This position is located Eastern Region, Region 9, Superior National Forest The position is responsible for administering Forest and/or District Special Uses authorizations, including large, complex cases. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Marty Rye at [email protected].

Duties

Manages all aspects of the special use program. Applies various realty laws, regulations and agency policy to assist forest personnel in managing land use authorizations (permits, leases, and easements) and the associated billings for those authorizations. Contacts various publics, other governmental personnel, and Forest Service specialists, to conduct financial and technical capability determinations, and to determine compliance with forest plan direction. Conducts on-the-ground program reviews of special use programs and individual authorizations for compliance with Forest Service policy, terms, and conditions. Provides technical advice on individual cases, confers with special use authorization holders, and oversees corrective action. Performs supervisory duties 20% or less 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

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. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-11: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience to at least the GS-09 level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Processed special use authorization renewals, transfer of ownership, terminations, revocations, or suspensions as appropriate, some of which may be complex and/or controversial; Negotiated rights-of-way and/or land acquisition or exchanges with landowners; Resolved technical problems of limited complexity with regards to special uses, permittees, communication sites, trespasses; and/or Prepared and processed appraisals, and related reports. OR A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., in Social Science, Business Administration, Business Law, Land Use Planning or equivalent. OR 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.). 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 qualification section for education options.

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]