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This position is located at Forest Service; Pacific Southwest Region; Region 5; Lassen National Forest; and Aviation & Fire Management in Susanville, CA. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Dustan Mueller at dustan.mueller@usda.gov and 530-252-6621.
Major Duties
- Provides program management oversight for a high complexity fire/fuels management program. Provides professional expertise in the development of resource objectives and guidance for implementation of projects and programs.
- Provides program oversight and guidance related to the use of prescribed fire and naturally ignited wildfires to achieve Land and Resource Management Plan objectives.
- Responsible for the smoke management program to ensure compliance with state air quality standards.
- Performs fiscal analysis, formulates the annual fuels management budget, and maintains a system of accounts to track program expenditures. This includes managing the budget from out-year planning to year-end closure.
- Coordinates with the next higher organizational level, other agencies, cooperators, and stakeholders to develop interagency fuels strategies. Represents the organization in multi-agency fuels management activities.
- Maintains awareness of technological developments in wildland fire science and related disciplines. Collects information through a variety of methods, including field surveys, computer modeling, and specific literature searches.
- Coordinates multi-disciplinary field studies related to fuels management program issues to determine effectiveness of treatments. Coordinates and provides transfer of findings to the appropriate personnel.
- Evaluates fuel treatments on-the-ground for compliance with policies, standards, and guidelines. Provides advice, counsel, and guidance to field personnel on correct procedures and practices.
- Designs and implements fuels management surveys to document presence, amount, and types of hazardous fuels. Utilizes the results of the surveys to prioritize prescribed fire and fuels management projects.
- Develops local policy, standards, and guidelines for the Forest's Fuel Management Program, including aspects in environmental assessments, prescribed burning plans, fuel treatment standards, inventories, and smoke management.
- May assist the Fire Management Officer and/or Fire Planner with the overall long-range Forest fire and aviation planning.
- Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary team planning, developing, and implementing land management plans, compliance documents, and agreements. Provides input and recommends strategies for fuels and fire management.
- Provides assistance to other resource program managers in the design of fuels management prescriptions and implementation plans. Provides information on fuels management methods to enhance, restore and protect ecosystems.
- Participates in the development, review, and modification of the fire management plan. Develops, reviews and monitors fuels management plans.
- Ensures own and other's welfare and safety in all aspects of project implementation. Identifies training needs and participates in prescribed fire, mechanical fuels treatment, chemical herbicide application, and wildland fire and safety training.
- Provide leadership in fire management program areas such as contracting, fire planning, aviation, safety, and wildfire response. In the absence of the FMO, may be required to serve as Forest Duty Officer, acting FMO or Fire Staff.
- Performs technical review of operational plans, monitors fire behavior, evaluates fire effects, identifies potential problems and takes appropriate action.
- Participates in preparedness reviews, proficiency checks and drills, safety sessions, outcome reviews, and after action reviews.
- Duties listed are at full performance level.
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. You must possess the Basic Requirements identified below to be considered eligible for this position. Transcripts must be provided if qualifications are based on education above the high school level. Your application or resume must clearly show that you possess the appropriate experience requirements. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Basic Requirement: Degree: Biological sciences, agriculture, natural resources management, chemistry or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
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Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major course of study in biological sciences, agriculture or natural resources management, chemistry 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: GS-11: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least to the GS-09 grade level. Experience must have included all of the fire program management elements as described below: Reviewing and evaluating fire management plans for ecological soundness and technical adequacy. Conducting field inspections before and after prescribed or wildland fires to determine if resource objectives were achieved and/or to evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken. 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 as described below: Prescribed fire/fuels management - experience in a broad range of activities such as: Professional forest or range inventory methods and procedures (e.g., Brown's planar intercept for dead and down fuels; live fuel loading assessments). Analysis of fuel loadings and determination of appropriate fuel treatment methods and programming. Land use planning and environmental coordination. 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 - analyzing and applying fire management strategies, plus experience in at least five of the following activities. Mobilization and dispatch coordination Fire prevention and education Training Logistics Equipment development and deployment Fire communication systems Suppression and preparedness Aviation GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must have included all of the fire program management elements as described below: Managing a fire/fuels program. Implementing and Administering prescribed fire activities. Wildfire response and fuels management activities to ensure objectives are met. Responsible for smoke management to meet air quality standards. Managing fuels program budget. Developing and Implementing local policy. Working regularly with administrators from other Federal, State, or Local Agencies. Selective Placement Factors: A minimum 90 days experience performing on-the-line (Primary/Rigorous) wild land fire suppression duties as a member of an organized fire suppression crew or comparable unit that utilized knowledge of wildland fire suppression, containment or control techniques and practices under various conditions. This experience must be documented with specific dates in the online application or resume. Successfully completed the Primary NWCG Core Requirements of Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2) AND Secondary NWCG Core Requirement of Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) OR- Secondary NWCG Core Requirement of Task Force Leader (TFLD) OR- Successfully completed the Primary NWCG Core Requirements of Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2) AND- Secondary NWCG Core Requirement of Helibase Manager (HEBM) In order to be considered for this position, copies of your College Transcripts and Technical Fire Management (TFM)certificate, if applicable, MUST be attached to your application. Additional information on the qualification requirements for this position are outlined in the interagency Fire Program Management 401 Supplemental Guide and the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and are available at these website's: In order to be considered for this position, copies of your Incident Qualification and Certification System (IQCS) Master Record (or equivalent training documents) which contain documented proof of the certification or attachment of the IFPM Selective Placement Factor for this position MUST be attached to your application. Red cards are not acceptable documentation. Currency Requirement: Required to maintain currency once hired into the position. Currency of NWCG qualifications is not required for selection. if not currency qualified, the applicant must provide documented evidence that they have been fully qualified in the past, and are able to regain currency within one year of being hired. Failure to provide this documentation will result in disqualification. 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. 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. To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Pay Range
$64,009.00 - $76,721.00