Incident Business Management Specialist (Fire Support)

Full Job Description

This position serves as a member of the fire, fuels, and aviation programs staff.

This position serves as a regional expert in incident business management functions pertaining to wildland fire and all hazard incidents.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please see the Additional Information section for the regional point of contact.

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.

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.

Note on Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed.

This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time.

Incomplete, inaccurate or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position.

Specialized Experience Requirement: GS-05: Applicants must have three years of progressively responsible experience, one year of which was equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service.

Examples of qualifying experience include experience that may have been gained in administrative, professional, technical, investigative, or other responsible work and demonstrated the ability to: Analyze problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions; Plan and organize work; and Communicate effectively orally and in writing.

OR A bachelor's degree or 4 years of successfully completed education above high school leading to a bachelor's degree.

The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

OR An appropriate combination of successfully completed post-high school education and experience.

GS-07: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: Assisting senior employees with the preparation of fire related agreements consistent with incident (such as wildland fire, hurricane, flood, and/or earthquake recovery) business management policies and guidelines; and/or Updating local incident business guidelines under the direction of a senior employee; and/or Gathering technical information for fire managers.

OR One full year of graduate level education.

The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work; such as: contracting, financial management, business administration or other closely related field.

OR An appropriate combination of graduate level education and specialized experience.

OR Superior Academic Achievement (go to this site determine if you are eligible: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp) GS-09: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: Assisting with the preparation, review, and execution of fire related agreements consistent with incident (such as wildland fire, hurricane, flood, and/or earthquake recovery) business management policies and guidelines; and/or Assisting with providing incident business management policies and guidance to fire managers; and/or Assisting senior employees coordinate with other partners such as federal, state, local government, or equivalent to resolve incident payments and billings; and/or Tracking policy and guideline developments in incident business and related functions.

OR A master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.

The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Examples of qualifying education include degree programs in contracting, financial management, business administration or other closely related field.

OR An appropriate combination of specialized experience and education (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level).

To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Major Duties:

• Duties listed are at the full performance GS-09 grade level.
• Tracks policy and guideline developments in incident (such as wildland fire, hurricane, flood, and/or earthquake recovery) business and related functions.
• Plans new methods and procedures designed to improve operations and administrative effectiveness within the staff.
• Assists with developing incident business related training materials.
• Participates in formal and informal training opportunities to provide assistance with the presentation of incident business related materials.
• Assists in the resolution of incident (such as wildland fire, hurricane, flood, and/or earthquake recovery) business management billing and payment issues.
• Communicates incident business management information amongst internal contacts.