Wildland Firefighter (Aviation Management Specialist)

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Northwest Region, Region 6, Deputy Regional Forester, Fire and Aviation Management, Redmond Air Group, Redmond, OR.

The position is responsible for developing and recommending aviation objectives, plans, policies, standards, and procedures for the full range of aviation programs in support of National Forest System activities.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Regional Representative Jason Heinz at jason.heinz@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 Wildland Fire 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.

Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GW-11: Applicants must display one year specialized experience equivalent to at least the GW-09 grade level; OR a Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.,(coursework must be directly related to the position being filled such as forestry, range management, agriculture); OR an appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester/54 quarter hours leading to a Ph.D.).

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 Specialized Experience are: Assisting in preparing proposed aviation policies, procedures, and guidelines; assisting aviation managers in drafting and editing aviation-related programs, plans, studies, and specific actions; and/or participating in providing advice to aviation technology, safety, and operational staff specialists to integrate aviation programs.

For the GW-12: Applicants must display one year specialized experience equivalent to at least the GW-11 grade level.

Examples of Specialized Experience are: Assisting in developing new or proposed aviation policies, procedures, and guidelines; participating with committees and work groups of aviation managers developing and recommending aviation-related programs, plans, studies, and specific actions; and/or providing advice and assistance to aviation technology, safety, and operational staff specialists to integrate aviation programs.

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.

FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT COVERAGE: This is a secondary firefighter position under 5 USC 8336 (CSRS) and 8412(d) (FERS). Prior wildland firefighting experience is required.

There is no age limit for entry into secondary positions. Firefighter retirement coverage of the incumbent depends upon his or her individual work history.

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

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. Major Duties:

• Duties listed are at full performance grade GW-12.
• Provides national program oversight and responsibility in the development/implementation of standards and procedures, to guide and control a range of unique and hazardous aviation activities.
• Leads or participates with committees and work groups of aviation managers developing and recommending aviation related programs, plans, studies, and specific actions.
• Responsible for the automation of the Working Capital Fund Template using Visual Basic to automatically access and retrieve data.
• Assists National Aviation Program Managers and Regional Staff with program database and information management. This includes responsibility for data collection and entry, and aviation computer database approval and packaging.
• Applies technical knowledge, review and recommendations of financial management for Aviation Requirement Analysis (ARA), Business Cases Analysis (BCA), and Aviation Business Case Summaries (ABCS) for the procurement of multimillion dollar aircraft.
• Monitors, under direction of the Regional Aviation Officer, administrative financial aspects of the in-house aviation program. This includes that administration and oversight of several contracts including fuel and pilot housing.