This position is located in the Tennessee State Office on the staff of the State Conservationist Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The incumbent serves as a State Coordinator in promoting and fostering conservation partnerships and cooperative relationships with environmental groups and urban organizations with natural resources interests in order to advance the NRCS mission.

Duties

Develops, establishes and maintains partnerships with environmental groups and urban organizations, both traditional and non-traditional at the regional, state and local level to enhance efforts to address natural resource conservation issues. Represents the State Conservationist at key partnership meetings (Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, Regional Interagency Executive Committee, Federal Caucus, Sustainable Agriculture Resources Council, and other regional meetings) as assigned. Work closely with staff in planning and implementing soil, water and natural resource conservation communications and marketing programs for NRCS. Serves as primary point of contact with state and local office holders and/or representatives of Congressional and Legislative delegations. Provides oversight and supervision to assigned staff. Gives advice and/or instruction to employees on both assignments and administrative matters. Monitors work progress, including adherence to methods and procedures, prioritization, development of assignments and schedules. Gives advice and/or instruction to employees on both assignments and administrative matters. Provide timely and relevant data on key conservation issues and facilitate partnership outreach in enabling an understanding of NRCS's initiatives.

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.
• 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 in the normal line of progression for the position being filled (e.g. one year at the GS-12 grade level for consideration for the GS-13 grade level). Specialized Experience: To qualify for the GS-13 level, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or higher in Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. This experience must include applying advanced knowledge of principles, concepts, practices and standards of natural conservation programs and knowledge of operating resources and programs to forge conservation resource partnership opportunities for addressing state-wide natural resource conservation issues. Examples of specialized experience include: Developing and maintaining partnerships with federal, legislative and private stakeholders at the regional, state and local level to bring together differing viewpoints and methodologies to achieve common conservation goals; Representing the agency in conferences and meetings Note: There is no education substitution for the GS-13 level. For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here: Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series 0301 (opm.gov) 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

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: Paula Jones
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]