Rangeland Management Specialist

Bureau of Land Management • Alturas, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Bureau of Land Management is hiring Rangeland Management Specialists in Alturas, Needles, Palm Springs, and Ridgecrest, California. The role serves as a rangeland resource consultant and advisor, providing expertise and guidance to staff, land users, and the public. It also serves as the principal contact and liaison between permittees and field-office leadership on multiple-use land management.

The specialist plans, manages, produces, and implements assessments of grazing areas and rangeland conditions. This includes collecting, interpreting, and analyzing scientific data to determine the status of allotments under review. The specialist leads and participates in interdisciplinary teams, contributes to reports and environmental assessments, and develops protective stipulations for rangeland and grass-like ecosystems. The role also plans and designs range improvements, vegetation treatments, permit renewals, and other proposed actions that meet program goals and multiple-use constraints and objectives. Duties will be developmental in nature when the position is filled below the full performance level.

The announcement is open at GS-7, GS-9, and GS-11 levels. Promotion to the full performance level is not guaranteed. Telework is suitable only during an emergency or natural disaster. Applicants must meet the applicable education and experience qualifications and submit required transcripts where education is used to qualify.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Must pass a background investigation and receive favorable adjudication.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must participate in Direct Deposit and successfully pass E-Verify employment verification.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
• Must not hold an active real estate license or have an interest in or hold stocks in firms with interests in Federal Lands.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period; continued employment requires written agency certification that employment should continue and advances the public interest.
• Must meet the Individual Occupational Requirement for the 0454 series: a qualifying range management degree, qualifying coursework totaling at least 42 semester hours, or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
• For GS-7, must meet the specified qualifications through one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-5, qualifying graduate education, a combination of experience and education, or Superior Academic Achievement in a directly related bachelor's program.
• For GS-9, must meet the specified qualifications through one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-7, two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or an equivalent graduate degree, or a qualifying combination.
• For GS-11, must meet the specified qualifications through one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-9, three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or an equivalent doctoral degree, or a qualifying combination.
• Resume must specify full-time or 40 hours per week, or part-time and the number of hours worked per week, for experience to be credited.
• Submit transcripts when required to document education used to qualify; foreign education must be evaluated as equivalent to U.S. education by a qualified credential interpretation organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide rangeland management expertise and guidance to staff, land users, and the public.
• Serve as the principal contact and liaison between permittees and field-office leadership regarding multiple-use land management.
• Plan, manage, produce, and implement assessments of grazing areas and rangeland conditions.
• Collect, interpret, and analyze scientific data to determine the status of allotments under review.
• Lead and participate in interdisciplinary teams.
• Contribute input to reports, environmental assessments, and protective stipulations for rangeland and grass-like ecosystems.
• Plan and design range improvements, vegetation treatments, permit renewals, and other proposed actions consistent with program goals and multiple-use constraints and objectives.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package for employees and their families.
• May be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive, subject to eligibility and a case-by-case decision.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level