Wildland Firefighter - Authority

The U.S. Department of the Interior is hiring a Wildland Firefighter for its Eastern Regional Office located in Muskogee, Oklahoma. This permanent position involves providing technical expertise in fire management, strategic planning, budget formulation, and program coordination. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and may be subject to background checks and medical screenings. The role requires specialized experience in wildland fire management at the GS-12 level.
Position: Wildland Firefighter - Direct Hire Authority

This permanent Wildland Firefighter position is located with the Eastern Regional Office, Division Wildland Fire Management, Duty Station:
Muskogee, Oklahoma; and will be filled from Standard PD Number: DX04300.

This announcement will be used to fill vacancies utilizing the Direct-Hire Authority (5

CFR 337.201). Category rating, veteran's preference, and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do NOT apply for this vacancy.

Duties:
• Serve as a regional technical expert/authority providing guidance, advice and support for policy interpretation and implementation to fire management agencies, and in resource need forecasting and allocation.
• Provides strategic long-range planning, leadership, guidance, coordination, and evaluation for regional/state wildland fire and aviation programs.
• Assists in the formulation of annual program budgets, regional/state accomplishment narratives, recommends programmatic proposals, and record keeping of program budget.
• Implements and coordinates wildland fire protection programs on the public and Indian trust lands administered by the Bureau.
• Analyzes and assesses existing Departmental and Bureau policy and procedures to evaluate overall effectiveness in meeting Bureau objectives at the regional and/or state level.
• Serves as a senior technical expert and provides high level technical guidance on wildland fire and aviation management activities.
• Exercises delegated supervisory authorities and responsibilities 15% of the time. Plan, assign and evaluate work to be accomplished by subordinates; and approves leave.
Requirements:
• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• This position has been designated as an Incidental Operator under the Indian Affairs Motor Vehicle Safety Program, therefore, the incumbent will be required annually to acknowledge and certify possession of a valid state driver's license.
• This position is subject to pre-employment and annual medical screening and physical fitness testing for employment purposes.
• This is a Testing Designated Position and is subject to both pre-employment and random drug testing as a condition of employment. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received.
Qualifications:
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

To Qualify for the GS-12 grade level you must meet the following:
One (1) year of specialized wildland fire work experience equivalent to GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience: work involving managing a Fire Program Management, financial management, project planning, and workforce development. Developing Cooperative Agreements and Annual Operating Plans (AOPs) with federal, state, and local agencies, enhancing interagency collaboration and resource sharing. Participation in committees and interdisciplinary teams, fire management planning and implementation of unit prevention or risk assessment management programs.

Operational experience in fire suppression and prescribed fire activities, managing and supervising initial attack modules, with engines, crews, and/or aviation resources, trains, certifies, and prepares personnel for wildland fire operations and prescribed fire implementation. Develops effective strategies and treatments in fire behavior, designing fuels treatments, overseeing mechanical fuels treatments, budgeting, and expenditure tracking.

Conducting comprehensive safety and risk assessments for all projects and ensuring appropriate risk mitigation measures are in place. Maintains qualification standards for all Incident Command System (ICS) positions and coordinates training for fire personnel. Conducts equipment and facilities inspections, maintains safe operational resources, and actively participates in community and interagency collaborations for safe fire management operations.

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: These are MANDATORY qualification prerequisites to qualify for this position. This position is one of the key fire management positions under the Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) Standard categorized as a Unit Fire Program Manager (UFPM) - Moderate Complexity and requires the following National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) incident management qualifications and training requirements to be considered eligible for this position:
• Pathway #1:
Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)…