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This position serves as a Rangeland Management Specialist in the Malheur Field Office, Vale District Office, in Vale, Oregon or Baker City, Oregon.
01/13/2025 to 01/21/2025
$40,332 - $79,443 per year
GS 5: $40,332- $52,426 per year; GS 07: $49,960-$ 64,952 per year; GS 09: $61,111- $79,443 per year
GS 5 - 9
Few vacancies in the following locations:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
11
No
No
OR-25-DE/MP-12624150-AMD
827506000
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
This announcement is open to all U.S. Citizens, Status Candidates (Merit Promotion, Land Management, and VEOA Eligibles) and Non-Competitive Authority Eligibles.
Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor.
As the Rangeland Management Specialist,
At the GS-5 level: The position is considered to be a basic trainee/developmental position, with guidance and supervision provided by the assigned supervisor and/or guidance by a higher graded rangeland management specialist. The position performs rangeland management specialist duties at a reduced level of responsibility and/or difficulty while receiving on-the-job and other appropriate training as identified in an Individual Development plan to prepare him/her for promotion to the next higher level. Primary responsibilities include: review of range permits and applications to ensure compliance with appropriate federal law as well as providing assistance to other senior rangeland management specialists in preparing, evaluating and conducting biological analysis for the need of rangeland projects; conducting studies to determine grazing management actions; learning how to develop Allotment Management Plans; and monitoring/surveying activities that may impact sensitive shrub and pasture-lands. The trainee specialist must learn to authorize livestock use, process crossing permits and transfers, perform case file updates and execute unauthorized use actions.
At the GS-7 level: The position is considered to be an advanced trainee. Major duties include: assisting in preparation, evaluation and conducting biological analysis of public rangeland projects; learning to develop more complex allotment management plans while working independently on less complex allotment management plans; independently conducts monitoring of smaller on-going rangeland management construction and development projects; participates in monitoring and surveying activities that may impact sensitive shrub and pasture-lands, and evaluates and reports any change in status of the rangeland. Learns to authorize livestock use, process crossing permits and transfers, perform case file updates and execute unauthorized use actions; and independently process range use adjustments and exchange of use authorizations.
At the GS-9 level: The position is responsible for assisting in preparing, evaluating and conducting biological analysis of public rangelands. Major duties include: development of consideration plans, review of range permit applications to ensure compliance with appropriate federal law; ensuring impacts to rangeland ecosystems are properly mitigated; develops and implements allotment management plans; conducts related monitoring studies and determine need for changes in management; provides basic input to interdisciplinary reports, environmental assessments, and protective stipulations for rangeland ecosystems; evaluates and reports any changes in the status of the rangeland; develops, implements and maintains resource management plans for the Field Office.
Range Management -- At least 18 semester hours of course work in range management, including courses in such areas as basic principles of range management, range plants, range ecology, range inventories and studies, range improvements, and ranch or rangeland planning.
Directly Related Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences -- At least 15 semester hours of directly related courses in the plant, animal, and soil sciences, including at least one course in each of these three scientific areas, i.e., plant, animal, and soil sciences. Courses in such areas as plant taxonomy, plant physiology, plant ecology, animal nutrition, livestock production, and soil morphology or soil classification are acceptable.
OR
2. Combination of education and experience: at least 42 semester hours of course work in the combination of plant, animal, and soil sciences and natural resources management shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
AND
QUALIFICATIONS CONTINUED:
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
Volunteer Experience: 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.
You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".
A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Occupational Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Occupational Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.
You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this position.
EDUCATION:
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.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
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 01/23/2025.
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 01/23/2025. 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/827506000. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.