Rangeland Management Specialist

Duties

A relocation/recruitment incentive may be authorized if selected. A 2-year service agreement is required if an incentive is accepted.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor.

As the Rangeland Management Specialist in this position, you will:

• GS-05: The position is considered to be a trainee. Major duties include: ability to manage time efficiently. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. Knowledge of the principles of rangeland management, familiarity with ecological processes. Knowledge of basic vegetation monitoring techniques. Conceptual understanding of how resource monitoring information informs the development of use plans for grazing units such as allotments, pastures, or ranches. Ability to utilize available tools to collect and compile data in accordance with established procedures.
• GS-07: The position is considered to be an advanced trainee. Major duties include: Experience participating in or developing pasture or allotment management plans as a member of a team. Familiarity with Federal NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) procedures. Experience applying the results of resource monitoring to develop management strategies for grazing units such as allotments, pastures, or ranches. Experience collecting data using established procedures and summarizing the information for incorporation into plans, memoranda, and other correspondence. Familiarity with administrative procedures to respond to protests and appeals.
• GS-09: The position is responsible for assisting in preparing, evaluating and conducting biological analysis of public rangelands. Major duties include: review of range permit applications to ensure compliance with appropriate federal law; ensuring impacts to rangeland ecosystems are properly mitigated; develops and implements allotment management plans; conducts related monitoring studies and determine need for changes in management; provides basic input to interdisciplinary reports, environmental assessments, and protective stipulations for rangeland ecosystems; evaluates and reports any changes in the status of the rangeland; develops, implements and maintains resource management plans for the Field Office. Experience assisting with the preparation of responses to administrative protests and appeals of agency decisions.
• GS-11: This position is a journeyman-level rangeland resource consultant and advisor to the Field and/or District management team, land users, and interested publics. The specialist acts as the principal contact and negotiator for multiple use management within the field office. Plans, manages, produces, and implements allotment evaluations for assigned allotments. Ability to manage competing demands, prioritize work according to urgency, need, and timing constraints. Duties include: use authorizations, detecting and resolving unauthorized use, and range improvement planning. Serves as the principal investigator and negotiator on livestock grazing unauthorized use cases and develop recommendations for case settlement and closure. Experienced with reviewing range permit applications to ensure compliance with appropriate federal law and approved grazing permit. Ability to lead teams serving as the principal specialist for development and revision of allotment management plans, development of NEPA analysis related to grazing management, soils, vegetation, and watershed function. Ability to effectively serve as a member of a team developing interdisciplinary reports, environmental assessments, and protective stipulations for rangeland and grass-like ecosystems. Experience leading or preparing agency responses to administrative protests and appeals as a member of a team.