Helicopter Manager Position Available In Miami-Dade, Florida

Helicopter Manager Department of the Interior Nional Park Service Nional Park Service Fire and Aviion Management Summary Position is loced in Fire and Aviion Management (FAM) Division; In support of an exclusive use Helicopter Type 3 helicopte r program based out of Everglades Nional Park. If you have additional questions about this position, please contact Jack Weer, Everglades Nional Park, Deputy Fire Management Officer @ Jackson_Weer@nps.gov Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2025 to 06/06/2025 Salary $76,799

• $99,837 per year

• PLEASE NOTE

• these positions are covered under the new GW pay table specific to Wildland Firefighters. Link in Announcement Pay scale & grade GS 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Everglades Nional Park Homestead, FL Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less
• You may be expected to travel overnights on fire suppression or fire reled assignments for this position as needed.

be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

NPSFAM-25-12733448-DHA

Control number 836809300 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from any U.S. Citizen.

DIRECT HIRING AUTHORITY

used to fill this position. Duties Plans, coordines, and directs helicopter operions in support of mission requests. Directs helicopter crewmember duties. Directs aviion mission planning including briefings of pilots, contract personnel and crews on mission requirements. Participes in and may direct helicopter operions to include accompanying pilot on flights, provides radio communicions to dispch and or ground firefighter Directs aviion safety processes in coordinion with pilot. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Meet Selective Service Registrion Act requirement for males. Selectee required to participe in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. You required to submit to a drug test and receive a negive drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use. You required to opere a government (or prive) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver’s license is required. Work may require travel by fixed-wing or rotorwing aircraft. You required to wear a uniform and comply with the Nional Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance provided. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you required to complete a one-year probionary period. Subject to frequent extended travel up to 15 nights per month particularly during fire season, and you must obtain a government charge card for travel. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. Prior to appointment, you must be determined physically fit by an authorized government physician to perform strenuous and physically demanding duties; and also pass a medical examinion (which includes vision, hearing, cardiovascular, and mobility of extremities) given by an authorized government physician. You will also be required to undergo periodic medical examinions throughout employment. The Work Capacity Test (WCT-Pack Test) as a method for assessing an employee’s fitness levels for fire qualificions in the positions covered by this recruitment notice. Due to the mission requirements of low-level flight in mountainous terrain, firefighting,and incident support, the work involves exposure to potentially dangerous situionscaused by uncontrolled wildfire and low-level, high performance flight missions. Withnumerous aircraft being flown in close proximity and in mountainous terrain, errorscould be castrophic and result in serious injury or deh. Other hazards include, thehandling of hazardous merials, carbon monoxide, dust and debris and the use of othermechanical or motorized equipment. Qualificions All qualificions must be met by the closing de of this announcement06/06/2025 unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement. Credit given for all approprie qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indice the nure of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending des of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. This position has been identified as one of the key fire management positions under the Interagency Fire Program management (IFPM) Standard. This position has been cegorized as a Helicopter Manager and requires selectee to meet the minimum qualificion standards for IFPM prior to moving into the position. For more informion on IFPM, .

Selective Factors:

The applicant must have possessed all the following Nional Wildfire Coordining Group (NWCG) incident management qualificions and training requirements to be considered eligible for this position: 1. Held or currently holdHelicopter Manager (HMGB, previously HCWN, HELB or HEMG) NWCG Incident Management Qualificion ;

• AND•2.

Held or currently holdHelibase Manager (HEBM) NWCG Incident Management Qualificion ;

• AND•3.

Held or currently hold Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4) NWCG Incident Management Qualificion . Selectees for IFPM positions requiring currency required to obtain and maintain currency for the NWCG qualificions listed above.

Note:

You must provide a copy of your Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record or other equivalent documention which reflects completion of the required NWCG qualificions for this position.

• AND•To qualify for the

GS-0456-09

position, applicants must possess the following minimum qualificions by close of the announcement:

NOTE:

If your firefighting experience includes both structural and wildland, it is essential th your applicion merials clearly separe and document your wildland experience.

Experience:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-08 level in the Federal service. Examples of qualifying specialized for this position is experience th equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position.

Examples of specialized experience include:

performing wildland fire operions, and least one of the following wildland fire-fighting functions: Initial tack and Fire-line Suppression Operions; Prescribed Fire Operions; Helitack Operions; Wildland Fire Engine Operions; leading others in any two of the following functions: initial tack and suppression hand-crew operions; prescribed fire operions; wildland fire engine crew operions; helitack fire crew operions; providing on-the-job training and conducting daily crew briefings, safety sessions, and/or other basic wildland fire training. Experience will include One season as an assistant fire helicopter crew supervisor. You must include hours worked per week.

• AND•Primary firefighter positions include the following age requirements: Under age 37•OR•Less than age 37 after subtracting the months of Permanent Federal Service worked in a primary or secondary firefighter/law enforcement position•OR•A veteran preference eligible, older than age 37 and is requesting a waiver to the maximum age requirement.

This position is covered by the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336 (c) and 5 U.S.C. 8412 (d) as a Primary/Rigorous Firefighter. Applicants must be 18 years of age, but not have reached their 37th birthday by the closing de of this announcement . These positions are covered by the special enhanced annuity retirement provisions for Federal Firefighters and Law Enforcement officers and have a mandory retirement age of 57.

Two exceptions are allowed:

1) an applicant has prior Federal service in documented special retirement covered position(s) sufficient to count toward 20 years of covered service on or before the mandory retirement age of 57; or 2) an applicant is a qualified veterans’ preference eligible, in which case the MEA is waived and their corresponding retirement age may be higher than 57 after completing 20 years of service. Applicants must submit proof of their previous and/or current stus in the Fire Fighter or Law Enforcement special enhanced annuity retirement system. In order to be considered for this position, copies of your Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record (or equivalent training documents) which contain documented proof of the certificion or tainment of the IFPM Selective Placement Factor for this position MUST be tached to your applicion. Red cards are not acceptable documention .

Currency Requirement:

Required to maintain currency once hired into the position. Currency of NWCG qualificions is not required for selection. If not currently qualified, the applicant must provide documented evidence th they have been fully qualified in the past and are able to regain currency within one year of being hired. Failure to provide this documention will result in disqualificion.

NOTE:

If your firefighting experience includes both structural and wildland, it is essential th your applicion merials clearly separe and document your wildland experience.

Volunteer Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Demands:

The Helicopter Manager is typically the initial tack responder for many incidents.

Duties include demands for strenuous activities in emergencies under adverseenvironmental conditions and over extended periods of time. Operion of somespecialized fire equipment can place extended physical stress on the incumbent duringfire activities. The work frequently involves long shifts and complex decision making,and extended periods of time away from home.

Working Conditions:

The work is performed remote locions, airstrips, helibases, unimproved helispots,and park environments of extreme high and low temperures, steep terrain, anduneven work surfaces. The hazardous nure of the work requires th personalprotective equipment be worn (boots, hardh, gloves, flame resistant clothing, etc.).Work may require travel by light fixed-wing or rotor-wing aircraft, and opering firetrucks (engines) under adverse conditions. Educion There is no educional qualificions for the GS-0456 Wildland Firefighter occupional series the GS-09 grade level.

• PLEASE NOTE

• these positions are covered under the new GW pay table specific to Wildland Firefighters.

Please see this link for the pay tables: . Additional informion This notice is being issued to recruit personnel to occupions for which a critical hiring need has been identified. To assist in filling these positions, OPM has granted the Department of the Interior “Direct Hire Authority”. A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher re of pay. A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the Nional Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR §575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive. Relocion Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the Nional Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different locion least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held time of selection is currently loced, due to a need of the NPS. A relocion incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue de of the referral certifice. The Nional Park Service has determined th the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telewok with supervisor approval. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) OR Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP):

CTAP/ICTAP

provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. Applicants claiming

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF50 noting position, grade level, duty locion with their applicion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For Informion on

CTAP and ICTAP :

Benefits 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants evalued based on how well they meet the qualificion requirements. Upon receipt of the completed applicion package, a review of the applicion made to ensure basic qualificion requirements are met. This vacancy filled through DOI’s Direct Hire Authority. Veterans Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants do not apply to positions filled under this Authority. All qualified applicants, as determined by the SHRO, referred for considerion. While managers and supervisors are not required to conduct interviews, it is highly recommended th they do so in order to assess the competencies of each applicant. If an applicant’s resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualificions or specialized experience a ring of “ineligible” or “not qualified” applied and no considerion for employment granted. If a determinion is made th an applicant has infled qualificions or experience on the resume, the employee will receive no considerion for the position, as per OPM regulions. Benefits 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/06/2025: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP)

• If you are applying under CTAP and ICTAP, you MUST submit proof of eligibility under 5 CFR 330.

602(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance ring, and a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your position, grade level, and duty locion. Please annote your applicion to reflect th you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible. Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record or other equivalent documention which reflects completion of the required NWCG qualificions for this position. If a qualified veteran preference eligible as applicable to the Selective Factor Maximum Entry Age (MEA) under the Qualificions Section above: Qualified th you meet Exception #2 under

MEA:

If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran , you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the . If you don’t have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the . If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge , you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran , you must submit all additional proof required by the , and if applicable, a completed . You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from or call 1-800-827-1000 to establish proof of disability. Other Supporting Documents Documention th you meet Selective Factors. College transcripts are required if qualifying on educion. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

• you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency’s staffing offices. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply To apply for this position: You must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/06/2025. You must provide documention to support your claim for each eligibility selected. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibilities language to ensure you submit the approprie informion.

Note:

You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities th you selected and provided the approprie supporting documention.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.

Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or . Start the Applicion Process by selecting “Start Applicion.” To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select “Continue to Agency Site.” Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting “+” next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select “+” next to the job title for this position. Select “Upde Applicion” for this job.

Note:

When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. It is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Agency contact informion NPS Fire-SPARK Office Next steps Once the Occupional Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement th your submission was successful. If you are among the qualified candides, your name referred to the hiring official, and you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your Applicion Package the time candides are referred for considerion, and when the selection process is complete. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/06/2025: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP)

• If you are applying under CTAP and ICTAP, you MUST submit proof of eligibility under 5 CFR 330.

602(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance ring, and a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your position, grade level, and duty locion. Please annote your applicion to reflect th you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible. Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record or other equivalent documention which reflects completion of the required NWCG qualificions for this position. If a qualified veteran preference eligible as applicable to the Selective Factor Maximum Entry Age (MEA) under the Qualificions Section above: Qualified th you meet Exception #2 under

MEA:

If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran , you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the . If you don’t have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the . If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge , you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran , you must submit all additional proof required by the , and if applicable, a completed . You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from or call 1-800-827-1000 to establish proof of disability. Other Supporting Documents Documention th you meet Selective Factors. College transcripts are required if qualifying on educion. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

• you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency’s staffing offices. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply To apply for this position: You must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/06/2025. You must provide documention to support your claim for each eligibility selected. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibilities language to ensure you submit the approprie informion.

Note:

You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities th you selected and provided the approprie supporting documention.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.

Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or . Start the Applicion Process by selecting “Start Applicion.” To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select “Continue to Agency Site.” Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting “+” next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select “+” next to the job title for this position. Select “Upde Applicion” for this job.

Note:

When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. It is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Agency contact informion NPS Fire-SPARK Office Next steps Once the Occupional Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement th your submission was successful. If you are among the qualified candides, your name referred to the hiring official, and you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your Applicion Package the time candides are referred for considerion, and when the selection process is complete. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2025 to 06/06/2025 Salary $76,799

• $99,837 per year

• PLEASE NOTE

• these positions are covered under the new GW pay table specific to Wildland Firefighters. Link in Announcement Pay scale & grade GS 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Everglades Nional Park Homestead, FL Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less
• You may be expected to travel overnights on fire suppression or fire reled assignments for this position as needed.

be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

NPSFAM-25-12733448-DHA

Control number 836809300 ., .