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This position is located in the Supervisor's Office of the Daniel Boone National Forest, in Winchester, Kentucky. The position serves as the Natural Resources Staff Officer, responsible for the management and oversight of a large organizational unit performing natural resources work. For additional information about these positions, please contact Daniel Olsen, at 859-745-3103, or dan.olsen@usda.gov.
Major Duties
- Formulates plans, policies, and objectives for the overall Forest.
- Fulfills responsibility of all phases of staff work in long range planning and administration of the total forest land management program.
- Represents the agency in assigned activities.
- Develops and communicates policies, programs, plans, and objectives for the Forest.
- Serves as staff officer with responsibility for overall program direction for several functional activities on the forest.
- Reviews, evaluates, and approves programs, modifications and plans for program areas.
- Monitors program accomplishments, resolves issues and coordinates project integration for programs.
- Supervises multiple staff and establishes and communicates guidelines and performance requirements to employees.
- Performs supervisory duties at least 25% of the time.
- Promotes equal opportunity and employs nondiscriminatory practices for merit promotion, recruitment and hiring of applicants; encouragement, recognition and fair treatment of all employees.
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. Basic Requirement:
Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major field of study in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
OR
Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major field of study that included 24 semester hours in course work in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. Related course work generally refers to courses that may be accepted as part of the program major.
OR
Combination of education and experience that included 24 semester hours in course work in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position, AND experience sufficient to demonstrate that I possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform work in the occupation that is comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of a full 4-year course of study with a major in the appropriate field needed to perform the work of the occupation. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess the experience listed below. Specialized Experience:
For the Gs-13 level: One year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level. Qualifying experience includes: Provided leadership and/or guidance in the management of natural resources management; implemented and executed the project plans for a natural resources program area or related area; coordinated the assigned programs and plans with other resource management functions; provided recommendations on development and execution of Forest programs to ensure their accomplishment within applicable guidelines; participated on land management planning efforts by providing resource data information, advice and members of staff to help formulate long range plans for the functional areas of the program; prepared and/or assessed short-range and long-range functional resource and fiscal plans to ensure compliance with land management planning policies and regulations. 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.
Pay Range
$91,231.00 - $118,603.00