This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/526981800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
AMENDED - Duty location: Washington, DC or Virtual. Duty location to be determined upon selection. REMOVED- "If you are selected for this position, you will be required to serve a one year managerial/supervisory probationary period, if one has not previously been completed" For additional information about the BLM, please visit Our website. Position is located in the Energy, Minerals, and Realty Mgmt, Business Mgmt Office in Washington, DC. Information about location can be found at here.
Learn more about this agency03/11/2019 to 03/25/2019
$114,590 - $148,967 per year
GS 14
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - Some Travel may be required.
Yes—Travel and relocation expenses will be paid consistent with the Federal Travel Regulation, Chapter 302, and Departmental policy. The use of a relocation service company and home marketing incentive will not be offered. To view FAQs regarding PCS, copy and paste the following link in your web browser: http://web.blm.gov/internal/wo-500/directives/dir-14/im2014-135_a1.pdf
Permanent
Full-time - Work Schedule is Full Time.
Competitive
14
No
No
WO Merit-2019-0025
526981800
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current federal employees of this agency.
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/former federal employees with competitive/reinstatement eligibility; CTAP/ICTAP eligibles within the local commuting area; Veteran Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA); Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA); Veterans more than 30% disabled eligible; Persons eligible under Special Hiring Authorities, Schedule A and/or individuals w/disabilities; Public Land Corp eligibles; and Current/former time-limited employees eligible under PL-114-47, Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA).
This position serves as a Senior Policy Analyst located in the Business Management Office, under the Energy, Minerals, and Realty Management Directorate, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The incumbent reports to the WO-302 Chief. The incumbent serves as the directorate expert and point of contact on regulatory development, analysis and coordination related to the programs and functions of the directorate. Develops and writes policy and guidance for the renewable energy program including geothermal, solar and wind energy projects; the fluid minerals program including oil, gas, and helium; solid minerals programs, including mining law, coal, oil shale and salable minerals; the lands and realty programs, including land transactions, rights-of-way, and the Public Land Survey System. Provides detailed and thoroughly researched advice and recommendations to upper level management officials in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) on policies, regulations and developing issues affecting energy, minerals, and realty programs. Examines policy deficiencies and material weaknesses which may require policy and procedure revision. Serves as a leader or participant in BLM, DOI or interagency study groups that develops proposals, options, and recommendations for use by top management in consideration of national realty, energy and mineral development policy alternatives. Coordinates with the Legislative Affairs staff to identify, develop and transmit to Congress high priority legislative initiatives.
Physical Demands: The work involves office activities, in a sedentary environment. Some travel is required in connection with various work assignments. The incumbent often works under very tight deadlines and stresses opposed by the need for quick exchange for information and personal interactions.
Work Environment: The work is performed in an office setting where risks, generally associated with an office environment are present. Some temporary duty travel is required to the field offices and other locations. The incumbent is required to abide by all existing safety requirements for the location.
This position falls under the group coverage qualification standards for Administrative and Management positions there is no Individual Occupation Requirement for this position.
In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement. Please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade (GS-13) of the position to be filled.
For GS-14: One year of specialized experience at the GS-13. Specialized experience at the GS-13 or equivalent level is experience dealing with legislative and budget issues, analyzing program effectiveness and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and high-level organization policy, procedures, processes. Specialized experience also entails managing regulatory matters, especially rulemaking, and working with various types of various subject matter experts to: (i) evaluate the legal and administrative issues associated with promulgating a regulation and (ii) write and analyze regulatory documents pertaining to programs that manage the development of lands, renewable energy, fluid minerals, and/or solid minerals administered by the Federal Government. In addition, experience in supporting program managers and leads by facilitating, tracking and responding to requests from offices such as the Government Accountability Office and Office of Inspector General. There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-12 and above grade levels.
You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.
There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at this grade level.
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.
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.
BLM may use certain incentives, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract high quality applicants.
Government facilities are required to provide a smoke free environment for their employees. Smoking will be permitted only in designated areas.
The Bureau of Land Management has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
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.
KSA 1 : Skill and experience in analyzing and evaluating the content of new or emerging information, knowledge, discoveries, or public policies.
KSA 2: Skill in effectively communicating highly complex technical material and/or issues that may be controversial, to a non-technical audience.
KSA 3: Skill in exercising judgment in all phases of analysis, from sorting and identifying important problems when dealing with voluminous amounts of information to identifying feasible options or alternate proposals and anticipating policy consequences.
KSA 4: Skill in effective written communication to organize ideas and present findings in a logical manner and to prepare material such as briefing papers, correspondence, presentations, etc.
KSA 5: Knowledge and experience in the executive and legislative decision-making process.
Resumes must show relevant experience and other information. Your resume must list your education and work experience including the dates (mm/yyyy) of each employment along with the number of hours worked per week and salary information. Your resume will be used to validate your responses to the assessment tool(s). You are welcome to submit a cover letter (optional). If you wish to do so, include it with your resume.
In addition to the online application (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following forms:
Current and former federal career and career-conditional employees: 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).
Former PLC Member: Submit a copy of your “Certificate of Eligibility for Noncompetitive Hiring” along with a copy of your “PLC Participant Verification Work Hours Sheet.”
Veterans Special Appointing Authorities: To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three or more years of active service. A VEOA eligible who is separated 30 days or less prior to completion of the three-year active duty service requirement is eligible to receive consideration for BLM vacancies Submit documentation to support your claim for VEOA or preference veteran (DD-214 that shows discharge as honorable or general, SF-15, Veterans Administration Letter). If you are currently on active duty, you must provide an official statement of service from your command, or other official documentation (e.g., documentation of receipt of a campaign badge or expeditionary medal) that proved your military service was performed under honorable conditions. You must clearly identify your claim for veterans' preference on your application. For more information on veterans' preference, please go to OPMs website at: Feds Hire Vets.
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.
If you are applying for this position based on eligibility under other noncompetitive special appointing authorities, you MUST submit proof of this eligibility.
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. The opportunity to do this will be provided during the application process by a pop-up message option to generate an auto-requested fax cover sheet.
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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If you need assistance in applying on-line, please contact the HR Office at (775) 861-6412 or email us at nvjobs@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.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/526981800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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BLM is seeking a dynamic and energetic individual to join the Washington, DC team.
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.