Program Specialist (Assistant Director) (Fire Support)

Summary

This position is located in a Regional Office of the Forest Service within Region 5. The position serves as and Assistant Director to the Director of Fire and Aviation Management (FAM). The incombent has the responsibility for specific programs and tasks in the Corporate Fire Program. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Brian Grabowski at [email protected] or Deirdre Cherry at [email protected].

Duties

• •Serve as the Regional Cooperative Fire Program manager leading the development of cooperative partnerships related to the management of a cooperative fire program.
• •Provide overall program direction; vision, strategic planning, internal and external networking, monitoring and evaluation of the Region’s partnerships.
• •Serve as an expert technical consultant in planning and development of partnerships among all levels.
• •Analyze all requirements and assesses appropriate alternatives prior to the acquisition of resources via the grants and agreements process.
• •Review and prepare grant applications for award in conformance with the appropriate rules, regulations and agency policies.
• •Interpret complex program requirements, identifies problem areas, and provides advice to grantees on program improvements that meet their expressed needs.
• •Serve as a Forest Service representative to the Regional Interagency Steering Committee for pre-disaster, disaster, and post disaster planning and exercise coordination.
• •Serve as technical expert in the resolution of problems and issues related to substantive mission-oriented programs that influence the development and maintenance of relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• •Serve as an organizational expert on budgeting and financial management issues and activities, including historical costs.

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. 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. Note on Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position. Specialized Experience Requirement: At least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Graduate level education alone is not qualifying at this grade level. Specialized experience at this level includes one or more of the following: Work as a fire program specialist that requires knowledge and skill in performing program analysis, fire protection planning, and evaluative assignments concerned with the administrative and operational aspects of wildland fire management and/or disaster response organizations, programs, and services. Such work should demonstrate experience in strategic planning, budget proposals and allocation, conducting analysis and evaluation of programs, grant and agreement development, property management, and improvement projects for disaster response and/or wildland fire management. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.