- Position Title
- Recreation Management Specialist
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Announcement Number
- 25-R1SV-12654662-R-PCW Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, January 3, 2025 to Friday, January 10, 2025
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Eligibilities
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. Your answers will be used to determine your eligibility to apply to this job opportunity announcement. You will be considered under the eligibility option(s) to which you answer YES. Select YES to all eligibility options for which you want to be considered. If you respond NO to meeting the criteria for all the eligibilities, you will not be considered for the position(s) under this announcement.
NOTE: You must submit the required supporting documentation to receive consideration for EACH selected eligibility. Failure to provide the required documents will result in an ineligible rating and your application will be excluded from consideration.
NOTE: You must submit the required supporting documentation to receive consideration for EACH selected eligibility. Failure to provide the required documents will result in an ineligible rating and your application will be excluded from consideration.
1.
Are you a current Forest Service employee who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment?
2.
Are you a Forest Service employee who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment AND you have held or currently hold a position on a permanent basis in the competitive service with the same or higher promotion potential of the position being advertised?
3.
Are you a current USDA employee who meets the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee, in which received official notice that your job is no longer needed or that you will lose your job by Reduction-in-Force (RIF)? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
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• you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
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4.
Are you a current or former employee of the US Forest Service who is claiming eligibility under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act and:
- was originally hired to a time-limited position under a competitive appointment; and,
- served one or more time-limited appointments at a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and,
- most recent period of qualifying service was with the US Forest Service; and,
- performed at an acceptable level of service during each period of service; and,if you are no longer employed by the US Forest Service, have been separated for no more than two years, and whose most recent separation was for reasons other than misconduct or performance?
5.
Have you registered for reemployment consideration AND meet one of the below:
• Are you a current or former competitive service USDA employee who will be or was separated by Reduction-In-Force (RIF) and received a rating of satisfactory or above as your last annual performance rating?
OR
• Are you a former USDA competitive service employee who separated due to a compensable injury or disability?
• Are you a current or former competitive service USDA employee who will be or was separated by Reduction-In-Force (RIF) and received a rating of satisfactory or above as your last annual performance rating?
OR
• Are you a former USDA competitive service employee who separated due to a compensable injury or disability?
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
3.
Are you a current or former Political appointee, Presidential appointee, and/or non-career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointee?
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in this Recreation Management Specialist, GS-0301-07/09 position with the USDA Forest Service. Your resume and the responses you provide to this assessment questionnaire will be used to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit your application.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are using education to qualify you must document your course work and/or degree completed in your resume or other application materials you submit. You must submit a copy of your transcripts that identifies for each course the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade received, and date completed. If you are qualifying based on education and you do not submit specific course work information described below, your application will be rated not qualified for consideration. A copy of your official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty, if selected. Your responses are subject to verification.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are using education to qualify you must document your course work and/or degree completed in your resume or other application materials you submit. You must submit a copy of your transcripts that identifies for each course the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade received, and date completed. If you are qualifying based on education and you do not submit specific course work information described below, your application will be rated not qualified for consideration. A copy of your official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty, if selected. Your responses are subject to verification.
This section will be used to determine if you possess the education and/or specialized experience needed to qualify for this position.
PLEASE NOTE: Your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application and information provided by your references. Read all responses before making your selection.
FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING.
FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING.
For each of the following questions, choose the response that best describes your education and/or experience.
YOU MUST ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS IF QUALIFYING ON EDUCATION OR A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.
YOU MUST ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS IF QUALIFYING ON EDUCATION OR A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.
1.
Select the one statement below that best describes the education and/or experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Recreation Management Specialist, GS-0301-07.
2.
Select the one statement below that best describes the education and/or experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Recreation Management Specialist, GS-0301-09.
For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Do not overstate or understate your level of experience and demonstrated capability. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Assist higher graded employees with initiating contact with the public to educate visitors and protect resources.
4.
Assist in communicating agency management practices, rules, and regulations to the public for education on wilderness, trails, special uses and recreation activities.
5.
Assist in the development and delivery of wilderness and educational programs for the local communities.
6.
Initiate contact with the public to educate visitors and protect resources.
7.
Communicate agency management practices, rules, and regulations to the public for education on wilderness, trails, special uses and recreation activities.
8.
Participate in the development and delivery of wilderness education programs for the local community.
9.
Receive training in the development of long and short-range plans for wilderness, trails, special uses and recreation resources for agency guidelines and direction.
10.
Receive training in developing work plans for use of wilderness areas, construction and maintenance of trails, parking areas, trailhead facilities, campgrounds, and other developed recreation sites.
11.
Receive progressive training for assignments involving processing special use applications including on-the-ground investigations of site suitability, screening levels and preparation of associated reports.
12.
Participate in annual inspections of permittees and preparation of reports for senior level specialist.
13.
Participate in the development of long and short-range plans of wilderness, trails, special uses and recreation resources for agency guidelines and direction.
14.
Develop work plans for usage of wilderness areas, construction and maintenance of trails, parking areas, trailhead facilities, campgrounds, and other developed recreation sites.
15.
Analyze and interpret data to formulate recommendations to achieve management objectives and policies.
16.
Participate with other natural resource disciplines to ensure program requirements are included in the project planning and execution.
17.
Assist with surveys and studies of wilderness areas, recreation facilities, trails for rehabilitation plans.
18.
Assist in gathering information and project on maintenance of wilderness areas, trails, and recreation facilities for rehabilitation plans.
19.
Provide program input into a natural resources management planning processes for work plans on wilderness, trails and special uses activities.
20.
Coordinate with other natural resource disciplines to ensure program requirements are included in the project planning and execution.
21.
Conduct surveys and studies of wilderness areas, recreation facilities, trails for rehabilitation plans.
22.
Gather information and project cost on maintenance of wilderness areas, trails, and recreation facilities for rehabilitation plans.
23.
If education is used to qualify for the job series advertised. You must submit a copy of your transcripts showing the education required for the series advertised. It may be necessary to attach transcripts from multiple institutions and/or to attach both undergraduate and graduate transcripts.
24.
If any of your education was completed at a foreign institute, you must submit with your application evidence that the institute was appropriately accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as equivalent to U.S. education standards. Contacts for private organizations that specialize in this evaluation is located here: www.naces.org/members. A fee is normally associated with this service. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translation.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
25.
I certify that I have read the announcement and have attached all supporting documents as required in the "Required Documents" section of the vacancy announcement. I understand that failure to submit all required legible documents prior to the closing date of the announcement may result in loss of consideration.
26.
Your responses to the Announcement and Assessment Questionnaires, along with your resume and all supporting documentation are subject to evaluation and verification to ensure accuracy. Submitting false information or attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for terminating you after you have been hired. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy.