Deputy Forest Supervisor

This Deputy Forest Supervisor position is with Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) in Phoenix, AZ. These Deputy Forest Supervisor 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 contact Chris Christofferson at chris.christofferson@usda.gov. Key duties: • Represents the Forest Supervisor in any transaction affecting the Forest, either in-Service or out, with the same degree of authority to commit the Forest, but subject to post review by superior. • Exercises final commitment authority to make administrative and technical decisions on all National Forest matters during absence of superior where authority is delegable. • Shares responsibility with the Forest Supervisor for providing technical and administrative leadership in and direction to all activities on the Forest. • Serves as a representative of the agency completing duties in a way that is trustworthy, caring, respectful, responsive, curious, and inclusive. • Establishes and invests in strong, productive, positive relationships inside and outside the agency. • Performs supervisory duties 25% or more of the time. 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. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-14 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Providing counsel to higher organizational levels concerning district, forest or equivalent natural resource program issues and their current and anticipated effects; Exercising direct program responsibilities that included district, forest or equivalent program development, planning, budgeting, and identifying workforce and organizational needs to establish and meet priorities; Developing and sustaining relationships with one or more of the following: external partners, members of the public, or representatives of agencies or tribal governments to anticipate and resolve natural resource management conflicts and issues. 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. 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. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.