Job Summary

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Region, Office of the Deputy Director-TS, Division of Natural Resources, Branch of Wildland Fire Management, in Sacramento, California. It will be filled from SPD# FDI0234.

Major Duties

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions and Individual Occupational Requirements for GS-0401: General Biological Science Series. BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR GS-0401:

A. Degree (bachelor's or higher) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resources management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. -OR-

B. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in biological sciences, agriculture or natural resources management, or at least 24 semester hours in biological sciences, natural resources, wildland fire management, forestry, or agriculture equivalent to a major field of study, plus appropriate experience or additional education that is comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in the biological sciences, agriculture, or natural resources. IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE GS-0401 SERIES, APPLICANTS MUST ALSO HAVE THE FOLLOWING: GS-12: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience must have included all of the following fire program management elements: 1) Reviewing and evaluating fire management plans for ecological soundness and technical adequacy; 2) Conducting field inspections before and after prescribed or wildland fires to determine if resource objectives were achieved and/or evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken; 3) Developing analyses on the ecological role of fire and its use and/or exclusion, and smoke management. In addition to fire program management, appropriate experience must have included either prescribed fire/fuels management -OR- fire management operations. Examples include prescribed fire/fuels management experience include, but are not limited to, 1) Professional forest or range inventory methods and procedures; 2) Analysis of fuel loadings and determination of appropriate fuel treatment methods and programming; 3) Land use planning and environmental coordination; 4) Evaluation of prescribed burn plans or fire management plans to ensure fire containment is possible and identification of appropriate suppression contingencies if containment is not obtained. Fire management operations experience include, but are not limited to, analyzing and applying fire management strategies, plus experience in at least five of the following activities: 1) Mobilization and dispatch coordination; 2) Fire prevention and education; 3) Training; 4) Logistics; 5) Equipment development and deployment; 6) Fire communication systems; 7) Suppression and preparedness; 8) Aviation. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: In addition to meeting the basic entry level qualification requirements, applicants must have the following: Prior Wildland Firefighting Experience: This position requires a minimum of 90 days previous wildland firefighting experience which provided knowledge of the techniques, policies, and practices of wildland fire management. Wildland fires are categorized into two distinct types: 1) Wildfires - unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires that are declared wildfires; 2) Prescribed Fires - Planned ignitions. This description includes only fireline experience on a Prescribed Fire; it does not include experience in the planning stages. FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT COVERAGE:

This position is covered as a secondary firefighter position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336(c)(CSRS) and 5 U.S.C. 8412(d) (FERS) when it is filled by an incumbent who transfers directly from a primary or another secondary firefighting position with no break in service as a firefighter to this position. Firefighter retirement coverage of the incumbent depends upon his or her individual work history. 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).

Pay Range

$83,615.00 - $108,705.00

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