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This position serves as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist in a BLM office, located in Medford, OR.
08/14/2024 to 08/27/2024
$59,966 - $77,955 per year
GS 9
1 vacancy in the following location:
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Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
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OR-24-DE/MP-1247287-APC
804414900
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
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.
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
This announcement is open to all U.S. Citizens, Status Candidates (Merit Promotion, Land Management, and VEOA Eligibles) and Non-Competitive Authority Eligibles.
As the Geographic Information System Specialist in this position, you will:
Serve as a full performance level Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist in a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office. This position is responsible for the acquisition and management of a wide range of spatial information required to support the management of public lands. The incumbent must have a thorough and effective mix of technical skills in the geographic and geospatial computer application disciplines as well as a working appreciation of the Bureau mission and operational procedures sufficient to support business operations and natural resources management in the BLM. At this grade level, the position is responsible for applying a full range of geospatial analytical techniques to identify, interpret, and resolve moderately complex GIS issues and complete a variety of well-precedented projects and assignments.
The incumbent serves as the data steward for vegetation and land treatment data bases. The position is responsible for data editing and management, coordination, user training, and support of the data bases related to the tracking of the vegetation and land treatments generated from projects within the district. The incumbent develops and designs support data bases and processes for Resource Area specialists.
The incumbent is responsible for data editing and management for forest development, hazardous fuels reduction, timber harvest, fish and wildlife and other resource programs. Requires skill in dealing with data bases (primarily Micro-Storms Access and Operations Inventory Database), spreadsheets, geographic information systems (GIS) and other automated data programs. In addition, the incumbent will serve as a technical resource for the districts mobile data collection effort.
Where appropriate, the incumbent organizes, collects, coordinates, maintains, and enters data into the appropriate databases. Incumbent will be responsible for ensuring consistency and accuracy in the appropriate database systems. Incumbent will adhere to all State and District protocols, policies and direction related to database management and meta data maintenance.
The incumbent should be familiar with creating ArcGIS Online content for use by field personnel to collect data in support of forest management activities.
Incumbent provides data, information, graphical products and analysis to resource area planning and project teams. Incumbent supports Field Office Planning Teams as needed and may serve as a member of one of the planning teams.
Incumbent prepares reports, responds to data queries by the use of maps, tables, and other appropriate GIS tools.
The incumbent provides informational responses required by directives or as requested by agencies, interest groups, and District subject matter program leads.
To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, including a subject matter resume review and/or a panel interview. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed below that are required to successfully perform the job.
You will be evaluated on the following competencies:
The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/27/2024.
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 apply for this position: You must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive consideration, the complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/27/2024. WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.
Once the Occupational Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement that your submission was successful. If you are among the most qualified candidates and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You will be notified of the status of your Application Package at the time candidates are referred for consideration, and when the selection process is complete.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
No applicant inquiries will be accepted or addressed until after the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/804414900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was established in 1946, but its roots go back to the years after America's independence, when the young nation began acquiring additional lands.
OUR MISSION: The Bureau of Land Management's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
OUR VISION: To enhance the quality of life for all citizens through the balanced stewardship of America's public lands and resources.
OUR VALUES: To serve with honesty, integrity, accountability, respect, courage, and commitment to make a difference.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission.