This employee supports the USDA Forest Service, Office of the Deputy Chief for Research and Development (R&D) and serves as the Director of the Knowledge Management and Communications work unit. This employee conducts national research scientific integrity and intellectual property processes and R&D research communications and science delivery. For additional information about the duties of this position, contact Anna Briatico at [email protected].

Duties

Provide or assist in providing advice to leadership level employees in a multifaceted, national level organization. Expand and implement agency programs which protect data quality, transparency and/or security. Provide program authority in planning, organizing, coordinating, integrating, directing, appraising, and attaining results and objectives of assigned responsibilities. Provide national leadership and coordination for management and archiving of intellectual property, patents, and associated science and technology agreements. Formulate, coordinate, and implement a national research and development communications and science delivery outreach strategy to broaden and deepen strategic alliances. Lead and manage scientific integrity and intellectual property processes including technology transfer. Track performance measurements, accomplishments, and budgets of field units performing knowledge management. Plan and assign work to employees ensuring that production or quality standards are defined. Establish and communicate performance requirements to employees including conducting formal performance reviews and identifying developmental and training needs of employees. Perform administrative and human resources management functions for the unit such as providing advice, counsel or instruction on both administrative and work matters. Promote an inclusive work environment that is free from all types of discrimination. Perform supervisory duties 25% or more of the time.

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
• Obtain and use a government-issued charge card for business- related travel.
• Subject to one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period (unless prior service is creditable).
• New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required new supervisory training program before the end of their probationary period.
• Selectee is subject to financial disclosure requirements and must submit form OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.

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: For the GS-15: One-year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. To qualify at this grade level, your resume must reflect one year of GS-14 level experience with ALL of the following: - Coordinating, planning and integrating program segments of professional, scientific, technical, managerial, or administrative work for a national level, multifaceted agency, business, or organization using knowledge of related disciplines to understand the interrelationships between assigned areas of responsibility. - Analyzing workforce capacity, organizational needs, program budgets, performance and staffing trends for a variety of scientific programs in a national level, multifaceted agency, business or organization. - Providing expert level counsel to leadership in a specialty area or program for a multifaceted organization including formulating national policies, objectives and standards. 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

For this position, there is no substitution of education for specialized experience.

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]