Supply Management Specialist

Summary

This position is located within a National Interagency Support Cache. This position serves as manager of a National Interagency Support Cache (NISC) providing supplies and equipment to federal, state and tribal governments and international organizations during natural disasters. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Maurice Evans; [email protected]

Duties

• Duties are listed at the full performance GS-12 level.
• Serves as a manager and performs supervisory duties 20% or less of the time.
• Develops and implements Cache Management and Inventory Management Plans supporting the National Interagency Support Cache (NISC) while providing for the integration of fire management needs at the geographical level to insure mission accomplishments.
• Collaborates with internal and external contacts to formulate national standards for supplies, equipment, policies, and procedures.
• Monitors, evaluates, and provides Fire Loss information and reports on all Type 1, 2, and 3 incidents.
• Develops and maintains fire cache management and incident support policies, guidelines, and standards for consistency with accepted principles and practices.
• Plans the work to be accomplished, establishes production or quality standards, and identifies developmental and training. Determines the need for and assignment of additional personnel as workload fluctuates, as well as approves emergency hires.
• Manages the budget for functional areas of an incident support cache. Maintains accurate records of work completed, materials used, and costs involved in compliance with established fire cache management and inventory plans.
• Maintains security and accountability of all supplies and equipment. Provides input of loss mitigation plans related to fire loss
• Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the organization.

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. 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-11: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09grade in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: Managing activities for the procurement, storage, refurbishment, and shipment of equipment and supplies in support of fire suppression and emergency activities; and/or Developing and maintaining cache management plans and incident support policies, guidelines, and standards; and/or Preparing cache management and fire loss information reports for all incidents; and/or Coordinating emergency situations and establishing levels of personnel and equipment; and/or Recommending changes and revisions in cache management program. OR A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR An appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.). GS-12: Applicants must have (1) one year equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: Planning, budgeting, administering, and managing an incident support cache; and/or Providing support to functional areas, such as supplies, storage and distribution, supply systems development, hazardous materials, and small engine repair; and/or Evaluating personnel, budget, and material resource requirements to develop project work plans; and/or Participating in the review and evaluation of cache and inventory program operations to plan for adequacy, efficiency, and safety; and/or Coordinating the procurement, receipt, manufacturing, storage, management, packaging, shipment, return, and/or refurbishment of supplies and equipment needs for emergency operations. To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt. Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check. 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 verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate 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 organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Education

See above for education that may be qualifying for the specific grade level.

How to apply

Please view Tips for Applicants - a guide to the Forest Service application process. Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date 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 date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents. Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that 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 formats: 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 consideration. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc.