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Incumbent independently plans, schedules, assigns, and reviews the work of assigned employees in the maintenance, construction, operation, and overall management of the assigned area for flood risk management, recreation, and environmental stewardship.
Major Duties
- Approve and/or disapprove short and long-range program objectives to maintain established project budgets.
- Evaluate recreation trends to recommend future planning requirements of staffing for natural resource management programs.
- Ensure subordinate staff is selected, developed, utilized, appraised, and rewarded based on merit systems principles.
- Establish current and future staffing needs based on organization goals and budget realities.
- Provide training to staff regarding administrative procedures, regulations, and processes.
Qualifications
US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 Supervisory Natural Resources Management Specialist:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
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B. 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: One year of specialized experience which includes biological practices, principles and techniques related to administering, planning and implementing environmental, recreational and natural resource management activities at a water resources project. Should have knowledge and experience with natural resource management related laws, policies and regulations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
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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 do the work of the position, such as: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
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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 of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Financial ManagementManaging Human ResourcesNatural Resource ManagementOral CommunicationProgram Outreach
Pay Range
$64,009.00 - $83,210.00