Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management) - Direct Hire Authority

Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management)

• Direct Hire Authority Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary of the Interior U.

S. Wildland Fire Service Summary This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority : Direct Hire Authority These Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management) positions are with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-13 working in the following locion(s): Boise, Idaho Learn more about this agency Summary This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority : Direct Hire Authority These Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management) positions are with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-13 working in the following locion(s): Boise, Idaho Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply by 07/10/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 10, 2026 Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Nional Interagency Fire Center Boise, ID No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $112,824
• $146,671 per year Pay scale & grade GW 13 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0456 Wildland Fire Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

WFSDHA-26-12993683-CM-A

Control number 874352800 This job is open to Help 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.

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used to fill this position. 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 Help As a Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management)

• Direct Hire Authority your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Serves as a Service-wide expert in the development and implemention of hazardous fuels programs.

Develops new policy guidance and reviews existing Departmental and Bureau policy guidance and operional procedures to evalue overall effectiveness in meeting Bureau objectives the regional or ste level. Serves as a wildland fuels management program expert and technically advises unit, tribal, ste, or regional office managers and key staff members. Formules, develops, and drafts new policy and procedural guides and ensures awareness and approprie usage of new departmental and bureau policies. Supports development and review of annual Fuels Management Programs of Work (POW) for Geographic Areas. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by background investigion. Direct Deposit Required. 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. Selectees must pass a pre-employment medical examinion and may be subject to post-employment medical examinions to determine if they are maintaining the fitness standards for this position. 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. A condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a [1-year probionary period OR 2-year trial period] during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. Individuals assigned male birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registrion SSS.gov. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.

Qualificions Basic Qualificion Requirements:

Applicants must have documented prior primary firefighting experience, with substantial service defined as either: At least one full fire season working in a primary wildland firefighting role (e.g., Engine Crew, Fire Effects Crew, Prescribed Fire/Fuels Crew, Hand Crew, Helitack Crew, Hotshot Crew, Smokejumper, Wildland Fire Modules or Fire Suppression Crews, etc.) with a federal, ste, tribal, local, or prive-sector organizion;

• OR•At least 14-days of on-the-ground fireline experience (cumulive or consecutive).

Prior primary wildland fire experience must be clearly documented in your resume.

Note:

an IQCS Master Record or equivalent document will not be used to determine or calcule prior primary wildland fire experience eligibility for this requirement. Credit given for all approprie qualifying experience. Please be sure to include this informion in your resume. No assumptions made about your experience. In addition to the requirements described above, you must possess the Minimum Qualificion requirements listed below. Minimum Qualificion

GW-0456-13

At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GW-12 level, or higher, in the Federal service, or equivalent, which includes all of the following: Examples of specialized experience include: Develops, evalues, and implements wildland fire and fuels management policies, procedures, and program guidance affecting multiple organizional units, ensuring compliance with Departmental, Bureau, and interagency requirements. Serves as a technical authority on hazardous fuels management, providing expert guidance to field, tribal, ste, and regional leadership on complex fuels planning, risk reduction stregies, and program implemention. Leads program reviews, assessments, and audits of wildland fire and fuels management operions; analyzes findings, identifies deficiencies, and develops corrective actions to improve program effectiveness and policy compliance. Coordines the development, review, and approval of Fire Management Plans, fuels trement stregies, and long-range program plans, ensuring alignment with land management objectives, environmental requirements, and nional fire management policies. Represents the organizion on interagency committees, workgroups, and planning teams, negotiing solutions to complex fuels management issues and developing standards, policies, and operional guidance across multiple jurisdictions. Analyzes program performance, accomplishments, funding requirements, and resource allocion needs to support fuels management budgeting, stregic planning, workforce development, and achievement of fire management objectives. 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.

• Applicants must meet all minimum qualificion requirements for the position of interest by the closing de of the Job Announcement. Secondary Firefighter Retirement Coverage
• Applicants for this secondary administrive fire fighter position under the provisions of 5 U.

S.C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U.S.C. 8412 (d), must possess knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of wildland firefighting as demonstred by direct wildland firefighting experience. In order to receive credit, you must provide a written description of your experience in wildland firefighting. Educion without hands-on wildland firefighting experience does not meet this requirement. Periods of wildland firefighting experience, gained through militia and rural fire departments, can also be credited. Wildland fire is defined as any non-structure fire th occurs in the wildland. Two distinct types of wildland fire have been defined and include wildfire and prescribed fires as follows:

Wildfire:

Unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires th are declared wildfires.

Prescribed Fires:

Planned ignitions. This description includes only fire line experience on a Prescribed Fire; it does not include experience in the planning stages. Prescribed fire experience must be supplemented by fire suppression experience in order to be creditable as previous wildland firefighting experience.

Physical Demands:

The work is primarily sedentary, however, some physical exertion reled to site ions and fire line assignments is required. Walking on rough, uneven terrain, long periods of standing, and exposure to extreme he, smoke, and temperures is required.

Working Conditions:

Work is normally performed in an office setting. During the wildland fire season, field work may involve high risk exposure to potentially dangerous situing or stress. The above work environment involves occasional exposure to modere risks and discomforts which usually require protective equipment to be worn. A range of safety and other precautions are required. Exposure to risks such as wildfire, he, smoke, falling rocks and trees, etc., are a part of the job during wildland fire season. Work may require flying in small fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. Incumbent will adhere to all safety rules and reguling as prescribed in manuals/supplements or by the designed Safety Officer. Only experience and educion obtained by 07/10/2026 Educion

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PLEASE NOTE:

There is no qualifying educion for the 0456 series this grade level. Additional informion Reemployment Priority List (RPL): The RPL is the mechanism agencies use to give reemployment considerion to their former competitive service employees separed by a RIF or who have fully recovered from a compensable injury after more than one year. If you are currently on an RPL, you may be given priority considerion.

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• Yes, entitlements for payment of basic moving expenses, as required and to the extent allowed by the Federal Travel Regulion (FTR) 302-3.101, are authorized for eligible applicants changing duty stion when the change meets the distance tests as provided in FTR 302-1.1 and 302-2.6. All moving expenses are taxable.
• In addition, relocion discretionary entitlements May be authorized for this position excluding contractor-provided home sale.

If eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocion incentive. The decision to offer an incentive made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed.

Telework:

This position is suitable for telework only in an emergency or nural disaster.

Additional Vacancies:

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

Reasonable Accommodion:

The USWFS 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. Applicants are ineligible for this position if ANY time they have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime of domestic violence, unless such conviction was expunged, set aside or the applicant receives a pardon.

Probion/Trial Period Con't:

The [probionary or trial] period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your [probionary period

• OR•trial period] your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants evalued based on how whether they meet the qualificion requirements. Upon receipt of the completed applicion package, a review of your applicion made to ensure basic qualificion requirements are met. 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. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. You may only submit one resume. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine your qualificions/eligibility and for ring purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the lest submission reviewed. 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. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help You must submit a complete applicion package. The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Resumes must show relevant experience and other informion. Your resume MUST list your educion and work experience including (1) the des (mm/yy) of each employment, along with (2) the number of hours worked per week, and (3) work experience duties listed under each job entry. In addition, Civil Service employees must provide their current OPM title, series, and grade. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly show how long you were working in each grade level. Your resume used to valide your responses to the assessment tool(s). Failure to provide required informion will result in loss of eligibility. No assumptions made about your experience and/or educion. You are welcome to submit a cover letter. Resumes must also include name and how to best contact you, including email address and phone number. 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. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Visit the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion on Wh should I include in my federal resume and/or OPM Resume Writing Tips . In addition to the online applicion (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following supplemental documention as applicable:

CTAP/ICTAP

Documention:

documention verifying your

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility

• this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty locion.

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. How to Apply Help 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 eligibility criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package . See required documents section. Click 'Apply' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. To preview the assessment questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12993683 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 07/10/2026, 11:59pm ET to receive considerion. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, in Applicions tab, click the position title you applied to for the stus. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please refer to the contact informion listed the bottom of the announcement. 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 : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp. Agency contact informion Colleen Madigan colleen_madigan@ios.doi.gov Address Office of the Secretary 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US 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 hiring official. 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. If you were not referred and/or have questions or concerns regarding your ring determinion or referral stus, in the interest of time, please submit your inquiry in writing within seven (7) calendar days of receiving a Notice of Results and Referral notificion email. Inquiries may be submitted to contact listed on this announcement. Be sure to include the announcement number to assist our team in reviewing your inquiry. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help You must submit a complete applicion package. The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Resumes must show relevant experience and other informion. Your resume MUST list your educion and work experience including (1) the des (mm/yy) of each employment, along with (2) the number of hours worked per week, and (3) work experience duties listed under each job entry. In addition, Civil Service employees must provide their current OPM title, series, and grade. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly show how long you were working in each grade level. Your resume used to valide your responses to the assessment tool(s). Failure to provide required informion will result in loss of eligibility. No assumptions made about your experience and/or educion. You are welcome to submit a cover letter. Resumes must also include name and how to best contact you, including email address and phone number. 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. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Visit the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion on Wh should I include in my federal resume and/or OPM Resume Writing Tips . In addition to the online applicion (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following supplemental documention as applicable:

CTAP/ICTAP

Documention:

documention verifying your

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility

• this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty locion.

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. How to Apply Help 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 eligibility criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package . See required documents section. Click 'Apply' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. To preview the assessment questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12993683 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 07/10/2026, 11:59pm ET to receive considerion. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, in Applicions tab, click the position title you applied to for the stus. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please refer to the contact informion listed the bottom of the announcement. 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 : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Colleen Madigan colleen_madigan@ios.doi.gov Address Office of the Secretary 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US 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 hiring official. 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. If you were not referred and/or have questions or concerns regarding your ring determinion or referral stus, in the interest of time, please submit your inquiry in writing within seven (7) calendar days of receiving a Notice of Results and Referral notificion email. Inquiries may be submitted to contact listed on this announcement. Be sure to include the announcement number to assist our team in reviewing your inquiry. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply by 07/10/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 10, 2026 Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Nional Interagency Fire Center Boise, ID No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $112,824
• $146,671 per year Pay scale & grade GW 13 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

WFSDHA-26-12993683-CM-A

Control number 874352800