Description du poste
This announcement is being advertised as a Forest Service National Hiring effort to fill multiple vacancies. Positions may be filled at one or more of the duty locations included in this announcement. Final determination of the duty location will be made at the time of the job offer. For additional information about the duties of this position, please refer to the Additional Information section. USDA Employees: Please refer to the Next Steps section.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
Plans, evaluates, and provides professional leadership to the overall Forest Timber Sale Administration Program and assures work meets Forest and Regional standards.
Participates as an expert in the sale administration and negotiations with the purchaser and/or industrial association or lawyers representing purchaser to reach an equitable agreement.
Serves as Forest Contracting Officer (CO) for executing contracts for commercial sales and Integrated Resources Timber Contracts and provides direct review and input in the development of Integrated Resources Service Contracts.
Provides leadership and review of all types of contract modifications including environmental modifications and for contract defaults.
Reviews timber trespass cases connected with timber sale contracts.
Provide expert level explanation regarding contract matters of interest to officials and legal representatives of industry associations, timber companies, and loggers purchasing Agency products.
Manages the Forest’s log accountability program.
Periodically makes speeches presentations to schools, conservation groups, collaborative groups or other interested organizations.
Maintains close communications with the Regional Office Timber Management personnel to keep abreast of trends in appraisals, financing, administration, markets and general timber policies.
Performs supervisory duties 20% or less of the time.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES :
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. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Basic Requirement: GS-0460 Series: 1. Degree: Forestry; or a related subject-matter field that included a total of at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours of course work were in forestry. The curriculum must have been sufficiently diversified to include courses in each of the following areas: Management of Renewable Resources - study of the science and art of managing renewable resources to attain desired results. Examples of creditable courses in this area include silviculture, forest management operations, timber management, wildland fire science or fire management, utilization of forest resources, forest regulation, recreational land management, watershed management, and wildlife or range habitat management. Forest Biology - study of the classification, distribution, characteristics, and identification of forest vegetation, and the interrelationships of living organisms to the forest environment. Examples of creditable courses in this area include dendrology, forest ecology, silvics, forest genetics, wood structure and properties, forest soils, forest entomology, and forest pathology. Forest Resource Measurements and Inventory - sampling, inventory, measurement, and analysis techniques as applied to a variety of forest resources. Examples of creditable courses include forest biometrics, forest mensuration, forest valuation, statistical analysis of forest resource data, renewable natural resources inventories and analysis, and photogrammetry or remote sensing. OR 2. Com