Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management)

This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority at: Direct Hire Authority This Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management) position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-11 working in the following location(s): Las Cruces, New Mexico Safford, Arizona

As a Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management) your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Wildland firefighters provide local expertise for short and long-term strategic fire management planning, assessments, and interagency and/or unit fire management plans. Use expertise to analyze and resolve unique problems relating to the development, execution, and monitoring of local fire management issues. Provide advice and guidance in adaptation of policies, standards, methods, and guidelines received from national and regional levels to local conditions. Coordinating and integrating fire management related topics, issues, and solutions. Providing input to the development of plans and agreements, and working closely with counterparts from other federal, state, or local partner agencies. Supervisor assigns work in terms of broad areas of responsibility, program emphasis, and key management concerns for special projects. Independently responsible for planning, coordinating with others, and determining the approach to take to complete specific assignments. This is an administrative position in an organization having a firefighting mission, and is clearly in an established career path. Prior firefighting experience, as gained by substantial service in a primary firefighter position or equivalent experience outside the Federal government is a MANDATORY PREREQUISITE.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation. Direct Deposit Required. You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use. This position requires the incumbent to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of their official duties. Selectee must hold and maintain a valid state driver's license throughout their employment in this position. Individuals assigned male at birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registration visit SSS.gov. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 25% of the time. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: There is no qualifying education for the 0456 series at the GW-11 grade level.