Resource specialist

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Region in Rock Hall, Maryland to serve as a liaison between Regional program areas, the Eastern Regional Tribes, individual landowners, and leasing agents.

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NOTE : TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS : (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions, and Individual Occupational Requirements for GS-0401 : General Biological Science Series).

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL GS-0401 GRADES :

• Degree : biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate for the position.
• Combination of education and experience : Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED : In addition to meeting the basic entry level qualification requirements, applicants must have the following :

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : GS-9 : I have at least 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-07 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector).

• This experience may include work involving administrative or managerial duties in natural resources, such as controlling, preserving, and / or evaluating a natural resource or natural resource function, such as conservation, forest, rangeland, fisheries, and wildlife;
• and interpreting and applying biological science and research or closely related activities; develops environmental reports and impact statements;
• perform field inspections for lease compliance, community improvement plans, environmental issues, trespass, right-of-way issuance or renewal and various other surface assessment activities;

OR 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree (36 semester hours, 54 quarter hours or equivalent), if related to this position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-11 : I have at least 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-09 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector).

• This experience includes involving compliance with statutes dealing with protection of the environment and prudent management of trust resources (National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act);
• developing and implementing conservation plans; preparation of technical documentation for environmental laws and regulations, as those relate to historic preservation, threatened and endangered species, water quality, air quality, emerging environmental consideration such as energy efficiency and renewable energy;
• developing and implementing lands use plans; identifying problems associated with public and private land use; coordinates the surveying, monitoring, analyzing, and evaluating of natural resources to permit multiple land uses while preserving the area's ecological viability;

OR 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree OR Ph.D. OR equivalent doctoral degree.

GRADUATE EDUCATION : One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study.

If that number cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered an academic year of graduate study.

Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.

Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472).

Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

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Last updated : 2024-09-10