Wildland Firefighter (Fire Management Planning)

Summary

This position is located within the National Office Fire and Safety, Fire and Aviation Management (FAM) organization. The incumbent is responsible for developing fire planning policies and preparedness procedures consistent with national-level guidance, coordinating information between national, geographic area, and field units to ensure readiness for wildfire response. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Shawn Steber at shawn.steber@usda.gov.

Duties

• Duties listed are at full performance grade GW-13 level.
• Provides program leadership and consultation for strategic fire management planning.
• Develops, plans, and provides fire equipment management alternatives in coordination with National Fleet Management and Geographic Area fire staff; develops long term strategies for modernization, sustainability, and cost effectiveness.
• Provide program management direction and expertise for national forest and grasslands fire planning, readiness, and fleet operations efforts.
• Provides guidance to the field units to ensure fleet operations meet safety standards, Department of Transportation regulations, and agency risk management requirements to maintain resource availability during peak fire season.
• Coordinates annual fire fleet management program budget, integrates the budget with other program budgets to meet unit operation goals, and oversees cost recovery processes and ensures fiscal accountability.
• Ensures that the fire management program budget is distributed.

Qualifications

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. Specialized Experience Requirement: GW-12: Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GW-11 level. Examples of specialized experience may include: Provided expertise for short and long term strategic fire management planning, assessments, and interagency and/or unit fire management plans; Evaluated the technical aspects and effectiveness of existing wildland fire and aviation management programs and providing recommended changes or initiatives to improve the overall efficiency and success of the programs; Performed data collection and evaluation of fire hazard risk, fuels, historic fire occurrence, fire effects, climatology and weather and providing wildland fire planning technical support and coordination with fire management officers, land or resource management staffs, and planners throughout the local area. GW-13: Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GW-12 level. Examples of specialized experience may include: Provided program management direction and expertise for interagency and/or national forest and grasslands fire planning efforts; Provided program leadership and consultation for short and long term strategic fire management planning, assessments, and interagency and/or unit fire management plans; Utilized specialized software and modeling to evaluate the effectiveness of fire and aviation management strategies to meet land and resource management goals and objectives; and Developed annual program of work, including budget allocations, discretionary spending accounts, and severity requests. Selective Placement Factors 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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.