Summary
The Department of the Interior is currently seeking qualified candidates for the Senior Executive Service (SES) position of Assistant Director for Land Use and Natural Resources located in Washington, DC. The Department structures its SES positions into categories to determine the minimum pay for each position. This is a category 3 position. The minimum pay for this position is $197,200. Veterans preference does not apply to the SES.
Duties
The position is located in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the Department of the Interior (Department) and reports to the Deputy Director for Administration and Programs. The incumbent carries out the following specific responsibilities: 1. As Assistant Director for Land Use and Natural Resources, the incumbent is responsible for establishing and coordinating policy and guidance for Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) planning and renewable resources programs, including rangeland and forest management, riparian, watershed, wildlife habitat and fisheries management, threatened and endangered species, wild horses and burros, recreation use, cultural heritage, paleontology, community support programs, and geographic information systems. 2. The incumbent is responsible for developing and maintaining processes and standards for planning and renewable resource activities, including physical, biological, ecological, social and economic components; the use of fire in maintaining or improving ecological health, monitoring industry, trends and their impact on planning and renewable resource activities, and maintaining government to government relationships with tribes. 3. The incumbent exercises leadership and authority for the Bureau's responsibilities to provide policy and procedural guidance for inventorying, assessing, monitoring and reporting ecosystem and resource conditions; analyzing social and economic trends; planning for the use of public land resources and managing geographic and spatial data. 4. The incumbent represents the Bureau Director/Deputy Director in policy and direction matters in contacts with the Secretary and other Department officials; representatives of the Office of Management and Budget and other federal agencies; members of Congress and their staffs; and State, tribal, and local government officials; and, on occasion, with representatives of foreign governments. 5. The incumbent collaborates with members of interests groups, the environmental and business communities, professional societies, academic and research institutions, and the general public. If your resume does not include these basic qualifications, you will not be determined qualified for this position. We recommend that your resume includes examples that are clear, concise, and emphasize their level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues addressed; and the results of actions taken.
Education
There is no educational requirement for this position.
How you will be evaluated
A panel of SES members will evaluate your two-page resume and determine the degree to which you possess each of the listed qualifications. If the selectee does not have Qualifications Review Board (QRB) certification by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), he/she will be required to undergo an ECQ based structured interview with OPM.