Program Specialist (Fire Support)

Full Job Description

This position is assigned to a Forest Service Region 6 office.

This position works with the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management Interagency Fire and Aviation Unit and is responsible for oversight of contract resources utilized in fire suppression and provides interagency coordination.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Jason Heinz at jason.heinz@usda.gov or Colleen Kingsbury at colleen.kingsbury@usda.gov.

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.

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: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as four or more of the following: Serving as a contracting officer's representative for regional emergency Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements, contracts (exclusive of aviation), and Memorandums of Understanding with third party vendors; and/or Interpreting policies, laws, and regulations to provide support for Fire and Aviation Management operations; and/or Providing oversight to a contract resource program area; and/or Adapting or modifying contract specification guidance provided to equipment inspectors to ensure consistency; and/or Applying technical expertise on all phases of the acquisition, use, and disposal of vehicles, aircraft, and other necessary equipment to support firefighting.

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

Major Duties:

• Serves as the Fire and Aviation Management program manager and Contracting Officer's Representative for regional emergency Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements, contracts (exclusive of aviation), and Memorandums of Understanding.
• Serves as the technical expert for the Region in all aspects of development and administration of firefighting agreements to include equipment in direct support of firefighting operations and support equipment.
• Provides leadership and support to all federal, state, and local agencies in the utilization of contract resources.
• Responsible for reviewing statements of work and contract specifications, ensuring they are vetted through appropriate Fire and Aviation Management operational and contracting personnel.
• Represents the agency on contract/vendor opportunities, issues, and conflicts.
• Identifies and implements necessary actions related to implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Federal Excess Personal Property programs and projects.
• Addresses issues and provide solutions to the Washington Office Contract Operations staff when agreement specifications are not in alignment.