This position is located in Region 6, on the Malheur National Forest, Prairie City Ranger District in Oregon. The duties of this position are located on a Ranger District and are predominantly leadership, organization, collaboration, and NEPA compliance within the Recreation, Visitor and Information, and Geographic Information System Programs. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Chase Bloom at 541-820-3801 or [email protected]

Duties

Conducts resource management planning efforts with internal specialists and external agencies, partners, permittees, and project proponents. Revises project plan and operations for consistency with strategies and project emphasis. Responsible for coordinating and ensuring completion of project budgeting, cost recovery and other applicable agreements. Conducts oversight and inspections of reports and work products for compliance with policies, plans, regulations, and work planning timeframes. Leads, develops, organizes, and implements complex projects. Responds to changes in a dynamic manner ensuring the project continues to move toward resolution and/or implementation. Leads recreation related project(s) following the National Environmental Policy Act process including facilitating interdisciplinary team accomplishments with appropriate timeline adherence. Responsible for ensuring expenditures are legal, meet charged-as-worked, and remain within budget limits. Develops, organizes, and implements functional long-range planning and short-range action plans, and periodically revises program operations for consistency with strategies and timeframes.

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

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-11: Applicants must have at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service. Qualifying specialized experience includes meeting one or more of the following: Assisted senior specialists in the planning, coordination, and/or supervised management of an assigned portion of a project. Reviewed and analyzed project information and studies basic project requirements to understand the scope of assigned work. Analyzed problems through use of automated systems. Used various computer hardware and software to develop skills and to accomplish assigned tasks. Compiled and compared technical and other data for use by a variety of sources such as supervisors, senior managers or other interested parties at the local level or higher headquarters. OR Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education such as Business, Forestry, or LL.M. OR Have an appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.). Work Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary, or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate, or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position. 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

See above for education that may be qualifying for the specific grade level.

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]