Job Summary

This position is located in the Supervisor's Office of the Kaibab National Forest located in Williams, AZ. This position serves as the Public Services Staff Officer with the responsibility for recreation, lands, minerals and heritage program areas. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Heather Provencio at 928-635-8301 or heather.provencio@usda.gov.

Major Duties

Qualifications

You must possess the qualifications requirements identified below to be considered eligible for this position. Your application or resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. For more information on the qualifications for this position, go to: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROFThis is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled in any of the job series listed below: Basic Requirement: GS-0101:

A. Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelors or higher degree that included a major field of study in behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

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B. Combination of education and experience: Education leading to a bachelor's degree that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field (i.e., at least 24 semester hours of relevant upper level courses) and appropriate relevant experience. The combination of education and experience must equal 100%.

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C. Experience: 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:

A. Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelors 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.

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B. Combination of education and experience: Education leading to a bachelor's degree with courses equivalent to a major field of study in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position (i.e., at least 24 semester hours of relevant upper level courses) and appropriate relevant experience or additional education. The combination of education and experience must equal 100%. GS-0807:

A. Degree: landscape architecture or landscape design.

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B. Combination of education and experience -- for each year short of graduation, the applicant must have had 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. The combination of education and experience must equal 100%. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience in the amounts listed below. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-13: One year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as the majority of the following: Administered a land management public service program such as recreation, lands, minerals and/or cultural resources/heritage; Provided leadership and/or guidance in program development, operation and evaluation of public service program areas such as recreation, lands, minerals or cultural resources/heritage; Worked closely with agency staff to coordinate and integrate public service programs and projects to meet resource objectives; Prepared and/or assessed an interdisciplinary approach to the development of long-range resource management action plans and short-range operating programs for management activities of assigned program areas. 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

$88,704.00 - $115,313.00

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