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This position is with the U.S. Army Installation Command, Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Division.
Major Duties
- Serve as the Invasive Species and Pest Management Program, at Fort Carson and Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS), Colorado.
- Incumbent ensures installation-wide compliance with federal, Army, state, and local pesticide storage, use, disposal, and reporting requirements.
- Perform duties related to ecosystem management and area monitoring following wildland and controlled burn fires.
- Design and implement the Invasive Species Management Program, to include updating the Invasive Species Management Plan.
- Responsible for the prevention, inventory, control, monitoring, and management of invasive species on Fort Carson and PCMS.
- Develop and administer contracts for control of invasive species.
- . Coordinates with and assists NEPA personnel in reviewing proposed projects and in preparing environmental documents for assigned projects or for Installation activities.
- Assists the Fort Carson Fire Department and the Fort Carson Wildland Fire Team with the suppression of Wildland fires.
Qualifications
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Natural Resources Management Specialist: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized experience which includes providing support to management officials by coordinating health care delivery systems and operations; experience adhering to healthcare data standardization rules and regulations; experience coordinating access to care services between treatment facilities and beneficiaries. This experience is defined at the GS-09 grade level in Federal Service OR
Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position, such as biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Contract AdministrationNatural Resource ManagementTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
Pay Range
$65,019.00 - $84,524.00