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Summary This position is located within the Rocky Mountain Region, Region 2; Fire & Aviation Management in the Regional Office. The duty station will be Lakewood, CO or within another duty station in Region 2. The incumbent is a technical expert for the Regional Fire Director or Deputy and provides oversight and coordination to national forests and grasslands within that region or area. For additional information about the duties of this position, contact Daniel Bryant at Daniel.Bryant@usda.gov. Responsibilities Duties listed are at full performance grade GS-13 level. Review fire management plans to ensure they reflect national, regional, and local management goals. Ensure fire management plans are in compliance with laws, policies, regulations and/or environmental mandates. Evaluate effectiveness of existing wildland fire and/or aviation management programs to provide recommendations for improvement and success of the program. Provide guidance to field units on the evaluation of fire hazard risk, fuels, effects, historic occurrence, climatology and/or weather. Coordinate budget development with other staff areas to ensure unit staffing levels are met. Monitor expenditures, including budget allocations, discretionary spending accounts to report accomplishments to leadership. Conduct trend analysis for direct and indirect spending to adjust budget allocations as needed. Ensure plans are consistent with land and resource management plans, enabling laws, policies, regulations, and environmental mandates. Consult program leadership for the development of short -term AND long-term strategic fire management planning, assessments, interagency and/or fire management plans. Use wildland fire expertise to resolve problems relating to development, execution, and/or monitoring of fire related issues. Work with cooperating agencies to develop an interagency approach to wildland fire management planning. Provide guidance of policies, standards, methods, and/or guidelines received from national and regional levels to resource management staff. Provide advice on fire management planning to support the development of forest land management goals and/or objectives. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in federal service or equivalent. 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/or aviation management programs by 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; Provided wildland fire planning technical support and coordination with fire management officers, land or resource management staffs, and planners throughout the local area. GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in federal service or equivalent. Examples of specialized experience may include: Provided program management direction and/or expertise for interagency and/or national forest and grasslands fire planning efforts; Provided program leadership and/or consultation for short-term or long-term strategic fire management planning, assessments, interagency and/or unit fire management plans; utilized specialized software and modeling to evaluate the effectiveness of fire and/or aviation management strategies to meet land and resource management goals and objectives; Developed annual program of work, including budget allocations, discretionary spending accounts, and severity requests. Selective Placement Factors A minimum 90-day experience performing on-the-line (Primary/Rigorous) wildland fire suppression duties as a member of an organized fire suppression crew or comparable unit that utilized knowledge of wildland fire suppression, containment or control techniques and practices under various conditions. This experience must be documented with specific dates in the online application or resume. 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 position covered under the special retirement provisions of 5 USC 8336(c) for the Civil Service Retirement System and of 5 USC 8412(d) for the Federal Employees Retirement System. 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 education requirement or substitution for this position. Additional Information This position will be located at Forest Office within Region 2, Rocky Mountain Region in either Lakewood, CO or a duty station within Region 2. Final determination of the duty station will be made by the selecting official at the time of the job offer. Pay rates vary depending on location, the salary shown above is for the Rest of the U.S. See OPM.gov for additional information on pay rates. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. This is a permanent full-time position and may include weekend work. The duty station for this position will be Lakewood, CO or Location Negotiable upon selection. Salary range as shown is the locality pay Rest of U.S. (RUS). Pay rates vary by location. Please visit the Office of Personnel Management's website for additional information on pay rates. Recruitment or Relocation Incentive may be authorized. Final determination to pay an incentive will be made by the hiring official at time of job offer. The Forest Service may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract highly qualified candidates. Additional information is available at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-and-leave-flexibilities-for-recruitment-and-retention/. Selectee will be responsible for tax obligations related to payments for moving expenses - 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act, Public Law 115-97. Questions should be directed to the Travel Help Desk, 877-372-7248, Option 1, or email SM.FS.asc_tos@usda.gov Subject to one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period (unless prior service is creditable). New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required new supervisory training program before the end of their probationary period. PROMOTION POTENTIAL: If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied or guaranteed. This is a non-bargaining unit position. Forest Service daycare facilities may be available. Government Housing may be available.