Property Management Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is assigned to the Region 5 Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management unit.

The Property Management Specialist serves as the principal advisor in all matters related to the Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) and Firefighter Property (FFP) programs for the State of California and Hawaii.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Brian Grabowski at brian.grabowski@usda.gov or Deirdre Cherry at deirdre.cherry@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-11 level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: Providing and applying technical and analytical knowledge in support of asset management program areas; and/or Providing expertise, advice, and direction on the complexities and special requirements for the acquisition, disposal, cannibalization, demilitarization, transfer, and scrap disposal of Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) aircraft and aircraft parts; and/or Monitoring the overall effectiveness of the assets under the organization's purview to ensure optimal operation; and/or Ensuring that all rural and wildland firefighting property items are used for the intended purpose and properly maintained and accounted for.

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:

• Interprets regulations in acquisition and disposal of Federal Excess Personal Property and Firefighter Property.
• Manages system access privileges to ensure appropriate property management system account access.
• Performs operational work in property management system of record and reviews data entries for accuracy.
• Provides training in databases and websites used in property management.
• Independently schedules and conducts analysis to ensure compliance with agency regulations.
• Provides technical and analytical knowledge in support of personal property management.
• Generates reports from property management systems to validate data entry and inventory of assets.
• Develops new inventory controls, procedures, and policies to ensure property protection and maintenance.