Fire Protection Specialist

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This position serves as a Fire Protection Specialist, GS-0081-10, with responsibility for performing phases of the total fire protection and prevention program.

It is located in Boeblingen, Stuttgart, Germany on Panzer Kaserne base. Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes least 3 of the following: 1) Determining the training needs of department personnel; 2) Developing training plans, course outlines, visual aids, evaluation tools, and/or training schedules; 3) Preparing annual budget requests, procurement submissions, and/or providing contract oversight; OR 4) Maintaining knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and trends related to the fire service industry.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Serve as Assistant Chief for Training that is responsible for developing and managing a comprehensive training program of a sufficient magnitude for all functional areas of the base Fire Protection Office.
• Serve as the training coordinator and instructor for the fire department training office.
• Serve as the on-site Safety Officer when live-fire training or major drills/exercises are conducted and has the authority to discontinue or suspend operations until the hazards or procedures are eliminated.
• Maintain a high-level competent knowledge of firefighting, rescue, hazardous material and instruction techniques.
• Assign work of other staff member who administer training programs activities.
• Evaluate the comprehensive fire protection training, safety and hazardous material programs.