Open to current career or career-conditional federal employees with competitive status. Reinstatement eligibles, Veterans Recruitment Authority (VRA) eligibles, Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) eligibles, certain military spouses, persons with disabilities, disabled veterans with a 30% or more disability, former Peace Corps and VISTA volunteers may be considered under special hiring authorities.
This position is with the Tongass National Forest; Recreation, Lands, Minerals and Heritage Staff. The duty station for this position will be Ketchikan or Juneau, Alaska. Final determination of duty station will be made by the selecting official at the time of job offer.
This position is eligible for telework and other flexible work arrangements. However, it is not a virtual position and the duty station will be in Ketchikan or Juneau, AK, as decided by the selecting official.
For additional information about the duties of the position, please contact Sarah Samuelson at (907) 789-6274 or ssamuelson@fs.fed.us.
Please read the vacancy announcement thoroughly and follow all instructions to ensure proper consideration. If you are unable to apply on-line or have questions about the meaning of items in the vacancy announcement, please contact Human Resources Management at 1-877-372-7248.
The ability to obtain and maintain weapons certification is a condition of employment in this position as the incumbent will be required to carry a firearm. This requirement is for the protection of the incumbent when working in the field due to the large number of bears in Southeast Alaska. To maintain employment in this position the incumbent must receive a negative pre-certification drug test result, pass a minimum background investigation, pass firearm classroom training, pass the shooting proficiency test and be enrolled in the random drug testing pool while employed in this position.
If you are applying as a 30% or more disabled veteran, you must submit an SF-15 (Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference) and all supporting documentation listed on the second page of the SF-15.
If you are not able to attach the forms to your application, you may fax to 253-573-9869, please include your name and the announcement number on all documents.
We expect to make a final job offer within 30-60 days after the deadline for applications.
Applications may be reviewed to verify qualifications and eligibility prior to issuing lists to a selecting official.
This position has a positive education requirement; therefore, a legible copy of your college transcripts is REQUIRED. Transcripts must be attached to your Avue application or faxed to 253-573-9869 prior to the closing date of the announcement; please include your name and the announcement number on all documents. Applicants who fail to submit their transcripts with their application will not be given credit for their education.
Salary will be adjusted to include a 7.18% (for Ketchikan) or 5.57% (for Juneau) Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). Locality pay will be phased in and a gradually reducing COLA will continue to be paid through December 31, 2012. See the OPM website at: http://www.opm.gov/oca/cola/index.asp for additional information.
Upon completion of 2 years of service in the Alaska Region, employees shall be eligible to have Region 10 partially fund their transfer from Alaska to another Forest Service (non-Research) position in the continental United States. Transfer-of-station costs the Alaska Region will pay for the employee and eligible family members are one-way transportation by Alaska Marine Highway System or commercial airline, transportation and storage of household goods, and movement of a privately-owned vehicle via Alaska Marine Highway System. The Forest Service gaining unit will pay for the remainder of the transfer-of-station costs. The entire cost of a transfer to a position in another Federal Agency will be paid for by the gaining Federal Agency. For additional information, please request a copy of Alaska Region Pamphlet R10-RG-057.
Upon completion of 2 years of service in the Alaska Region and separation from Federal Government service, employees hired from outside Alaska whose move to Alaska was paid for by the Government will be entitled to Return Rights back to the continental United States, limited to the cost of return to the point of hire at the time of the initial move to Alaska. Return Rights costs the Alaska Region will pay for the employee and eligible family members are one-way transportation by Alaska Marine Highway System or commercial airline, transportation and storage of household goods, and movement of a privately-owned vehicle via Alaska Marine Highway System. For additional information, please request a copy of Alaska Region Pamphlet R10-RG-057.
Upon completion of 2 years of service in the Alaska Region and entering into a new written 2-year agreement, employees hired from outside Alaska will be eligible for Overseas Employment Renewal Agreement Travel (OTRAT) when the transfer to the Alaska Region paid for by the Government and 1) was at the GS-09 level or below, or 2) at any GS level when the initial post of duty is other than Anchorage, Fairbanks, Girdwood, Juneau, Ketchikan, Seward or Sitka. Entitlement for OTRAT is based on the initial post of duty in Alaska and cannot be gained or lost due to subsequent transfer to another post of duty within the Alaska Region. OTRAT entitles the employee and eligible family members to round-trip airline transportation to the former home of record or lower cost, domestic destination for up to two trips within 5 years of the Reporting Date to their first post of duty in Alaska. Entitlement to a second OTRAT trip requires the employee fulfilling a second 2-year employment term within the Alaska Region. For additional information, please request a copy of Alaska Region Pamphlet R10-RG-058.
