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Summary This position is located on the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Salmon, Idaho. The position is responsible for providing assistance and support for tasks related to program supplies and equipment essential to the unit operations, including the Forest fire cache. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Melissa Sartor at melissa.sartor@usda.gov or 208-756-5193. Responsibilities Receive, inventory, organize, and store a variety of supplies and equipment to support unit projects. Inspect incoming shipments for quantity, and quality; identify, label, sort, and segregate supply and equipment for secure storage. Determine storage locations and make selections for shipment or distribution by quantity to fulfill supply requests. Order stock, maintain stock, and issue stock items to fire crews in support of unit needs. Participate in program planning support work such as, acquisition, tracking, utilization, protection, and disposition of federally owned supplies and equipment for the unit. Organize and maintain a Cache of inventory to support the unit’s needs. Prepare field equipment, supplies, and materials for shipping to field units. Physical demands involve moving materials up and down stairways and pulling/storing on shelves from ground level to overhead. (bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, etc.) You may be required to push, lift, and carry up to 75 pounds. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-07: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 in the Federal service. Qualifying experience includes meeting 2 out of the 4 examples of specialized experience: Participated in program planning and logistics support such as, acquisition, tracking, utilization, protection, and disposition of accountable supplies and equipment. Organized and maintained a cache of specialized equipment, including ordering and issuing stock items to personnel. Received, inventoried, organized, and stored a variety of supplies and equipment including determining supply, equipment, and real property value. Used equipment to move supplies (carts, forklift, etc.) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates 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 at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Education There is no substitution of education for specialized experience. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional Information Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100. Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after three years or more of continuous active service are eligible for consideration under the Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies 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. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Part-time and intermittent service will be credited only for time actually worked. Non-pay status 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 information/documentation to determine if the 24 month criteria is met. Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period. For more information on applying under special hiring authorities such as the Veteran's Recruitment Act (VRA), 30 percent disabled veterans, certain military spouses, Schedule A Disabled, etc., explore the different Hiring Paths on the USAJOBS website. This position is being concurrently announced under 24-R4GVJUN-2005-1FS039-DP. This announcement is open to all qualified candidates. Applying to both announcements may expand the possibilities of consideration since different referral criteria apply to each type of announcement. See the above announcement for more information. This position may be eligible to telework up to four days per week, based upon the duties of the position. This position may also be eligible for flexible work arrangements as determined by agency policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreements. The Forest Service may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract highly qualified candidates. Additional information is available at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-and-leave-flexibilities-for-recruitment-and-retention/ Selectee will be responsible for tax obligations related to payments for moving expenses - 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act, Public Law 115-97. Questions should be directed to the Travel Help Desk, 877-372-7248, Option 1, or email SM.FS.asc_tos@usda.gov This is a bargaining unit position and is represented by either NFFE, AFGE, or NAGE. Government Housing and Forest Service daycare facilities are NOT available.