This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/526655400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
Reclamation is a contemporary water management agency. Reclamation is best known for Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River and Folsom Dam on the American River. Today we are the largest wholesaler of water in the country and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western United States. View our video titled "Traditions, Talent, and Teamwork" here.
03/07/2019 to 03/29/2019
$87,252 - $113,428 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
50% or less - This position is expected to travel up to 40% of the time which may require overnight stays.
Yes—Relocation expenses are authorized with the exception of the Guaranteed Home Sale Provision. First-post-of-Duty relocation expenses are authorized for reinstatement. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), signed into law December 2017, suspends the moving expense deduction and the exclusion from income of qualified employer reimbursements of moving expenses that was allowed under previous tax laws. Employer reimbursements for moving costs are now generally taxed at the same rate as ordinary income.
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
13
No
No
BR-UC-2019-26 (MP-ro)
526655400
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
Current and former Federal employees serving under competitive service career or career-conditional appointments; current or former time-limited employees eligible under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA); Career Transition Assistance Program; CTAP; Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program; ICTAP; VEOA; 30% Disabled; Military Spouses; Schedule A; Individuals with Disabilities; Peace Corps; AmeriCorps; Vista.
This position is located in the Management Services Group of the Program Management Division, Regional Office, Upper Colorado Region. The incumbent serves as the Upper Colorado Region's Native American Affairs Program (NAAP) Manager and is responsible for Reclamation activities with the Native American tribes, and organizations, and other associated Federal agencies within the Region. Duties include the following:
- Serves as the Region's liaison with the Washington and Denver Offices for technical functions and activities affecting the NAAP.
- Reviews, analyzes, and provides comments or appropriate documentation to the Native American and Internal Affairs Office (NAIAO), Washington DC on Native American issues, i.e., legislative packages, Reclamation policy and regulations, and Congressional inquiries.
- Serves on Federal Indian Water Rights Settlement Teams (Team). As Reclamation's representative on the Team, participates in negotiation and implementation sessions to ensure that the trust responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Reclamation are implemented, technical assistance from Reclamation is coordinated, and Reclamation's and the Region's needs and interests are addressed.
- Functions as the principal contact and liaison for all Native American tribes in the Region and ensures coordination of their programs with the Regional and Area offices.
- Stays apprised of or involved in all Reclamation activities that may affect Native Americans in the Region.
- Serves as the Regional NAAP representative at meetings and conferences to provide status reports on specific Native American projects and issues.
- Sponsors outreach initiatives with the Tribes, such as training workshops.
- Works with the Area offices to assure that funding and assistance requests from the tribal organizations are properly focused and considered.
- Designated as the Indian Trust Asset (ITA) Coordinator for the Region to ensure that, within the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) process, ITAs in the areas of Regional activities are identified and impacts avoided or mitigated.
- Sponsors cultural awareness workshops in the Region to heighten awareness of the Native American cultures and to improve working relationships with the tribes.
Duty stationed in Salt Lake City, Utah. For living conditions in the area click here.
You must meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors by the closing date of this announcement.
TIME-IN-GRADE: Currrent career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Applicants eligible under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) are not required to meet time-in-grade restrictions in order to be considered.
Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience (described below) equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience must demonstrate the applicant has been equipped with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is directly related to the work to be performed.
Definition of Specialized Experience: Experience planning, coordinating or performing assignments supporting Native American Affairs program activities such as: promoting the establishment or use of organizational programs or practices; developing, modifying or providing input for organizational project plans; establishing organizational strategies, goals, objectives or priorities.
If you do not meet the definition of specialized experience, you will be determined not qualified for this position.
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.
There is no substitution of education for experience at this level.
Telework: Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.
References: On your application, please include the names and current phone numbers for at least 3 supervisory references. If any individual is no longer available for contact, you are requested to provide the name and current phone number of another person with the company (team lead, acting supervisor, etc.) that would know your work history.
E-Verify: DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit: E-Verify.
Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. For more information visit: Selective Service.
Equal Employment Opportunity: The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Human Resources (HR) will review resumes and transcript(s) to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. HR will evaluate each application that meets the basic qualifications on the information provided in the assessment questionnaire. The assessment questionnaire will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Applicants determined best qualified will be referred to the selecting official.
Applicants will be further evaluated on the following "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)" through your resume and responses to the online questions:
1. Knowledge and in-depth understanding of the laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to dealing with Native American tribes and meeting the Federal trust responsibilities.
2. Skill in leading or participating in intricate and potentially volatile negotiations.
3. Knowledge and complete understanding of the Native American tribes, associated entities, Federal and State agencies, and organizations that are associated with governance and administration of Native American activities to ensure appropriate coordination and accomplishment of objectives.
4. Knowledge and understanding of a variety of disciplines such as economics, sociology, cultural, biology, hydrology, or engineering in order to provide meaningful advice in connection with water rights claims, settlements, water needs assessments, and coordination related to the NAAP, and to perform assigned special projects.
Applicants’ answers to questions will be verified against information provided in their online resumes. Be sure that the resume clearly supports the response to all the questions by addressing experience, education and/or training relevant to this position. Applicants must make a fair and accurate assessment of their qualifications. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is apparent in your description of experience, competencies, skills, and/or education/training OR that your resume/application is incomplete, you may be rated ineligible or your score may be lowered.
To be considered for this position, applicants are required to submit an on-line assessment questionnaire and the following supporting documents as appropriate:
Resume: A resume with dates of employment. Your resume may be submitted in any format. If you submit more than one copy of your resume, only the most recent version will be reviewed. The latest timestamp will be used to determine which version of your resume is "most recent." It is your responsibility to check the status and timestamp of all documents you submit as part of your application. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/day/year to month/day/year or month/day/year to the date you are submitting the resume). If using an automated resume builder, be sure to include this specific information in the narrative portion of your work description. Any period of employment that does not include this specific information will not be credited toward meeting the qualifications requirements of the position.
SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action: Status applicants (transfer, reassignment, reinstatement, promotion, etc.) MUST submit a copy of their SF-50, verifying highest rate of pay and documenting career or career-conditional status in the competitive service (Tenure 1 or 2) for which you are claiming eligibility. Failure to submit an SF-50 verifying status, will result in the applicant not being considered for this position.
VEOA: For candidates eligible under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) you must submit the appropriate DD-214 (Member 4 Copy) documenting your eligibility. For information on veteran's eligibility visit the Vet Guide.
Special Non-competitive Appointing Authorities: For more information on special non-competitive appointing authorities click here.
CTAP/ICTAP: Provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced or involuntarily separated. Applicants claiming CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location with their application. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be well-qualified, i.e. meet the minimum qualification requirements, including selective factors, education and experience requirements and score at least 90 on the assessment questionnaire as established, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For information on CTAP/ICTAP click here.
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) Eligibles: If you are a current or former land management agency appointee – you must provide documentation to verify eligibility as follows: a) A copy of your SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action that reflects having initially been hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited (temporary/term) appointment. b) A copy of SF-50(s), Notification of Personnel Action(s), that reflect having served under one (1) or more time-limited (temporary/term) appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two (2) or more years. c) A copy of your Performance Appraisal Plan and/or Supervisor Memorandum that reflects having performed at an acceptable level during each period of service. For more information on LMWFA click here.
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.
Applications (resume and assessment questionnaire) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington D.C. time) on the closing date of this announcement. When you're ready to apply, click the blue APPLY ONLINE button at the top of the page.
This vacancy is being announced through Bureau of Reclamation's Hiring System--HireMe. For more information about the HireMe system and the registration process, visit: HireMe.
As part of the on-line application process, applicants may be required to submit supporting documents. Failure to submit the requested supporting documents may result in your not being considered for this position.
Options for submitting supporting documentation include Auto Requested Fax or uploading from your USAJOBS profile - instructions provided during the online application process. In addition, you may E-mail your supporting documentation to rmmitchell@usbr.gov, fax directly to the HR Office at (801) 524-3187, mail to 125 South State Street, Room 8100 (UC-552), Salt Lake City, Utah 84138, OR hand-deliver to the Human Resources Office, 125 South State Street, Room 7102A (Attn: UC-546), Salt Lake City, Utah 84138. Be sure to include your name and the vacancy number on the supporting document(s).
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us at the phone number shown at the bottom of this page. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
After all application packages have been received, resumes and transcripts will be reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualifications will be further evaluated on the information provided in the Assessment Questionnaire. Best-qualified applicants will be referred to the selecting official. After making a tentative job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigation will be conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applications. Applicants should monitor their status for positions with the Bureau of Reclamation, by regularly checking their public status notifications in their USAJOBS profile.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/526655400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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