This position is located on Fremont-Winema National Forests in Lakeview OR. Incumbent provides subject matter expertise on the business administration and financial management functions for a Forest's product sales program, including manage Forest Products Financial System, program reviews/audits, manage/maintain databases for timber sales, and develop/conduct training. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact James Leal at [email protected]

Duties

Duties are listed at the full performance level. Leads the business review of planned timber sale stewardship contract or agreement pre-sale packages after line officer approval and prior to advertisement for bid. Conducts audits of a wide variety of business and financial functions related to timber sale contract administration, permanent and trust funds, and cash management. Interprets and provides advice on laws and regulations concerning revenue accounting and use of federal funds. Provides expertise and advice on bonding and applicable agency core financial system transactions and reports. Routinely interacts with timber sale purchasers, contractors, partners, and permittees to interpret and explain all financial aspects of contract and permit administration. Prepares and interprets a variety of reports relating to forest product contracting, agreements or forest management issues. 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
• For the GS-09: A Level I Forest Products Resource Specialist certification is required for this position. Incumbents must complete the requirements for this certification within 1 year of appointment to this position.
• For the GS-09, the selectee must maintain a Level I Forest Products Resource Specialist certification while employed at this grade level.
• For the GS-11: A Level II Forest Products Resource Specialist certification is required for this position. Incumbents must complete the requirements for this certification within 1 year of appointment to this position.
• For the GS-11, the selectee must maintain a Level II Forest Products Resource Specialist certification while employed at this grade level.

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: For the GS-09 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience are two or more of the following: Provided and maintained timber sale accounts and timber sale contracts; Maintained financial management of timber sales; Interacted with timber sale purchasers, contractors, and permittees to interpret and explain all financial aspects of contract and permit administration; and/or Ensured the financial system is applied in a manner to ensure accuracy and proper procedures. 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; OR A combination of graduate level education that is directly related to the position (in excess of 18 semester/27 quarter hours) and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. For the GS-11 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience are two or more of the following: Ensured the correction of scale tickets and final corrections to the edit files until all entries are valid; Ensured all timber sale financial collections were processed in databases; Performed work related to the input, output, review, and analysis, posting, and adjustments to accounts; Analyzed timber sale contracts and audited timber sale statements of account to assure documents comply with appraisal, current direction, procedures, laws, and regulations; and/or Conducted bid solicitations and openings. 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., if related; 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. 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.

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]