Summary This position is located with Business Operations, Strategic Planning and Budget Accountability office. The incumbent of this position will be providing technical and administrative direction on national Forest Service budget, strategic planning and performance activities. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Jessica Baker at [email protected]. Responsibilities Responsibility includes formulating national policies, objectives, and standards for assigned program; developing long and short range plans to achieve these goals and objectives. Responsibility includes developing and promulgating long term and annual program budget goals and objectives for assigned program consistent with agency program goals. The position serves as liaison, maintaining productive working relationships between policy makers of interagency teams and Forest Service counterparts to resolve mutual problems and develop integrated strategic approaches for problem resolution. Represents Forest Service at conferences and various public, interagency, and congressional meetings, and presents briefings related to assigned program. Assignment includes identifying training requirements relating to program objectives and key issues of assigned program; developing, executing, and monitoring training programs. Serves as Forest Service representative on interagency task forces relating to program area assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-14: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as the majority of the following: Develops long- and short-range plans to include programming, budgeting, integrating, and evaluating complex programs for the agency; initiates and leads high priority special projects, studies, and initiatives encompassing difficult and diverse functions or issues that affect critical aspects of major agency programs; recommends the revision of programs and procedures to facilitate operations in the face of technical or administrative obstacles. 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. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Education There is no educational requirement for this position. Additional Information Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100. Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary and term employees the opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years and the last temporary or term appointment must have been with the Forest Service. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Part-time and intermittent service will be credited only for time actually worked. Non-pay status such as leave without pay is credited for up to six months in a calendar year; anything beyond six months is not credited. Applicants are responsible for providing sufficient information/documentation to determine if the 24 month criteria is met. This position is remote eligible. Remote work employees are expected to work at an approved remote worksite, typically the employee's residence, on a regular and continuing basis. The salary shown is for the Rest of the U.S. See OPM.gov for additional information on pay rates. Pay rates vary depending on location, the salary shown is for the Rest of the U.S. See OPM.gov for additional information on pay rates. This is a non-bargaining unit position. Forest Service daycare facilities are not available. Government Housing is not available.