Supervisory Firefighter

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as Deputy Fire Chief, responsible for assisting the Fire Chief in the management of the Fort Rucker Fire and Emergency Services Division programs located in Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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; (1) Management level experience within Fire Protection and Prevention leading, directing and assigning work to Firefighter personnel within a large organization; (2) Extensive experience in directing and managing Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting; (3) Extensive experience in program management; (4) Establishing performance standards.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

In addition to specialized experience, the position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications: - Fire Officer III, - Fire Instructor II, - Fire Inspector II, - HAZMAT Incident Commander, - Airport Firefighter.

This position has been identified by Department of Army and approved by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness as a secondary position for special retirement coverage as identified in 5 CFR 831 Subpart I for CSRS Retirement coverage and 5 CFR 842 Subpart H for FERS retirement coverage.

Coverage under Special Retirement Coverage is NOT automatic. However, an employee may bring their existing special retirement coverage with them if they meet the transfer requirement below.

CSRS - Per CSRS and FERS Handbook, Subchapter 46A, Section 46A3.2-1C - The employee, while covered under the special provision, moves directly (that is, without a break in service exceeding 3 days) from a primary position to a secondary position; and if applicable, the employee has been continuously employed in a secondary position or positions since moving from a rigorous position without a break in service exceeding 3 days.

NOTES: 1. Service as a temporary or intermittent employee may be counted toward the 3-year requirement if it is otherwise qualifying.

(While under an intermittent tour of duty, only actual days worked are counted.) For purposes of applying the 3-year requirement, it does not matter whether the service is actually made creditable by payment of a deposit or whether the service cannot be made creditable.

Thus, even post-1998 nondeduction service (which can never be creditable under FERS for the purpose of qualifying for or computing a benefit can be used to meet the 3-year requirement.

Also, Federal service under another retirement system for Government employees may be used to meet the 3-year requirement if it is otherwise qualifying. 2.

A break in employment in secondary positions that begins with an involuntary separation (not for cause) within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 8414(b)(21)(A) is continuous for this purpose.

In addition to providing the required eligibility documentation listed elsewhere in this job announcement, if you believe you are eligible for Special Retirement Coverage under a secondary position, you must provide sufficient documentation (SF-50s) as indicated above for verification.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Major Duties:

• Incumbent assists the fire chief with the following: develops long range plans for facilities, manpower, material resources, training programs, and prevention.
• Participates in installation planning by reviewing plans for construction and alterations and providing technical advice on the elimination of fire hazards and the requirements for detection and suppression devices.
• Plans, assigns, directs, and reviews the work accomplished by subordinates in preparation and finalizes annual budget submittal through appropriate channels for the operation and maintenance of the organization.
• Initiates action to fill vacancies, selecting new employees.
• Ensures installation fire department support for mission completion to include: USAAVNC emergency contingency plans, fixed and rotary wing aircraft training, research and test activities, aircraft maintenance and fuel servicing contractors.