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USDA Forest Service

Natural Resource Interpretive Specialist, GS-0401-12/13

Announcement Number:	12-09510001-2673DP-CW	Application Deadline:	07/16/2012
Locations:	Ashland, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin Washburn, Wisconsin Park Falls, Wisconsin Harrisburg, Illinois White Lake, Wisconsin Wilmington, Illinois Vienna, Illinois Jonesboro, Illinois Bedford, Indiana Tell City, Indiana Gladstone, Michigan Manistique, Michigan Munising, Michigan Rapid River, Michigan Sault St Marie, Michigan Saint Ignace, Michigan Blackduck, Minnesota Cadillac, Michigan Manistee, Michigan Baldwin, Michigan Oscoda, Michigan Mio, Michigan Ironwood, Michigan Bessemer, Michigan Kenton, Michigan Ontonagon, Michigan Watersmeet, Michigan Cass Lake, Minnesota Deer River, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota Walker, Minnesota Gorham, New Hampshire Grand Rapids, Minnesota Grand Marais, Minnesota Ely, Minnesota Cook, Minnesota Aurora, Minnesota Blackduck, Minnesota Tofte, Minnesota Rolla, Missouri Ava, Missouri Doniphan, Missouri Houston, Missouri Poplar Bluff, Missouri Potosi, Missouri Salem, Missouri Conway, New Hampshire Bradford, Pennsylvania Nelsonville, Ohio Pedro, Ohio Warren, Pennsylvania Bradford, Pennsylvania Marienville, Pennsylvania Rutland, Vermont Hector, New York Glidden, Wisconsin Manchester Center, Vermont Middlebury, Vermont Rochester, Vermont Elkins, West Virginia Parson, West Virginia Richwood, West Virginia Rhinelander, Wisconsin Bartow, West Virginia Marlinton, West Virginia White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Florence, Wisconsin Eagle River, Wisconsin Hayward, Wisconsin Lakewood, Wisconsin Laona, Wisconsin Medford, Wisconsin Campton, New Hampshire	Open Date:	07/06/2012
Salary Range:	Min: 68809.0 - Max: 110040.0	Location Notes:	See Notes Section
Pay Schedule:	Annual	Who May Apply:	US Citizens
Time Limit:	Permanent - No time limit	Promotion Potential:	13
Number of Vacancies:	1	Work Schedule:	Full Time

Agency Marketing Statement:

A career with the Forest Service will challenge you to manage and care for more than 193 million acres of our nation's most magnificent lands, conduct research through a network of forest and range experiment stations and the Forest Products Laboratory, and provide assistance to State and private forestry agencies. It's an awesome responsibility - but the rewards are as limitless as the views.
A career with the Forest Service will challenge you to manage and care for more than 193 million acres of our nation's most magnificent lands, conduct research through a network of forest and range experiment stations and the Forest Products Laboratory, and provide assistance to State and private forestry agencies. It's an awesome responsibility - but the rewards are as limitless as the views.

Notes:

This position reports to the Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness Resources Staff, Eastern Region, Regional Office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

For additional information about the duties of the position, please contact Art Jeffers at 414-297-3773 or email at ajeffers@fs.fed.us.

If you are claiming 10-point preference as a widow/widower of a certain deceased veteran, spouse of a veteran unable to work because of a service connected disability, or the mother of a deceased or 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 fail to submit the supporting documentation with your application, you will not be granted veterans preference. 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.

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.

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.

Applications may be reviewed to verify qualifications and eligibility prior to issuing lists to a selecting official.

This positon may be located in any currently established Forest Service office in the Eastern Region. There are over seventy (70) possible duty locations. Final determination of duty station will be made by the selecting official at the time of job offer:

Possible duty locations include:
Wilmington, IL
Harrisburg, IL
Vienna, IL
Jonesboro, IL
Bedford, IN
Tell City, IN
Gladstone, MI
Manistique,MI
Munising,MI
Rapid River,MI
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Saint Ignace, MI
Cadillac,MI
Manistee,MI
Baldwin, MI
Oscoda, MI
Mio, MI
Ironwood, MI
Bessemer,MI
Kenton, MI
Ontonagon,MI
Watersmeet, MI
Cass Lake, MN
Blackduck, MN
Deer River,MN
Walker,MN
Duluth,MN
Grand Rapids,MN
GrandMarais,MN
Ely,MN
Cook, MN
Aurora,MN
Tofte, MN
Rolla, MO
Ava, MO
Doniphan, MO
Houston, MO
Poplar Bluff,MO
Potosi, MO
Salem, MO
Campton,NH
Gorham,NH
Conway,NH
Nelsonville,OH
Pedro,OH
Warren, PA
Bradford, PA
Marienville, PA
Rutland,VT
Hector,NY
Manchester Center, VT
Middlebury, VT
Rochester, VT
Elkins,WV
Parsons,WV
Richwood, WV
Bartow, WV
Marlinton, WV
White Sulphur Springs, WV
Rhinelander, WI
Florence, WI
Eagle River,WI
Glidden,WI
Hayward,WI
Lakewood,WI
Laona, WI
Medford,WI
Park Falls,WI
Washburn, WI
White Lake, WI
Ashland,WI
Milwaukee, WI

Pay rates vary depending on location. See the OPM website at http://www.opm.gov/ for additional information on pay rates.
This position reports to the Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness Resources Staff, Eastern Region, Regional Office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For additional information about the duties of the position, please contact Art Jeffers at 414-297-3773 or email at ajeffers@fs.fed.us. If you are claiming 10-point preference as a widow/widower of a certain deceased veteran, spouse of a veteran unable to work because of a service connected disability, or the mother of a deceased or 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 fail to submit the supporting documentation with your application, you will not be granted veterans preference. 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. 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. 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. Applications may be reviewed to verify qualifications and eligibility prior to issuing lists to a selecting official. This positon may be located in any currently established Forest Service office in the Eastern Region. There are over seventy (70) possible duty locations. Final determination of duty station will be made by the selecting official at the time of job offer: Possible duty locations include: Wilmington, IL Harrisburg, IL Vienna, IL Jonesboro, IL Bedford, IN Tell City, IN Gladstone, MI Manistique,MI Munising,MI Rapid River,MI Sault Ste. Marie, MI Saint Ignace, MI Cadillac,MI Manistee,MI Baldwin, MI Oscoda, MI Mio, MI Ironwood, MI Bessemer,MI Kenton, MI Ontonagon,MI Watersmeet, MI Cass Lake, MN Blackduck, MN Deer River,MN Walker,MN Duluth,MN Grand Rapids,MN GrandMarais,MN Ely,MN Cook, MN Aurora,MN Tofte, MN Rolla, MO Ava, MO Doniphan, MO Houston, MO Poplar Bluff,MO Potosi, MO Salem, MO Campton,NH Gorham,NH Conway,NH Nelsonville,OH Pedro,OH Warren, PA Bradford, PA Marienville, PA Rutland,VT Hector,NY Manchester Center, VT Middlebury, VT Rochester, VT Elkins,WV Parsons,WV Richwood, WV Bartow, WV Marlinton, WV White Sulphur Springs, WV Rhinelander, WI Florence, WI Eagle River,WI Glidden,WI Hayward,WI Lakewood,WI Laona, WI Medford,WI Park Falls,WI Washburn, WI White Lake, WI Ashland,WI Milwaukee, WI Pay rates vary depending on location. See the OPM website at http://www.opm.gov/ for additional information on pay rates.

Duties:

Serves as Regional program manager, develops program priorities, provides strategic direction, leads responses to national direction, coordinates implementation of national and regional initiatives, evaluates programs and supports and mentors program colleagues in the field.
Serves as Regional program manager, develops program priorities, provides strategic direction, leads responses to national direction, coordinates implementation of national and regional initiatives, evaluates programs and supports and mentors program colleagues in the field.
Expert advisor in the fields of natural and cultural interpretation, stewardship ethics, conservation education, visitor services, and visitor center management; providing interpretive/visitor services support to the full array of natural and cultural resource disciplines (e.g., trails, wilderness, heritage, wildlife, watershed, forest management, etc.).
Expert advisor in the fields of natural and cultural interpretation, stewardship ethics, conservation education, visitor services, and visitor center management; providing interpretive/visitor services support to the full array of natural and cultural resource disciplines (e.g., trails, wilderness, heritage, wildlife, watershed, forest management, etc.).
Coordinates: Media exposure to elevate public awareness and prepares news releases, press kits, and other media vehicles promoting interpretive, stewardship ethics, conservation education, and visitor services program activities; interpretive association relationships; stewardship ethics programs; youth outreach programs; and proposal reviews for development and construction of interpretive facilities and exhibits.

Represents Regional management: At national meetings; on inter- or intra-agency committees, task forces, or work groups that require expert knowledge of agency policies, practices, and interests; and in internal and external networking with senior USDA Forest Service management, as well as other federal, state, and local agencies, universities and colleges, conservation groups, corporations and other governmental and non-governmental public and private entities.
Coordinates: Media exposure to elevate public awareness and prepares news releases, press kits, and other media vehicles promoting interpretive, stewardship ethics, conservation education, and visitor services program activities; interpretive association relationships; stewardship ethics programs; youth outreach programs; and proposal reviews for development and construction of interpretive facilities and exhibits. Represents Regional management: At national meetings; on inter- or intra-agency committees, task forces, or work groups that require expert knowledge of agency policies, practices, and interests; and in internal and external networking with senior USDA Forest Service management, as well as other federal, state, and local agencies, universities and colleges, conservation groups, corporations and other governmental and non-governmental public and private entities.