District Ranger

District Ranger Department of Agriculture Forest Service Summary These positions may be filled one or more of the duty locions included in this announcement. Final determinion of the duty locion made the time of the job offer. For additional informion about the duties of this position, please contact Heidi McRoberts Heidi.

McRoberts@usda.gov . Learn more about this agency Summary These positions may be filled one or more of the duty locions included in this announcement. Final determinion of the duty locion made the time of the job offer. For additional informion about the duties of this position, please contact Heidi McRoberts Heidi.

McRoberts@usda.gov . Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/20/2026 to 05/28/2026 Salary $89,508

• $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locions Few vacancies in the following locions: Cloudcroft, NM Hot Springs, SD Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—A recruitment or relocion incentive, or reimbursement of relocion expenses may be authorized the discretion of management in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0340 Program Management Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number 26-GVA-12925302-FS Control number 865668100 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted only from current permanent Forest Service (FS) employees with competitive stus; Land Management eligible candides whose last appointment was with the FS; and

CTAP/RPL

eligible candides. Videos Duties Help Responsible for the science-based stewardship of diverse nural and cultural resources, and understanding the interdependence of all Forest mission areas. Serves as a key member of the Forest/Grassland Leadership Team formuling plans, policies, and objectives for the Forest/Grassland. Serves as a representive of the agency completing duties in a way th is trustworthy, caring, respectful, responsive, curious, and inclusive. Makes decisions and provides informion concerning dependent communities, collaborives or working groups and industry. Oversees the implemention and execution of the District's portion of the Forest/Grassland Plan. Recommends amendments as necessary. Demonstres a commitment to learning and evolving management approaches based on knowledge gained both from best available science and the relionships with communities, key stakeholders, interagency partners, and the public. Develops, organizes, and implements functional long-range planning and short-range action plans, and periodically revises program operions for consistency with stregies and program emphasis. Ensures the quality, quantity, and coordinion of all work performed on the District, ensuring efforts are integred across program areas Responsible for program management, planning, budgeting, and management informion for identifying work force and organizional needs, and district priorities. Performs supervisory duties more than 25% of the time. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to sisfactory adjudicion of background investigion and/or fingerprint check. Successful completion of one-year probionary period, unless previously served. Refer to the Next Steps section for more informion. Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, e-verify.gov Subject to one-year supervisory probionary period (unless prior service is creditable). New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required new supervisory training program before the end of their probionary period. Selectee is subject to financial disclosure requirements and must submit form OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter. Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualificions requirements as defined below by the closing de of the announcement. For more informion on the qualificions for this position, the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualificion Standards. Your applicion and resume must clearly show th you possess the experience requirements.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

For the GS-12 : Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-11 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as meeting ONE (1) or more of the following: Represented an organizional unit for the purpose of discussing agency policies and regulions with the general public, representives from local, county, Ste, Federal and Tribal governments, permittees, industry, special interest groups, or other partners; Developed annual program of work, prepared project work plans, developed long

• and short-term budget needs, set priorities and documented work progress and accountability for assigned programs; Planned, implemented, and administered a nural resources program (e.

g., timber management program) for a unit th included developing staffing, budget and equipment needs for program/project accomplishment; and/or Provided advice, technical support, and evaluion of proposed and on-going nural resource programs to higher-level officials. 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.

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 the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Educion There are no educional requirements for this position. Additional informion Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Reemployment Priority List (RPL) : To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL candides must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP candides must be red and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluion of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evalued section. When assessed through a score-based cegory ring method, CTAP applicants must receive a ring of least 85 out of a possible 100. Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary and term employees the opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years and the last temporary or term appointment must have been with the Forest Service. Service must be in the competitive service and have been a successful level of performance or better. Part-time and intermittent service credited only for time actually worked. Non-pay stus such as leave without pay is credited for up to six months in a calendar year; anything beyond six months is not credited. Applicants are responsible for providing sufficient informion/documention to determine if the 24 month criteria is met. The Forest Service may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government, to tract highly qualified candides. Additional Informion is available on the OPM Website . Transfer of stion may be authorized. Final determinion made time of official job offer. This is a non-bargaining unit position. Final determinion of the duty stion made by the selecting official the time of the job offer. Pay res vary depending on locion. The salary shown is for the Rest of the U.S. See OPM.gov for additional informion on pay res. Forest Service daycare facilities may be available. Government Housing may be available. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. 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 . 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. You evalued based on your qualificions for this position as evidenced by the experience, educion, and training you described in your applicion package, as well as the responses to the Assessment Questionnaire. Your applicion, including the online Assessment Questionnaire, reviewed to determine if you meet minimum qualificion requirements. Your resume must clearly support your responses to all the questions addressing experience and educion relevant to this position. If you meet the qualificion requirements and are determined to be among the best qualified, you referred to the hiring manager for considerion. Noncompetitive candides and applicants under some special hiring authorities must meet minimum qualificions to be referred.

Note:

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you infled your qualificions and or experience, your ring may be lowered to more accurely reflect the submitted documention. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. Providing inaccure informion on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action. To view the applicion form, : https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12925302 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 . 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 The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Resume th includes:

Personal Informion:

name, address, contact informion; Educion ; Work Experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); other qualificions . Resume cannot exceed 2 pages.

Current Forest Service employees:

Most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing you are/were in the competitive service, highest grade held (or promotion potential) on a permanent basis, position title, series and grade AND Most recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable. A performance plan is not an acceptable substitute. Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP or RPL priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity terminion), SF-50 documenting separion (as applicable), current performance appraisal with ring of least "Fully Successful" or equivalent, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330.

Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act :

Copies of Notificion of Personnel Action(s) (SF-50) showing the employee served in eligible appointment(s) for a period(s) of more than 24 mos w/o a break between appointments of two+ years. Include initial hire actions, extensions, conversions and separion Sf-50s for each period. Submit performance ring(s) showing acceptable performance for each period counted towards eligibility signed by supervisor(s). If documention does not exist for one or more periods, submit a stement from supervisor(s) indicing acceptable performance. Applicants who do not have performance documention for any period shall provide a reason why the documention is not available and stement th performance for all periods was an acceptable level. How to Apply Help Please view Tips for Applicants

• a guide to the Forest Service applicion process. Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this applicion process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (7:00 a.m.
• 3:30 p.m., Mountain Time Zone, Monday
• Friday).

If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing de for an alterne method. All hardship applicion packages must be complete and submitted no ler than noon ET on the closing de of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply Online" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and tach your resume and all required documents. Please verify th documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limition to the number of documents th can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document forms: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume th exceeds two pages removed from considerion. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, your system failure, etc. Agency contact informion HRM Contact Center Phone 1-877-372-7248 X2 HRM_Contact_Center@usda.gov Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center

DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Albuquerque, NM 87109 US Next steps Your applicion reviewed to verify th you meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your applicion stus. You must choose to turn on email notificions in your USAJOBS profile if you want to receive important email notificions th may impact your applicant experience (e.g. If you start an applicion and do not submit it prior to the closing de, USAJOBS will send an email reminder th the closing de is approaching and your applicion is in an incomplete stus). As a condition of employment for accepting this position, unless previous federal service is creditable , you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may 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. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Under the Fair Chance Act , agencies are not allowed to request informion about an applicant's criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified informion; assignment to nional security duties or positions; acceptance or retention in the armed forces; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion reled to an organizion's alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the approprie informion to sm.fs.hrm_elr@usda.gov , subject line: Fair Chance Act. 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 The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Resume th includes:

Personal Informion:

name, address, contact informion; Educion ; Work Experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); other qualificions . Resume cannot exceed 2 pages.

Current Forest Service employees:

Most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing you are/were in the competitive service, highest grade held (or promotion potential) on a permanent basis, position title, series and grade AND Most recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable. A performance plan is not an acceptable substitute. Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP or RPL priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity terminion), SF-50 documenting separion (as applicable), current performance appraisal with ring of least "Fully Successful" or equivalent, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330.

Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act :

Copies of Notificion of Personnel Action(s) (SF-50) showing the employee served in eligible appointment(s) for a period(s) of more than 24 mos w/o a break between appointments of two+ years. Include initial hire actions, extensions, conversions and separion Sf-50s for each period. Submit performance ring(s) showing acceptable performance for each period counted towards eligibility signed by supervisor(s). If documention does not exist for one or more periods, submit a stement from supervisor(s) indicing acceptable performance. Applicants who do not have performance documention for any period shall provide a reason why the documention is not available and stement th performance for all periods was an acceptable level. How to Apply Help Please view Tips for Applicants

• a guide to the Forest Service applicion process. Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this applicion process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (7:00 a.m.
• 3:30 p.m., Mountain Time Zone, Monday
• Friday).

If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing de for an alterne method. All hardship applicion packages must be complete and submitted no ler than noon ET on the closing de of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply Online" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and tach your resume and all required documents. Please verify th documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limition to the number of documents th can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document forms: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume th exceeds two pages removed from considerion. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, your system failure, etc. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion HRM Contact Center Phone 1-877-372-7248 X2 HRM_Contact_Center@usda.gov Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center

DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Albuquerque, NM 87109 US Next steps Your applicion reviewed to verify th you meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your applicion stus. You must choose to turn on email notificions in your USAJOBS profile if you want to receive important email notificions th may impact your applicant experience (e.g. If you start an applicion and do not submit it prior to the closing de, USAJOBS will send an email reminder th the closing de is approaching and your applicion is in an incomplete stus). As a condition of employment for accepting this position, unless previous federal service is creditable , you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may 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. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Under the Fair Chance Act , agencies are not allowed to request informion about an applicant's criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified informion; assignment to nional security duties or positions; acceptance or retention in the armed forces; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion reled to an organizion's alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the approprie informion to sm.fs.hrm_elr@usda.gov , subject line: Fair Chance Act. 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 Open & closing des 05/20/2026 to 05/28/2026 Salary $89,508

• $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locions Few vacancies in the following locions: Cloudcroft, NM Hot Springs, SD Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—A recruitment or relocion incentive, or reimbursement of relocion expenses may be authorized the discretion of management 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 No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26-GVA-12925302-FS Control number 865668100