You will serve as a FORESTER (FIRE MGMT SPECIALIST) in the FOREST PROTECTION PROGRAM of MARINE CORPS BASE.

Duties

You will plan, implement and encourage a fuels management program that protects, maintains and improves desirable woodland habitats. You will execute the annual burning of commercial timber land, all ranges and impact areas, endangered species habitat, and ecosystem restoration burns. You will execute daily planning by assessing potential fire behavior in a wide variety of fuels and local weather conditions. You will prepare wildland fire risk assessments. You will ensure that natural resources personnel are properly trained in forest fire suppression techniques and have passed all required standards. You will act as Incident Commander in a unified command with the Base Fire Department during wildland fire emergencies.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to pass an annual work capacity test at the moderate fitness level or higher.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain wildland fire qualifications in accordance with NWCG guidelines for the following: Strike Team Leader, Initial Attach Incident Commander Type 4, Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type II.
• You will be required to have, or complete the following: S-211 Portable Pumps and Water Use, S-233 Tractor Plow Boss, S-390 Intermediate Fire Behavior Calculations.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

Qualifications

GS-11: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Utilizing wildland fire suppression strategies, tactics, methods and fireline safety procedures to ensure safe fire suppression; collecting and analyzing information through field surveys and computer modeling to develop and modify a fuels management plan; and creating and updating maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GS-09: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Assisting with utilizing wildland fire suppression strategies, tactics, methods and fireline safety procedures to ensure safe fire suppression; collecting and analyzing information through field surveys and computer modeling to develop and modify a fuels management plan; and creating and updating maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/forestry-series-0460/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. NOTE: This position does not receive the Fire Fighter Special Retirement

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual.

Basic Requirements:

1) Degree in forestry; or a related subject-matter field that included a total of at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours of course work were in forestry. The curriculum must have been sufficiently diversified to include courses in each of the following areas:

• Management of Renewable Resources -- study of the science and art of managing renewable resources to attain desired results. Examples of creditable courses in this area include silviculture, forest management operations, timber management, wildland fire science or fire management, utilization of forest resources, forest regulation, recreational land management, watershed management, and wildlife or range habitat management.
• Forest Biology -- study of the classification, distribution, characteristics, and identification of forest vegetation, and the interrelationships of living organisms to the forest environment. Examples of creditable courses in this area include dendrology, forest ecology, silvics, forest genetics, wood structure and properties, forest soils, forest entomology, and forest pathology.
• Forest Resource Measurements and Inventory -- sampling, inventory, measurement, and analysis techniques as applied to a variety of forest resources. Examples of creditable courses include forest biometrics, forest mensuration, forest valuation, statistical analysis of forest resource data, renewable natural resources inventories and analysis, and photogrammetry or remote sensing OR

2) Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in forestry, or at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours were in forestry. The requirements for diversification of the 24 semester hours in forestry are the same as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In lieu of the specialized experience listed in the Qualifications section, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

GS-11:

• I have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR
• I have successfully completed three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree OR
• I have a combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

GS-09:

• I have successfully completed a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree OR
• I have successfully completed two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree OR
• I have a combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address MARINE CORPS BASE PSC Box 20185 Camp Lejeune, NC 28542 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]