This position is located within the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The incumbent serves as Deputy State Conservationist and shares fully in the responsibility for the management, leadership, and direction of all administrative and technical functions involved in planning, organizing, and implementing a comprehensive soil, water and resource conservation, applied engineering technology to the land and other technical conservation programs for the NRCS state level operations

Duties

You will provide overall leadership, including quality management; establishes state policy, standards, and procedures; and directs all phases of a complete soil, water, and resource conservation program, applied engineering technology for land use. You will coordinate activities and issues with state technical staff as it relates to soil erosion, water quality, conservation operations, watershed flood prevention protection, soil survey implementation, agricultural waste management. You will coordinate activities and issues with state technical staff as it relates to natural resources inventory, municipal, industrial and agricultural water supply and other environmental soil and water conservation concerns. You will serve as a technical program consultant and advisor. You will maintain extensive contacts and coordinate service programs with other Federal agencies, State and local government officials, public and private agencies, and other groups and individuals. You will oversee an administrative program including financial planning and management, equipment and property management, construction contracting, procurement and supply, space management, records management, and communications. You will assure subordinate supervisors carry out policies to achieve management objectives in such areas as labor-management relations and equal employment opportunity.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US 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.
• Subject to one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
• 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 at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state motor vehicle operator's license for the type of vehicle(s) operated to perform the duties of this position.
• IF APPLICABLE: Position has a Confidential Financial Disclosure (Form OGE-450) requirement. If selected, you will be required to submit Form OGE-450 within 30 days of your initial appointment date, and annually thereafter.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level. (e.g. one year at the GS-13 grade level for consideration for the GS-14 grade level). 0401-Basic Education Requirement: Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position; OR Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. For more detailed information on the 0401 series please use the following link General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series 0401 0801-Basic Education Requirement: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree be in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) ABET Program Search; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics; OR Combination of Education and Experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure Written Test Specified academic courses Related curriculum For more detailed information on the 800 series please click General Engineering Series 0801 In addition to meeting one of the Basic Requirements listed above, applicants must meet the following Minimum Qualifications Requirement in order to be considered: Specialized Experience: To qualify for the GS-14 level, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience include: 1. Identifying and resolving complex natural resources management issues (i.e. soil erosion, water quality, conservation operations, watershed flood prevention protection, agricultural waste management, etc.); 2. Providing leadership and direction of administrative and technical functions involved inplanning, organizing, and implementing comprehensive soil, water and resource conservation planning and related agricutural problems; 3. Providing technical advice, recommendations and justifications for natural resource management and conservation strategies; and 4. Developing and implementing multiple-use resource management plans or covering diverse resource management issues; and 5. Modifying or adapting standard processes and procedures. Note: There is no education substitution for the GS-14 or GS-15 level. For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here: Professional and Scientific Positions 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

If you are relying on your education to meet the qualification requirement: You must submit a copy of your college transcripts or a list of college courses with credit hours, dates completed, and grades received to verify all education requirements (i.e. substitution of education and/or basic education requirement). If a relevant course is not clearly qualifying (e.g. special topic, seminar, research, thesis, obscure or misleading course title, etc.), please submit an official course syllabi and/or detailed course description from the university/college for that particular course to ensure you are properly evaluated. Please note that qualifications determinations are based solely on the information submitted for each particular vacancy announcement. You must document all requirements on every vacancy; we cannot use previous determinations as a basis for rating. All required information must be received by the closing date of this announcement, and non-submission of all required documents/documentation will result in non-consideration. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted. This information must be received by the closing date of this announcement. Non-submission of these documents will result in non-consideration.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Applicants must, therefore, only report attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation via this link. All education claimed by applicants will be verified accordingly. Important:

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. Click on this link for more information.

Contacts

• Address Natural Resources Conservation Service 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US
• Name: Chanael Laster
• Email: [email protected]