AND - In addition to the above requirement, in order to qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: (1) experience managing a wide range of multi-disciplinary park planning projects; (2) working independently on high visibility planning projects with the potential for controversy and significant political interest and oversight; and (3) leading or facilitating public meetings and preparing materials or presentations for public dissemination. You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: 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. Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible. If you are selected for Federal employment, you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment, OF-306, prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work. Also, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001).