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Deputy Forest Supervisor

USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center
Custer, SD Other
POSTED ON 5/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/28/2026
This position serves as a Deputy to the Forest Supervisor, with responsibility for the management, protection, and development of the forest resources on the National Forest.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Shawn Cochran at shawn.cochran@usda.gov.

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. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as meeting one or more of the following:
  • Provided counsel to higher organizational levels concerning district, forest or equivalent natural resource program issues and their current and anticipated effects; and/or
  • Exercised direct program responsibilities that included district, forest or equivalent program development, planning, budgeting, and identifying workforce and organizational needs to establish and meet priorities; and/or
  • Developed and sustained relationships with one or more of the following: external partners, members of the public, representatives of agencies or tribal governments, to anticipate and resolve natural resource management conflicts and issues.
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.

Work Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary, or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate, or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position.

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.

Salary : $125,776

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