Incumbent provides direct support and expertise to all units within the three eastern NPS regions carrying out aviation program responsibilities; confirming compliance with existing statutes, regulations, and policies; developing procedures; providing guidance to aviation users in aviation management and safety policies; developing aviation safety and aircraft mishap prevention programs. In order to be considered for any, or all locations, please ensure desired locations are selected.

Duties

Programmatic duties include safety, policy development and compliance, budget management, training, planning, evaluation, and all other aviation related services performed or provided by the Region. Serves as the Regional Aviation Manager (RAM) for the Legacy Northeast Region, National Capital Region, and Southeast Region. As the Regional Aviation Manager (RAM) for NER/NCR/SER, this position is organized under the Branch of Wildland Fire and Aviation/Division of Visitor and Resource Protection. Serve as technical advisor on aviation operations and the regional aviation training program. Assures safe and cost-effective use of aviation resources. Confirms compliance with existing statues, regulations, and policies. Develops NPS procedures and provides guidance to aviation users in implementing Departmental aviation management and safety policies. Supports complex program areas such as administrative, use, search and rescue, law enforcement and resource aviation requirements. Reviews current aviation management plans and procedures and provides technical and management direction on aircraft operations to ensure adherence to agency policies. Maintains a cooperative relationship with military and civilian aviation operations, including air ambulance services and air search and rescue squadrons of military air installations within the eastern U.S. Duties listed are at the full performance level of the position (GS-13).

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Must be 18 years of age at time of close date of announcement.
• Must pass the Work Capacity Test for certain Interagency Fire Program Management or Fire Program Management positions.
• This is a Drug Test Designated Position. You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
• Prior primary/rigorous wildland firefighting experience is required.
• Willing to live/work in remote locations (volatile/unpredictable).
• You will be required to operate a government motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required.
• You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service fire uniform standards.
• You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• Incumbent will be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
• Prior to appointment, you must be determined physically fit by an authorized government physician to perform strenuous and physically demanding duties; and pass a medical examination given by an authorized government physician.
• You will also be required to complete periodic medical examinations throughout employment.
• Subject to frequent extended travel up to 14 nights a month particularly during fire season, and you must obtain a government charge card for travel.

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 Transportation Specialist Series 2101 (opm.gov). Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year - month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount qualified specialized experience. If an applicant's resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualifications or specialized experience a rating of "ineligible" or "not qualified" will be applied and no consideration for employment will be granted. Individual Occupational Requirements: Candidates must possess Primary/Rigorous wildland firefighting experience, gained through fire line work in containment, control, suppression or use of wildland fire. You must clearly demonstrate this experience in your resume, including the months, days and hours per week at which the work was performed in order to be considered. AND Undergraduate and Graduate Education:Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position. (Transcripts must be provided) OR Experience that demonstrated a knowledge of the transportation function(s) of the position. In addition to the requirements described above, the following additional experience are required for the grade specified. For the GS-12 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level, or higher in the Federal service, or equivalent; Examples of specialized experience include: Applied interagency aviation policy, guidelines, and procedures as they apply to fixed and rotor wing aircraft operations in support of wildland fire, resource management, law enforcement, and search and rescue operations; Provided aviation safety technology advice, operational guidance, risk assessment, and specific aviation management experience in program implementation with emphasis on policy development, interpretation, and procedural compliance; Ensured aviation facilities and operations programs are maintained and managed within the scope of agency standards; Managed complex aviation issues in the all-hazard operations related to wilderness program implementation and overflight restrictions; Provided aviation safety leadership in the aviation safety program. For the GS-13 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level, or higher in the Federal service, or equivalent; Examples of specialized experience include: Provided expert technical guidance to aviation users for adherence to policies and procedures; Developed and directed implementation of an aviation safety and training program; Reviewed aviation management plans and procedures for technical and management soundness; Participated in aviation technical evaluation committees, aviation mishap review boards, serious accident investigation teams and board of inquiry investigations; Monitored wildland fire aviation operations to analyze aircraft/pilot performance to evaluate safe and efficient use of aviation assets. Secondary Firefighter Retirement Coverage - Applicants for this secondary administrative fire fighter position under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U.S.C. 8412 (d), must possess knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of wildland firefighting as demonstrated by direct wildland firefighting experience. In order to receive credit, you must provide a written description of your experience in wildland firefighting. Education without hands-on wildland firefighting experience does not meet this requirement. Periods of wildland firefighting experience, gained through militia and rural fire departments, can also be credited. Wildland fire is defined as any non-structure fire that occurs in the wildland. Two distinct types of wildland fire have been defined and include wildfire and prescribed fires as follows: Wildfire: Unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires that are declared wildfires. Prescribed Fires: Planned ignitions. This description includes only fireline experience on a Prescribed Fire; it does not include experience in the planning stages. Prescribed fire experience must be supplemented by fire suppression experience in order to be creditable as previous wildland firefighting 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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement. The education listed under "Qualifications" above may be utilized in ADDITION to required specialized experience.

Contacts

• Address South East Fire and Aviation-SPARK 100 Alabama Street Building 1924 Atlanta, GA 30303 US
• Name: Lisa Salazar
• Phone: 505-917-5189
• Email: [email protected]