This position will be filled under the Office of Personnel Management's Direct Hire Authority and is open to all United States citizens and U.S. nationals. Veteran's preference and traditional rating and ranking of applications do not apply. All qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration for this position. To learn more about Direct-Hire authority, go to: OPM.GOV Hiring Information: Direct Hire Fact Sheet
Prior experience in wild land firefighting is required in order to carry out the duties of this position. You will not be considered for this position if you do not have prior wild land firefighting experience. This is a secondary-administrative firefighter position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S. C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U. S. C. 8412 (d) (FERS). PLEASE NOTE: Applicants may meet qualification requirements but may not be eligible for special retirement coverage. If such an applicant is selected, they will be placed in the regular retirement system. Only experience and education obtained by 08/26/2025 will be considered. ***Your resume MUST include BEGINNING and END DATES specified in MONTH/YEAR to MONTH/YEAR format. In addition, your resume MUST reflect FULL-TIME/PART-TIME or total number of HOURS worked per week*** Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. You may qualify at the GW-07 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GW-06 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience may include: assisting with planning wildland fire suppression activities; assisting in writing and executing wildland fire management plans, prescribed burn plans, and preparedness plans. You may qualify at the GW-08 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GW-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience may include: assisting with developing and revising fire management planning documents for long range wildland fire control and prescribed burns; organizing and completing preparedness activities as it pertains to fire equipment, supplies, and fire personnel; analyzing incident objectives, strategies and tactics, safety, cost effectiveness/efficiency; working with various resources and agencies in order to accomplish work. 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. Promotion Potential: This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed represent the full performance level of GW-08. At lower grade levels, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GW-08. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds. The selectee may be promoted without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Conducts periodic on-the-ground inspections and/or visits to field units related to fire management for the purposes of training and instruction in fire management planning which reflects national, regional, state, and local management goals and objectives related to fire management. Makes recommendations for the development of fire plans and consideration of fire management alternatives while performing duties in collaborations with higher-graded fire planners and/or specialists. Applies technical fire planning knowledge to resolve fire planning problems and participates in the analyses and resolution of more complex or unique problems relating to local fire management issues. Contributes to the development and delivery of specialized guidance, leadership, coordination, and technical assistance for managing and applying wildland fire planning processes and procedures. Participates and provides recommendations to the implementation of fire management plans and supporting plans (e.g., prescribed fire, fire danger or prevention plans) and applications (e.g., decision support tools, and/or wildland fire reporting). Delivers technical support through local knowledge to the fire management officer, about resource management and personnel within the scope of a fire management plan.