Forestry Technician (Dispatch - Assistance Intelligence Officer)

You will serve as a Forestry Technician (Dispatch - Assistance Intelligence Officer) GW-0462-08/09 working in Albuquerque, NM with Office of the Secretary of Interior. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. You may be required to occasional travel, particularly during fire season, and you must obtain a government charge card for travel. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Assists with the overall execution of activities within the Fire Intelligence Section of the GACC. This involves interpreting fire indices, weather and occurrence patterns for the Area. Identify shortages of critical resources and provides information for determining allocation and priority setting for these critical resources relating to personnel, aircraft, crews, equipment and supplies. Provides assistance and support to the intelligence aspects of wildland fire suppression, preparedness and prescribed fire activities to representative to the field offices within the Area. Assists in the development of Intelligence Section planning documents, including operating plans, public affairs plans, communication plans and related sections in the Area Mobilization Guide. Assists with the collection of daily situation reports, consolidation of reports and preparations of the GACC incident situation report. Provides user training and oversight for the ICS-209, WFDSS, and other reporting programs. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/23/2026, unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Selective Placement Factor(s): This position requires a special qualification that has been determined to be essential to perform the duties and will be used as a screen out element. Those who do not provide evidence they possess the following selective factor(s) will be rated not qualified. This is an administrative position in an organization having a firefighting mission, and is clearly in an established career path. Prior firefighting experience, as gained by substantial service in a primary firefighter position or equivalent experience outside the Federal government is a MANDATORY PREREQUISITE Candidates must possess Primary/Rigorous wildland firefighting experience, gained through fire line work in containment, control, suppression or use of wildland fire. You must clearly demonstrate this experience in your resume, including the months, days, and hours per week at which the work was performed to be considered. Applicants must have documented prior primary firefighting experience, with substantial service defined as either: At least one full fire season working in a primary wildland firefighting role (e.g., Engine Crew, Fir

Salaire : $68,351 – $95,715/Per Year | Avantages : https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/Guide-Me/New-Prospective-Employees/

The U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS), an organization within the Department of the Interior (DOI), responds to wildfires and promotes fire-resilient landscapes across more than 500 million acres of public and tribal lands nationwide. The USWFS has full program authority and coordinates the DOI wildland fire management program in its entirety. It ensures coordination within DOI, the Bureaus it serves, other federal agencies -- particularly the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service -- as well as non-federal agencies, state foresters, tribes, and a variety of stakeholder groups representing volunteer firefighters.