This position is located with the Forest Service Office of Occupational Safety and Occupational Health. This position is responsible for serving as the program and administrative support coordinator. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Monte Ulmer at [email protected] or 406-550-1669.

Duties

Duties listed below are at the full performance level. Assist senior personnel in the preparation of draft or final written documents to communicate ideas, goals, policies, analysis, and/or direction. Participate in staff and/or management level meetings and discussions involving administrative and management functions of an office. Perform administrative and/or analytical duties to assist higher level management in decision making. Serve as technical and administrative advisor to the head of the unit (such as the Associate Deputy Chief, the Director, etc.) and staff for all matters relating to policies, personal philosophy, views and objectives as well as the goals and matters. Manage supervisor’s calendar and itinerary to meet the essential commitments for overall management of the organization.

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-9: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-7 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: performing a wide variety of analytical administrative support work as well as office management and related activities; applying knowledge of office automation, software applications, the internet, electronic mail, electronic calendars, and laptop computers; keeping supervisor's calendar and scheduling appointments and meetings; arranging conferences, including such matters as location, agenda, and attendance list and making necessary arrangements for travel, arranging schedules, making reservations and notifying relevant organizations. For the GS-11: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower level (GS-09). Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: identifying, analyzing, and developing recommendations to resolve substantive problems of effectiveness and efficiency of work operations in a program support setting; and/or planning work projects, coordinating the work with other staff personnel, and resolving any technical problems; ensuring the supervisor is kept informed of unanticipated issues or controversies; performing qualitative and quantitative analytical studies to collect data and cross-check, analyzing, and interpreting data to obtain accurate and relevant information. 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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]