This position is with the Alaska Region, Regional Office, Engineering and Aviation Management Staff in Anchorage, Juneau, or Ketchikan, Alaska. Salary will be adjusted to include a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). This Regional Aviation Officer is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the Region's avation activities. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Harvey Hergett at [email protected].

Duties

Supervisory duties will account for no more than 20% of position responsibilities. Perform the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Formulate and implement the Regional Aviation program within the parameters of overall policy and objectives. Develop the principal operating strategy for all phases of the program. Correlate these plans, overall policy, and program management practices within the Forest Service (to include other group leaders and the National Forests) and with interagency partners and cooperators. Provide expert input on aviation program management for Aviation Management planning. Perform comprehensive field evaluation of aviation operational effectiveness, overall accomplishment, method and procedure analysis, and conceptualizes program/system changes. Prepares and implements final changes. Prepare the budget for the Regional Aviation Staff. Recommends funding allocations to the forests for forest aviation programs. Provide aviation technical advice and expertise to multi-agency coordination groups within the Region and nationally.

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
• Successfully complete mandatory supervisor training in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations, Part 412, and the USDA Departmental Regulation 4040-412-002, Training and Development for Supervisors.

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. Specialized Experience Requirement: GS-13: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level defined as one or more of the following: Administering aviation operations Developing specifications for aviation contracts, or Providing technical and policy advice to the aviation community. GS-14: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level defined as two or more of the following: Providing leadership, oversight, and technical direction of highly complex aviation management operations (fixed and rotor wing aircraft) both inside and outside the agency. Interpreting, evaluating, and explaining existing and proposed regulations regarding fixed and rotor wing aircraft. Working with groups of subject matter experts to suggest regulatory improvements. Evaluating and responding to inquiries about proposals from a variety of sources. Providing expert interpretations of highly complex aviation management and aircraft maintenance data, clarifying requirements and regulations to assure airworthiness. 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

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]