** Deputy District Manager**

**Department of the Interior**

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

**Duties**

* Provides long-term direction and guidance for land management which reflects sound judgment and collaboration with affected entities both within and outside of the District.

* Responsible for working with the District Leadership Team and subordinate supervisors to plan, organize, and coordinate activities relevant to the accomplishment of assigned functional responsibilities.

* Responsible for establishing, evaluating, and adjusting long range schedules, objectives, personnel requirements, priorities, and work assignments.

* Ensure work products are adequate, accurate, and in compliance with policy and regulation.

* Responsible for the administrative and technical supervision of an exceptionally large and complex staff, which requires managing work through subordinate supervisors including Field Managers, team leaders, and/or contractors.

* Responsible for administration of a variety of management programs such as safety, upward mobility, EEO, student and intern opportunities, overtime usage, employee engagement, management of real and personal property.

* Directs the preparation of the District Annual Work plan and supporting documentation.

* Facilities development of District-wide resource and funding priorities that represent the consensus of the District management teams

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

* U.S. Citizenship is required.

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

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

* Direct Deposit Required.

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

* Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.

* Supervisory Probationary Period: If you are selected for this position, you will be required to serve a one year supervisory/managerial probationary period if one has not previously been completed.

* If selected for this position, you will be required to annually complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450 within 30 days of reporting to duty.

* Applicant(s) tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use and to pass the test prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.

* If selected for this position you will need to complete the Federal Information Systems Security Awareness (FISSA) training prior to start date.

** Qualifications**

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience.

**At the GS-14 Level:** 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the federal service. Specialized experience is further defined as managing, supervising, and leading an interdisciplinary staff; managing and administering resource programs such as watershed, realty, minerals, recreation, wildlife, cultural, wilderness, protection, range, budget, law enforcement, fire, support services, automation, etc.; management level experience in personnel procedures, including Equal Employment Opportunity requirements; and planning and implementing budget systems.

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 meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.

**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. **Education**

This position falls under the Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series, 0301 Administrative and Management Positions. There are no Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for this job series.

*There is no substitution of education for experience at this grade level.*

**Additional information**

**Relocation/Recruitment Incentive:** This position is offering a Relocation/Recruitment Incentive, 10% of the annual salary. To be eligible for a Relocation Incentive, you must be a current Federal Employee and the selectee must be employed with the Federal Government and the selectees current duty location is more than 50 miles from the duty location of this position. To be eligible for a Recruitment Incentive, selectee must not be employed by the Federal Government.

We expect to fill a few vacancies at this time. Additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.

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 .

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 more information: or

Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for

Travel and relocation expenses will **not** be paid by the Department of the Interior. Any travel, transportation and relocation expenses associated with reporting for duty in this position will be the responsibility of the selected employee.

The official worksite for the selectee is the duty station identified in this vacancy announcement. The selectee will typically report to this duty location on a regular and recurring weekly basis. 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.

* 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 m