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Learn more about this agency10/10/2019 to 10/24/2019
$88,704 - $115,313 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
25% or less - May be required.
No
Temporary - This is a Temporary Promotion Not-to-Exceed (NTE) 1 year With the possibility to extend up to 4 years Selectee will return to their position of record, or like position, upon completion of this appointment.
Full-time - Work Schedule is Full Time.
Competitive
13
No
No
WY-Merit-2020-0007
548489400
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current federal employees of this agency.
Current Bureau of Land Management employees in the local commuting area
The position is located in the Wyoming State Office and serves as the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) Management Zone II Project Lead for Greater Sage-Grouse plan implementation in Wyoming. The incumbent leads an oversight team in coordinating activities across the management zone including planning, disturbance tracking, and monitoring. This position serves as the liaison to the State Director for Wyoming for the implementation of the Greater Sage-Grouse plans. This position will be the alternate for the State Director for Wyoming on numerous interagency committees and working groups that address conserving and restoring greater sage-grouse habitats while continuing to support responsible development. The incumbent serves as the key staff person for the State Director at stakeholder and regional governance coordination meetings and as such has the authority to speak for and represent the State Director at these meetings. Activities will include but will not be limited to: Plan implementation including interagency landscape level planning to conserve sage-grouse and its habitats; recommending landscape level restoration and development projects for approval by the line officers; reporting land health and sage-grouse objective(s) compliance in sage-grouse habitat areas; and Public and interagency coordination.
This position has a positive education requirement which requires that you have a degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position, or a combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
You will need to clearly state your undergraduate/graduate degree(s) and submit your college transcripts or a listing of your college courses that includes hours and grades.
SELECTIVE SERVICE: Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must certify that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. To register or verify your registration go to the Selective Service System website.
May require completion of a 1 year probationary period.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. Information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility is available from OPM's Career Transition Resources website at CTAP or ICTAP. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration or that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) This vacancy is within your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility; 2) You apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) You are found well qualified for this vacancy. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, or a copy of your separation personnel action form. CTAP and ICTAP eligibles will be considered well qualified if they receive a minimum score of 90 based on the rating criteria used for this position.
Reemployment Priority List (RPL): The RPL is the mechanism agencies use to give reemployment consideration to their former competitive service employees separated by a RIF or who have fully recovered from a compensable injury after more than one year. If you are currently on a Reemployment Priority List, you may be given priority consideration.
This Temporary Promotion may be extended up to a maximum of 4 years without further competition. However, it may be terminated at an earlier date should management determine a need no longer exists. At the end of the temporary promotion, you will be returned to the position from which you were temporarily promoted, or to a different position of equivalent grade and pay. This will not be considered an adverse action. At the time of the change to lower grade, your pay will be set according to BLM pay setting regulations.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Upon receipt of your complete application package, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. Your rating will be based on your responses to the Job Specific Questionnaire and the information stated in your resume. If qualified, your score may range from 70-100 points. In addition, interviews may be conducted for this position. The interviews may be conducted on a pass/fail basis or may be scored. The job specific questions relate to the following knowledge, skills and abilities required to do the work of this position.
1. Skill in applying theories, principles, concepts, and practices of the management of natural resources, land, ecosystems, multiple use programs, and wildlife habitat.
2. Knowledge of land and resource management legal authorities, functions, and programs as they relate to multiple use and sustained yield or resources management programs.
3. Knowledge of public lands resource programs, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis, and resource management planning.
4. Ability to recommend resolution of contested resource management and ecosystem related issues through oral and written communication.
To preview questions please click here.
In addition to the online application (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following forms:
A copy of your transcripts or a list of college courses that include hours and grades from an accredited U.S. college/university. If your degree is from a Foreign Institution, See Foreign Education.
Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) eligibles: documentation verifying your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility - this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty location.
Current Bureau of Land Management employees on career and career-conditional appiontments MUST submit a copy of your recent (non award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, or equivalent document that verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2) and Competitive Status (block 34, code 1).
You may submit your documents either via Auto-Requested Fax or by uploading your documents from your USAJOBS Profile.
Auto-Requested Fax: allows you to submit required documentation that will be electronically displayed along with your resume.
UPLOADING DOCUMENTS: instead of faxing your documents you may use the uploading procedures thru Applicant Manager. Do not use both options.
Hard copy paper supplemental documents, submitted without prior Human Resources approval, will be considered as an incomplete application.
Required documentation must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, on the closing date of this announcement.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To receive consideration for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package, which includes ALL of the following items: 1. Your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire; 2. Your resume; and 3. Applicable supporting documents specified in the Required Documents section of this job announcement.
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Your application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time by the closing date of this announcement.
If you need assistance in applying on-line, please contact the HR Office at 307-775-6122 or BLMJobs_WY@blm.gov If applying on-line poses a hardship for you (i.e. you do not have access to the internet) you must contact us prior to the closing date of the announcement for an alternative method of applying.
You will be notified of the status of your application as the qualification review process is conducted. You may also check the status of your application by viewing your MY USAJOBs account.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/548489400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The BLM manages more land - 245 million surface acres - than any other Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western States, including Alaska. The BLM, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
