Wildland Firefighter Position Available In Highlands, Florida

Wildland Firefighter Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Summary This position filled under the Office of Personnel Management’s Direct Hire Authority and is open to all United Stes citizens and U.S. nionals. Veteran’s preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicions do not apply. All qualified applicants referred to the hiring manager for considerion for this position. To learn more about Direct-Hire authority, go to: OPM.

GOV Hiring Informion:

Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2025 to 06/02/2025 Salary $57,098 – $74,224 per year Salary is based on the new (GW) pay schedule specific for wildland firefighter positions. See Additional Informion section below. Pay scale & grade GS 6 Locions 2 vacancies in the following locions: Avon Park, FL Charleston AFB, SC Shaw AFB, SC Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

R9-25-12736275-CM-FDHA

Control number 837042000 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 This position filled under the Office of Personnel Management’s Direct Hire Authority and is open to all United Stes citizens and U.S. nionals. Veteran’s preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicions do not apply. All qualified applicants referred to the hiring manager for considerion for this position. Videos Duties Leader within a wildland fire module or crew in fuels management, fire suppression, monitoring, and post-fire activities, applies an understanding of firefighter safety, fire behavior, topography of the area, weher, fuels, and training in fire management work to direct suppression operions and to recommend and implement tactical stregy on tacking, controlling, or mopping up fires, building or prolling firelines, cleaning up burned areas within firelines, suppressing spot fires, felling snags or trees, and cutting brush. Ensures assigned crew members and equipment for the specific fire assignments or daily work assignments are in a ste of readiness for the assignment or initial tack. Participes in or leads physical fitness programs. May serve as an alterne in other fire program areas such as logistical dispch, cache warehouse, incident business, and administrive support. Leads less-complex fuels management projects or participes in more complex projects th may include ghering da for monitoring programs and implementing prescribed fire, and mechanical and biological trements; inventorying fuel beds; and piling vegetion debris. Leads firefighting personnel by directing their activities when suppressing wildland fires or by serving as a situional leader on wildland fires by directing the work of a small crew of firefighters in building firelines, burning out, mopping up, and prolling firelines Requirements Conditions of Employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional Suitability for employment, as determined by background investigion Drug testing position Medical Requirements Official U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uniform required May be required to successfully complete a probionary period Must meet the minimum/maximum age requirement Direct Hire Authority used to fill this position Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for

Selective Service Driver’s License:

This position requires the incumbent to opere a government (or prive) motor vehicle as part of their official duties. Selectee must hold and maintain a valid ste driver’s license throughout their employment in this position. Qualificions This key fire management position is a cegorized under the Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) Standard as a Senior Firefighter. Minimum IFPM qualificion standards must be met prior to being placed into the position. Detailed informion regarding IFPM positions can be found . Prior experience in wild land firefighting is required in order to carry out the duties of this position. You will not be considered for this position if you do not have prior wild land firefighting experience. The maximum age is 37 (except for veterans preference eligibles). Individuals must be selected for these positions prior to their 37th birthday. Qualified preference eligibles may apply and be considered for vacancies regardless of whether they meet the maximum age requirements identified 5 U.S.C. 3307, unless the hiring agency has determined age is essential to the duties of the job. •Your resume MUST include BEGINNING and

END DATES

specified in

MONTH/YEAR

to

MONTH/YEAR

form. In addition, your resume MUST reflect FULL-TIME/PART-TIME or total number of HOURS worked per week•Only experience and educion obtained by 06/02/2025 You may qualify the GS-06 level, if you fulfill the following qualificion requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-5 level in the Federal Service demonstred by performing range or forest fire control, prevention, or suppression work. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include leading firefighting crews in prescribed burning and wildfire suppression field operions and performing wildland fire suppression, preparedness, prevention, monitoring, hazardous fuels reduction and prescribed fire as wildland firefighter crewmember. In addition to the specialized experience above, you must have the qualificions described below: FFT1 and

S290 NOTE

You must submit a copy of your IQCS Master Record reflecting qualificions (not trainee) to be considered for this position. 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. Educion

PROOF OF EDUCATION

All applicants who are using educion or a combinion of educion and experience to qualify must submit copies of official or unofficial transcripts which include grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, institution name, and student name. If any required coursework is not easily recognizable on transcripts, or if you believe a portion of a particular course can be credited toward meeting an educional requirement, you must also provide a memorandum on letterhead from the institution’s registrar, dean, or other approprie official sting the percentage of the course th should be considered to meet the requirement and the equivalent number of units. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, if you are selected for the position, you required to produce the original official transcripts.

PASS/FAIL COURSES

If more than 10 percent of your undergradue course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION

One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school’s definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion. For further informion, : Additional informion

Reasonable Accommodion:

The USFWS provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. Please USAJOBS Help Center | Reasonable accommodion policy if you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process. To register or verify your registrion go to the Selective Service System These positions filled the following locions: 1 vacancy – Shaw AFB, SC (Salary range $57,098 to 74,224) OR Joint Base Charleston in Charleston, SC (Salary range $57,098 to 74,224) 1 vacancy – Avon Park AFB, Avon Park, FL (Salary range $57,098 to 74,224) Salary is based on the new (GW) pay schedule specific for wildland firefighter positions.

Additional Vacancies:

One or more positions may be filled from applicions received under this announcement in the advertised office or other U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service offices in the local commuting area.

Telework:

These positions are not suitable for telework, except: Eglin AFB, FL which is suitable for telework only during an emergency or nural disaster.

PCS INFORMATION

– No PCS entitlements authorized

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

TESTING

DESIGNATED POSITION

All applicants tentively selected for this position required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.

MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

: You must pass a pre-employment medical examinion. Also, you may be subject to post-employment medical examinions to determine if you are maintaining the fitness standards for this position.

DRIVER’S LICENSE

This position requires the incumbent to opere a government (or prive) motor vehicle as part of their official duties. Selectee must hold and maintain a valid ste driver’s license throughout their employment in this position. 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 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. Arduous fitness (WCT-Pack Test) will consist of completing a three-mile hike, within 45 minutes, while carrying a 45 pound pack.

NOTE:

Arduous Work Capacity Test ( ) 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. All applicants who submit a complete and legible applicion by the closing de of this vacancy announcement {or cut-off} will have their qualificions reviewed to determine if they possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the work of this position. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): This vacancy filled through a 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 applicant will receive no considerion for the position, as per OPM regulions. All applicions th are verified to meet the basic qualificions referred to the selecting official. 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. To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:

Resume:

To be considered for this position, your resume must include the following: your job-reled qualificions (paid and non-paid work experience) th includes job title , beginning and ending des (month and year), hours worked per week, and description of job duties and work schedule (Full-Time/Part-Time) and total hours worked per week. You are highly encouraged to use USAJOBS Resume Builder to ensure all required informion is included. If you use your own resume, curriculum vitae, or any other written form, you must ensure this informion is provided. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. Failure to provide ALL required informion on your resume will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.

Note:

Current and former Federal employees should include pay plan, series, and grade level for relevant federal experience and upload SF50(s) to support your applicion. Do not include the following types of informion in your resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents. 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Incident Qualificion and Certificion System Responder Master Record/Incident Qualificion Card (REQUIRED) Official or unofficial College Transcript(s), if the position has educion requirements, or if you are using your educion to qualify. Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. A copy of your official transcripts required if you are selected. If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : http:// If applicable, documention/proof th you are eligible Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable (e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) Current and former federal employees – It is highly recommended th you submit a copy of your SF-50(s) (Notificion of Personnel Action) to support your experience. Examples of approprie SF-50s include appointments/separions, promotions, within-grade increases. 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 Review the appointment eligibility criteria in the applicion preview linked below. The eligibility section of the applicion allows you to choose how you wish to be considered for this vacancy announcement. You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities th you select “yes” to and submit the required supporting documention, as listed in the Required Documents section or the applicion text. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. If you respond th you do not meet any of the following criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. Resume or Applicion . At a minimum to be considered for this position, your resume MUST contain job title (include job series and grade, if federal), duties, starting and ending des (month/day/year), work schedule (Full-Time/Part-Time) and hours worked per week. USAJOBS has a temple to ensure a complete resume. You must also complete the online applicion and assessment questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below.

DEADLINE DATE

A complete applicion package must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/02/2025 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is received. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You considered for all eligibilities for which you select “yes” and submit the required documents and supporting documention (e.g. DD 214, Schedule A letter, etc.). The supporting documention you submit used to determine your eligibility. Please review the list of documention provided in the eligibilities language to ensure you provide the approprie informion. Please note, your eligibility based solely on the selections you have indiced ” yes ” in this section. You must provide the supporting documention to support your claim to be You may choose more than one eligibilities in this section. To view the assessment questionnaire, click here: To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ) , all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : . If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact the Human Resources Office via email fwshiring@fws.gov. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Department of Interior (DOI) Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) procedures apply in filling this vacancy. These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed 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 for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be red well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements) for the position with a score of 85 or above on the assessment questionnaire, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Applicants claiming

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with their applicion. For more informion : Agency contact informion Human Resources Staffing Division Next steps Once you submit all the required documents and the online applicion in USAJOBS, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After the evaluion process is complete, you notified of your stus and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted by the customer office. You notified if this job is filled or canceled. Timelines for this process vary widely. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging in to your USAJobs Account as we will not be responding to inquiries about the stus of applicions as long as the system has been upded. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:

Resume:

To be considered for this position, your resume must include the following: your job-reled qualificions (paid and non-paid work experience) th includes job title , beginning and ending des (month and year), hours worked per week, and description of job duties and work schedule (Full-Time/Part-Time) and total hours worked per week. You are highly encouraged to use USAJOBS Resume Builder to ensure all required informion is included. If you use your own resume, curriculum vitae, or any other written form, you must ensure this informion is provided. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. Failure to provide ALL required informion on your resume will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.

Note:

Current and former Federal employees should include pay plan, series, and grade level for relevant federal experience and upload SF50(s) to support your applicion. Do not include the following types of informion in your resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents. 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Incident Qualificion and Certificion System Responder Master Record/Incident Qualificion Card (REQUIRED) Official or unofficial College Transcript(s), if the position has educion requirements, or if you are using your educion to qualify. Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. A copy of your official transcripts required if you are selected. If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : http:// If applicable, documention/proof th you are eligible Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable (e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) Current and former federal employees – It is highly recommended th you submit a copy of your SF-50(s) (Notificion of Personnel Action) to support your experience. Examples of approprie SF-50s include appointments/separions, promotions, within-grade increases. 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 Review the appointment eligibility criteria in the applicion preview linked below. The eligibility section of the applicion allows you to choose how you wish to be considered for this vacancy announcement. You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities th you select “yes” to and submit the required supporting documention, as listed in the Required Documents section or the applicion text. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. If you respond th you do not meet any of the following criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. Resume or Applicion . At a minimum to be considered for this position, your resume MUST contain job title (include job series and grade, if federal), duties, starting and ending des (month/day/year), work schedule (Full-Time/Part-Time) and hours worked per week. USAJOBS has a temple to ensure a complete resume. You must also complete the online applicion and assessment questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below.

DEADLINE DATE

A complete applicion package must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/02/2025 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is received. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You considered for all eligibilities for which you select “yes” and submit the required documents and supporting documention (e.g. DD 214, Schedule A letter, etc.). The supporting documention you submit used to determine your eligibility. Please review the list of documention provided in the eligibilities language to ensure you provide the approprie informion. Please note, your eligibility based solely on the selections you have indiced ” yes ” in this section. You must provide the supporting documention to support your claim to be You may choose more than one eligibilities in this section. To view the assessment questionnaire, click here: To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ) , all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : . If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact the Human Resources Office via email fwshiring@fws.gov. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Department of Interior (DOI) Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) procedures apply in filling this vacancy. These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed 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 for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be red well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements) for the position with a score of 85 or above on the assessment questionnaire, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Applicants claiming

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with their applicion. For more informion : Agency contact informion Human Resources Staffing Division Next steps Once you submit all the required documents and the online applicion in USAJOBS, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After the evaluion process is complete, you notified of your stus and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted by the customer office. You notified if this job is filled or canceled. Timelines for this process vary widely. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging in to your USAJobs Account as we will not be responding to inquiries about the stus of applicions as long as the system has been upded. 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 06/02/2025 Salary $57,098 – $74,224 per year Salary is based on the new (GW) pay schedule specific for wildland firefighter positions. See Additional Informion section below. Pay scale & grade GS 6 Locions 2 vacancies in the following locions: Avon Park, FL Charleston AFB, SC Shaw AFB, SC Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

R9-25-12736275-CM-FDHA

Control number 837042000 ., .