This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Superintendent, Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio, Colorado. NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Duties

Uses remote sensing and aerial photography to identify, map, and digitize management units, sub-units, compartments, and forest cover types. Determines forest inventory sampling method and design, collects forest, and fuels inventory data, and performs statistical analysis of inventory data. Assembles technical data and completes the environmental checklist that forms the basis of the environmental analyses report. Must possess the ability to prepare and implement plans and environmental analyses that comply with NEPA. Develops forest development plan to identify program goals and objectives and maintain current inventory of acres planned for silvicultural treatments. Analyzes field reconnaissance to identify forest stands needing treatment, determine harvest feasibility, and recommend appropriate logging system options. Verifies land ownership status and legal descriptions for proposed harvest units and obtains landowner consent through signed Power of Attorney or Tribal Resolution. Monitors management units to detect potential damage and loss to forest resources from insects or disease. Conducts field reconnaissance or aerial detection surveys, reports findings and management recommendations, and implements prevention or suppression projects. Performs spatial analysis and modeling for forest resource analysis and growth and yield projections.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Form BIA -4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference.
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incumbent may be required to operate a government motor vehicle as incidental duty, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 3 year period immediately preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions, and Individual Occupational Requirements for Forestry Series, GS-0460) Basic Requirements: Degree: forestry; or a related subject-matter field that included a total of at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours of course work were in forestry. The curriculum must have been sufficiently diversified to include courses in each of the following areas: o Management of Renewable Resources -- study of the science and art of managing renewable resources to attain desired results. Examples of creditable courses in this area include silviculture, forest management operations, timber management, wildland fire science or fire management, utilization of forest resources, forest regulation, recreational land management, watershed management, and wildlife or range habitat management. o Forest Biology -- study of the classification, distribution, characteristics, and identification of forest vegetation, and the interrelationships of living organisms to the forest environment. Examples of creditable courses in this area include dendrology, forest ecology, silvics, forest genetics, wood structure and properties, forest soils, forest entomology, and forest pathology. o Forest Resource Measurements and Inventory -- sampling, inventory, measurement, and analysis techniques as applied to a variety of forest resources. Examples of creditable courses include forest biometrics, forest mensuration, forest valuation, statistical analysis of forest resource data, renewable natural resources inventories and analysis, and photogrammetry or remote sensing. OR Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in forestry, or at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours were in forestry. The requirements for diversification of the 24 semester hours in forestry are the same as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to the requirements describe above, the following additional education and/or experience are required for the grade specified. GS-11: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience includes the following: Forest management inventory and planning through researching and evaluating forest conditions to coordinate or prepare forest management plans; conducting appropriate aspects of environmental analysis and assessments; analyzes, verifies, designs, and prepares all necessary processes and documents in forest product sale preparation and administration; developing forest development plans; conducts field inspections. NOTE: Applicants must provide transcripts as verification of their education. OR Three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field of study directly related to this position; or I have a combination of graduate level education beyond the two year of progressive graduate study in a field of study directly related to this position and appropriate specialized experience that together meet the qualification requirements of this position. Experience and education should be computed as percentages of the overall requirements and must equal 100 percent when combined. NOTE: Applicants must provide transcripts as verification of their education. GS-09: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes the following: Forest management inventory and planning through researching and evaluating forest conditions to coordinate or prepare forest management plans; conducting appropriate aspects of environmental analysis and assessments; assists in forest product sale preparation and administration; assists in developing forest development plans; conducts field inspections. OR Successfully completed at least two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree, in an accredited college or university, that provided the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to perform the work of this position. NOTE: Applicants must provide transcripts as verification of their education. OR I have a combination of specialized experience as described above in A and progressive graduate study as described in B beyond the first year, that together meet the qualification requirements for this position. To compute, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100% to qualify. NOTE: Applicants must provide transcripts as verification of their education. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Albuquerque BIA Center for Recruitment Albuquerque 1011 Indian School Road, NW Suite 136 Albuquerque, NM 87104 US
• Name: Human Resources
• Phone: (505) 563-5124
• Email: [email protected]