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This position plans and implements recreation resources program including lands, special uses, wilderness, developed sites, dispersed recreation, trails, scenery management, interpretation, and scenic byways. For information about the duty station please see Additional Information section. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Barbara Van Alstine at barbara.vanalstine@usda.gov or p: 906-852-3500 Ext. 8524014, or 906-884-2085 Ext. 8842014.
Major Duties
- Use expertise to advise on and administer special use programs and projects.
- Work with staff to develop contract packages for recreation construction projects and prepare quantity and cost estimates.
- Serve as contracting officer representative to monitor construction for contracted portions of projects.
- Inspect permittee operations to determine compliance with the terms of the permit and take corrective action when necessary.
- Provide professional advice and support to plan, design, develop, implement, and evaluate recreation program/project activities.
- Analyze and identify recreation program needs to recommend schedules and priorities.
- Provide input into the development of environmental analysis for the integration of ecological, social, and cultural influences regarding aesthetics, scenery, and recreation for land management planning and environmental design.
- Participate on interdisciplinary teams to plan future recreation use and consider all alternatives in the resource project description and design.
- Determine permit requirements necessary to protect resources such as air, water, and land quality.
- Participate in unit management team to assure program management activities are responsive to identified customer needs.
- Consult with the program coordinator and budget specialist to prepare project scopes, budgets, and schedules.
- Develop and maintain external cooperative relationships with government agencies, non-governmental organizations, conservation groups, private foundations and other external partners.
- Plan the work to be accomplished by the unit, assign work to employees, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
- Promote equal opportunity and employ nondiscriminatory practices for promotion, recruitment and hiring of applicants; encouragement, recognition and fair treatment of all employees.
- Foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the organization.
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. This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled in any of the job series listed below. Basic Requirement: GS-0101- Social Science:
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 behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience -- that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. GS-0401- Biological Science:
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. GS-0807- Landscape Architecture:
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 in landscape architecture or landscape design. OR Combination of education and experience -- for each year short of graduation, 1 year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original landscape design. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-11:
You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service: OR three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D degree or equivalent doctoral degree (coursework directly related to position being filled) from an accredited college or university: 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.). Specialized experience is defined as experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples are: Providing input for the unit interdisciplinary planning teams; Participating in developing the unit program of work for all aspects or portions of the unit-planning program; Advising, coordinating, or reviewing the annual operating plans and budgets; Conducting routine environmental studies and evaluations and developing environmental analysis reports linking a variety of resources, such as recreation, special uses, and facilities. 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
$64,009.00 - $83,210.00