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Bureau Land Management is Hiring a Planning and Environmental Specialist Near Farmington, NM

Qualifications:

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying:

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) Interpreting planning and NEPA laws, regulations, policies and guidance for field office specific land and resource management programs, and the resolution of a wide variety of protests and appeals. (2) ensuring that the RMP/EIS conforms to other agency planning documents and is responsible for coordination with other federal, state, and local agencies as well as public interest groups. (3) assuring adequate technical input of sufficient quality and quantity is provided by staff specialists.

OR

Education: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or LL.M., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. NOTE: You must submit copies of your transcripts.

OR

Combination: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To determine your combination, first compute your experience as a percentage of the experience listed above; then determine your education as a percentage of the education listed above; then add the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate education in excess two full years (36 hours) may be used to qualify. NOTE: You must submit copies of your transcripts.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-09 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-11 level. (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).

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

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 any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as 'varies'.

Responsibilities:

The purpose of this position is to provide leadership in data input and interpretation, guidance, quality control, administrative record management and implementation for the development of district/field level planning efforts such as Resource Management Plans (RMP) and analysis documents including Environmental Impact Statements (ElS) and Environmental Assessments (EA.) Where analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is not required, documentation using a Categorical Exclusion (CE) or Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) will be completed with the assistance of the incumbent.

• Interpret planning and NEPA laws, regulations, policies and guidance for field office specific land and resource management programs.
• Analyze and provide guidance for field office planning and environmental processes, documents, and supporting records for compliance with an organization's planning and NEPA procedural requirements.
• Utilize public land resource values, issues, and controversies, as well as the objectives and goals of the full range of an organization's resource programs in order to develop and coordinate policies and procedures
• Communicate an organization's planning and NEPA, inventory, assessment, monitoring, evaluation and implementation coordination activities and procedures to both internal and external customers.

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