Position is located in Pacific Northwest Region, Region 6, Umpqua National Forest, Dorena Genetic Resource Center with a duty station of Cottage Grove, OR. The incumbent serves as the Orchard Project Lead for the Five-Needle Pine Resistance Program at Dorena, supporting the development of orchards to meet Region's need for high-quality, rust-resistant seeds for reforestation and restoration. For information, contact Angelia Kegley at (541) 731-0915 or email: [email protected]

Duties

Works closely with (and is supervised by) the White Pine Blister Rust Resistance Program Coordinator Responsible for providing crew leadership to sustain on and off site orchard and test site evaluations for disease resistance, grafting, pollen collection, tree breeding, and cone collection of five-needle pine across OR and WA. Works closely coordinating with partners outside the USFS as well as internal including Silviculture staff on forests and specialists in Insect and Disease and Genetics. Has strong people skills and ability to be a team player and leader. Pays close attention to details. Uses knowledge of tree improvement, forest genetics, and forest health to support the program. Supervises one or more permanent technicians to support all aspects of the program.

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-09: Applicant must have one year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-08 in the Federal service: OR two full years (36 semester/ 54 quarter hours) of successfully completed graduate level education or master's degree if the coursework is directly related to the work of the position (such as: forestry); OR combinations of graduate level education that is directly related to the position (in excess of 18 semester/27 quarter hours) and specialized experience. Qualifying specialized experience is one or more of the following: Assisted with seed orchard or equivalent, establishment/maintenance operations, monitoring cone development, cone/seed crop harvesting, grounds, facilities, and equipment maintenance. Recorded growth and phenology and maintained detailed records. Provided technical assistance in the cultivation of trees such as ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, rust-resistant sugar pine, white fir and/or seed in support of reforestation and restoration. 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. 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. 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.

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]