- Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
- Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- This position is remote eligible. You will be required to sign a remote work agreement and be responsible for ensuring the approved remote worksite has adequate internet service, connectivity, and other general utility costs at your own expense.
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.
Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements.
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 and could result in an applicant not being considered for the position.
Specialized Experience Requirement
GS-07: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: Providing consultative services for a Human Resources function under the guidance and direction of a senior Human Resources Specialist; and/or Researching, analyzing, and applying policies, regulations, and standard procedures to perform work in a Human Resources program area; and/or Assisting senior Human Resources Specialists in projects or segments of projects; and/or Performing varying technical and/or administrative tasks in support of the a classification and position management function.
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One full year of graduate level education. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.
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An appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education described above.
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Superior Academic Achievement (go to this site determine if you are eligible: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.
GS-09: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following:Providing classification and position management support to assigned organizations; and/or Researching, analyzing, and applying classification and position management policies, regulations, and standard procedures to complete assignments; and/or Assisting with the development of position descriptions, preparing evaluation reports, and/or applying classification standards to make preliminary determinations on titles, series, and grade levels under the guidance and review of a supervisor or senior employee; and/or Responding to routine Human Resources inquiries or requests relating to classification and position management.
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A master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.
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An appropriate combination of specialized experience and education (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level) described above.
GS-11: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following:Applying classification and position management standards for a variety of General Schedule and Wage Grade positions; and/or Providing management advisory services covering all aspects of the Fair Labor Standard Act; and/or Reviewing and critiquing organization charts, assigning competitive level codes, developing position descriptions, writing evaluation statements, determining position titles, series, and grade levels, and/or conducting desk audits and issuing results to supervisors; and/or Interpreting and explaining Human Resources policies, procedures, laws, standards or regulations, including providing advice on classification and position management requirements and procedures.
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A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if related. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.
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An appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.) described above.
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.
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied or guaranteed.
To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Education
See above for education that may be qualifying for the specific grade level.
Additional Information
PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy is limited to the first 150 applications received and will close at 11:59pm ET on the closing date or at 11:59pm ET on the day we receive the 150th application, whichever comes first.
These positions are eligible for remote work arrangements. Remote work employees are expected to work at an approved remote worksite, typically the employee's residence, on a regular and continuing basis. Remote worksite must be located within commuting distance of a Forest Service office.
Final determination of the duty station will made by the selecting official at the time of the job offer. To see where these Forest Service Offices are located click here . Click each region to see the different locations.
Pay rates vary depending on location, the salary shown is for the Rest of the U.S. See OPM.gov for additional information on pay rates.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.
Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after three years or more of continuous active service are eligible for consideration under the Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA).
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Part-time and intermittent service will be credited only for time actually worked. Non-pay status such as leave without pay is credited for up to six months in a calendar year; anything beyond six months is not credited. Applicants are responsible for providing sufficient information/documentation to determine if the 24 month criteria is met.
Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period.
For more information on applying under special hiring authorities such as certain military spouses, Schedule A etc., explore the different Hiring Paths on the USAJOBS website .
This position may be eligible to telework up to four days per week, based upon the duties of the position. This position may also be eligible for flexible work arrangements as determined by agency policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Positions filled from this announcement may be a bargaining or a non-bargaining unit position represented by either NFFE, AFGE or NAGE.
We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
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