** Deputy District Manager**

**Department of the Interior**

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

**Duties**

* Develop or implement the Districts vision/strategy that integrates key national and State program goals, priorities, values and economic, technological and administrative factors.

* Direct administrative activities directly related to policies and programs on public lands.

* Manage staff work through subordinate supervisors including field managers, team leads, and/or contractors.

* Establish, evaluate and adjust schedules, objectives, and goals in relation to workload, personnel required, and priorities to ensure successful completion of work.

* Set short- and long-term direction and priorities for accomplishment of work within the District.

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

* U.S. Citizenship required

* Be sure to read the 'How to Apply' and 'Required Documents' Sections.

* Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service.

* You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.

* Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.

* If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.

** Qualifications**

**In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.**

For GS-13, you must at least one full year of specialized experience providing guidance on all phases of an organization's work programs. This must include activities such as: (1) providing long-term direction and guidance for land management programs on public lands; (2) setting short- and long-term priorities in relation to workload and personnel required; (3) developing or implementing an organization's vision/strategy to ensure program plans, goals, and priorities are met; and (4) performing personnel management tasks such as selection, training, or evaluation of organizational-wide functions. This experience must be comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service and/or private sector.

**Time-In-Grade Requirements**: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-12 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level. You must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted.

Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service).

**Volunteer Experience:** 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.

You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies."

Applicants must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. **Education**

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

**Additional information**

* This job announcement is open to receive applications from the first 50 applicants. The job announcement will remain open until the quota of 50 applicants is reached, which may be sooner than the closing date. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration, even those that exceed the 50 applicant limit.

* DOI uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit .

* Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.

* Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service).

* You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 3 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.

* The Bureau of Land Management has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.

* BLM may use certain incentives, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract high quality applicants.

* Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/lnteragency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well qualified for the position with a score of 90 or above; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For information on how to apply as a ICTAP or CTAP eligible, please visit: or .

**Physical Demands:** Normally works in an office setting, with occasionally strenuous duty and normal field duty associated with resources work. Work may be conducted under widely adverse conditions such as severe winter temperatures and summers that are extremely hot and dry. May be required to walk into roadless areas or otherwise negotiate areas inaccessible to vehicular travel. Other methods of travel may include all-terrain vehicles, aircraft, or horseback.

**Work Environment:** Most work is performed in the office in close proximity to fellow workers. Fieldwork may include walking or driving motor vehicles over rough terrain in remote areas. Abnormal stress situations may also occur involving completion of work to meet short deadlines.

If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an .

* A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your rsum and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Your responses to the online questionnaire will be used to measure the degree to which your background matches the requirements for this position. If, after reviewing your rsum and/or supporting documentation,