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Duties

You will serve as the Senior Tribal Coordinator for the organization. You will support major multi-year, multi-billion-dollar programs such as the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program, Sea Based Strategic Deterrence, and other major programs involving multiple infrastructure Military Construction projects. You will facilitate government-to-government consultations between Tribal Leaders and senior Navy military leaders in support of Navy actions/projects/permits, and ongoing oversight of execution of commitments. You will support the coordination and completion of environmental planning documents (e.g. NEPA, EIS, EA, CATEX).

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
• 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.
• 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 obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• The position is eligible for telework. This position may be eligible for telework on a situational or regular and recurring basis to be determined by activity where the position is filled.
• Occasional overnight travel away from the normal duty station is required; frequent local travel away from the normal duty station is required 25% of the time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• Occasionally, during visits, there may be a considerable amount of walking over rough terrain, stooping, bending, and climbing in various weather conditions, to observe environmental conditions, etc.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• Applicable safety requirements, including the use of appropriate PPE, is required.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Providing professional advice to agency/organization leaders for government-to-government consultations and negotiations for complex and controversial issues involving tribal history and culture, inter-cultural communications, organizational cultures, tribal rights (including treaty rights), tribal consultation and relationship building; 2) Evaluating and analyzing a wide variety of technical issues related to tribal relations including negotiation strategies, approaches, and methodologies for shared environmental resources connected to an agency/organization's activities; 3) Serving as the technical expert for Tribal Relations and representing agency/organization at various meetings. Communicating technical analyses and complex assessment to tribes and regulatory agencies in adherence to laws, regulations, policies and procedures related to tribal practices, treaty rights, sovereign government-to-government consultation and communication, historic preservation and first nation protections; and 4) Preparing written analysis and recommendations on tribal relations matters. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Archeology Series 0193 General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series 0401 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.

Education

In addition to the specialized experience described above, you must also meet the basic requirements for the series you are applying to.

Archeology Series 0193:

1. Education

   1. Degree that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas:

      • History of archeology.
      • Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa.
      • Regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development.
      • Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques.
      • Archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work.

        AND

      • Six semester hours of related course work in:

        • geography, geology, or cultural geography;
        • history, historiography, or historical archeology;
        • environmental studies;
        • scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or
        • surveying;

        AND

      • Archeological field school.

   2. Related Curriculum: degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements in A.1 (including archeological field school).

   OR

2. Combination of Education and Experience

   College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education.

   OR

3. Experience

   Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project.

Natural Resources Specialist Series 0401:

Basic Requirements

1. Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

   OR

2. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Contacts

• Address NAVFAC NORTHWEST 1101 Tautog Circle Silverdale, WA 98314 US
• Name: Tashia Konrad
• Phone: (360) 396-1544
• Email: [email protected]