Job Title:  Chief, Office of NREC (National Renewable Energy Coordination)
Department:  Department Of The Interior
Agency:  Bureau of Land Management
Job Announcement Number:  WO-DEU-2016-0006

SALARY RANGE:
$107,325.00 to $158,700.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD:
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 to Tuesday, December 1, 2015
SERIES & GRADE:
GS-0301-14/15
POSITION INFORMATION:
Work Schedule is Full Time. - This is a permanent position.
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
15
DUTY LOCATIONS:
1 vacancy in the following location:
Washington DC, DC
WHO MAY APPLY:
All U.S. Citizens – No previous Federal Service is required.
SECURITY CLEARANCE:
Top Secret
SUPERVISORY STATUS:
Yes

JOB SUMMARY:

About the Agency

Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our greatest natural resource.

For additional information about the BLM, please visit our website.

This position is located at the BLM National Headquarters Office, located in Washington, D.C. Information about the surrounding area may be found by clicking here.

Physical Demands:
The work involves office activities, largely of a sedentary nature. Travel is required in connection with various work assignments. Rugged terrain in the West may involve strenuous hiking or climbing. The incumbent often works under very tight deadlines involving projects of national significance.

Work Environment:
Most of the work is performed in an office setting where risks, generally associated with an office environment, are present.

This is a key leadership position which requires the successful applicant to have broad managerial and leadership competencies including experiences gained at the national and field level.

We expect to fill one vacancy at this time; however, more than one position may be filled from this announcement.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

  • Occasional Travel
  • Travel is required to attend trainings, conferences, workshops, and field visits.

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

  • No

KEY REQUIREMENTS

  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Be sure to read the "How to Apply" and "Required Documents" Sections
  • You cannot hold an active real estate license; nor can you
  • have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal land.
  • Direct deposit is required.
  • Background Investigation Required

DUTIES:

- Serves as the Office Chief for the National Renewable Energy Coordination Office (RECO), within the Energy, Minerals and Realty Management Directorate of the BLM Headquarters Office.

- Responsible for the day to day management of the National Renewable Energy Coordination Office’s Human, Fiscal and Material Resources.

- Serves as the bureau-level senior advisor and expert with regard to national renewable energy issues.

- Develops policies and procedures to ensure proper Federal implementation of the assigned program(s), balancing resource development, environmental protection, and resource protection needs as a public trustee, and with a consideration for maintaining healthy public land conditions.

- Manages the development and updating of national policies, procedures and guidelines for areas of program responsibility.

- Responsible for work process management by directing office workflow, assigning work projects and tasks to National RECO members, and assuring quality control of the products and staff work prepared by the office.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Specialized Experience Requirements:
In order to be rated as qualified using specialized experience, we must be able to determine that you meet the definition(s) below; please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade (GS-13/GS-14) level of the position to be filled.

For GS-14: One year (12 months) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as, but not limited to: demonstrated experience in directing and managing the development of regional and/or national policies, program budget, legislative proposals, procedures, and guidelines for numerous renewable energy, minerals, and lands and realty programs of an organization.

For GS-15: One year (12 months) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as, but not limited to: demonstrated experience in directing and managing the development of regional and/or national policies, program budget, legislative proposal, procedures, and guidelines for numerous renewable energy, minerals, and lands and realty programs of an organization; and program oversight on renewable energy operations and onsite regulatory compliance for renewable energy resources.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-14 and above grade levels.

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.

You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.


This position falls under the Administrative and Management group coverage and IOR (Individual Occupational Requirement) standards.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Upon receipt of your complete application package, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. Your rating will be based on your responses to the Job Specific Questionnaire and the information stated in your resume. If you meet the qualification requirements, you application will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. Within these categories, applicants eligible for veteran's preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans. In addition, interviews may be conducted for this position. The interviews may be conducted on a pass/fail basis or may be scored. The job specific questions relate to the following knowledge, skills and abilities required to do the work of this position.

KSA 1: Ability to supervise and manage a staff of subordinate employees by applying human resources management policies, practices, and procedures, including those dealing with EEO, personnel procedures, and regulations, and alternative dispute resolution principles and techniques.

KSA 2: Knowledge of laws, regulations and procedures of the operating programs that include solar and wind energy, rights-of-way, realty, petroleum engineering, geology, geothermal energy, planning and environmental issues, and other related programs.

KSA 3: Knowledge of management policies, procedures, methods, and techniques used by the government such as the budget process and principles of budget planning and financial procedures, performance management system, etc.

KSA 4: Knowledge to interpret and apply judicial, administrative and regulatory documentation related to minerals, lands and realty, and renewable resource programs.

KSA 5: Knowledge in consensus building and group facilitation process, and a thorough understanding of group dynamics in order to work effectively with other agencies and groups whose policies and procedures often conflict with the direction and guidance provided by the government.
To preview questions please click here.

BENEFITS:


OTHER INFORMATION:

May require completion of a 1 year probationary period.

If you are selected for this position, you will be required to serve a one year supervisory/managerial probationary period, if one has not previously been completed.

Travel and relocation expenses will not be paid by the Department of the Interior. Any travel, transportation and relocation expenses associated with reporting for duty in this position will be the responsibility of the selected employee.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. Information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility is available from OPM's Career Transition Resources website at CTAP or ICTAP. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration or that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) This vacancy is within your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility; 2) You apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) You are found well qualified for this vacancy. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, or a copy of your separation personnel action form.

CTAP and ICTAP eligibles will be considered well qualified if they fall within the Highly or Best Qualified categories on the rating criteria for this position.

Reemployment Priority List (RPL): The RPL is the mechanism agencies use to give reemployment consideration to their former competitive service employees separated by a RIF or who have fully recovered from a compensable injury after more than one year. If you are currently on a Reemployment Priority List, you may be given priority consideration.

BLM may use certain incentives, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract high quality applicants. The incentives that may be offered include Student Loan Repayments, Relocation Incentives and/or Recruitment Incentives.

If the position is filled at a lower grade level, subsequent promotion to the next grade level will be processed without further competition dependent upon administrative approval and the continuing need for an actual assignment and performance of higher-level duties.

This announcement is being advertised concurrently under WO Merit-2016-0015 for all current and former federal employees serving under a competitive service career or career-conditional appointment or reinstatement eligible. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

The Bureau of Land Management has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.

SELECTIVE SERVICE: Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must certify that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. To register or verify your registration go to the Selective Service System website.

Government facilities are required to provide a smoke free environment for their employees. Smoking will be permitted only in designated areas.

HOW TO APPLY:

To receive consideration for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package, which includes ALL of the following items:
1. Your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire;
2. Your resume, and;
3. Applicable supporting documents specified in the Required Documents section of this job announcement.

Click on the button "Apply Online" and login to MY USAJOBS.

If you haven't already registered with USAJOBS, the system will require you to create a user name and password, complete a questionnaire and upload, paste or type a resume into USAJOBS.

If you have already registered with USAJOBS and forgot your login information, select the "Did you forget your username and/or password" link from the right side menu.

Your application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time by the closing date of this announcement.

If you need assistance in applying on-line, please contact Ryan Wilkins by email at rwilkins@blm.gov, or by phone at (202) 912-7033. If applying on-line poses a hardship for you (i.e. you do not have access to the internet) you must contact us prior to the closing date of the announcement for an alternative method of applying.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

In addition to the online application (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following forms:

- Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) eligibles: documentation verifying your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility - this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty location.

Veterans' Preference: If you are entitled to veterans' preference, you should indicate the level of veterans' preference you are claiming on your resume. Your veterans' preference entitlement will be adjudicated (verified) by the employing agency using the documents you provide.
  • For 0-point Sole survivorship veterans’ preference (SSP), please provide the documentation you received granting this preference.
  • For 5-point veterans' preference, please provide your DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), official statement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty, or other official documentation (e.g., documentation of receipt of a campaign badge or expeditionary medal) that proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions.
  • For 10-point veterans' preference, please submit the same documentation as 5-point veterans’ preference as well as a Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference.
For more information on which type of preference is applicable, please visit VetGuide.

You may submit your documents either via Auto-Requested Fax or by uploading your documents from your USAJOBS Profile.

Auto-Requested Fax: allows you to submit required documentation that will be electronically displayed along with your resume. The opportunity to do this will be provided during the application process by a pop-up message option to generate an auto-requested fax cover sheet.

UPLOADING DOCUMENTS: instead of faxing your documents you may use the uploading procedures thru Applicant Manager. Do not use both options.

If uploading a resume, you must include the following: Job Title and Grade Level, if Federal employment, Duties and Accomplishments, Employer's Name and Address, Supervisor's Name and Telephone Number, Starting and Ending dates (month and year), Hours worked per week, and Salary.

Hard copy paper supplemental documents, submitted without prior Human Resources approval, will be considered as an incomplete application.

Required documentation must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, on the closing date of this announcement.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

Ryan Wilkins
Phone: 202-912-7033
Fax: 000-000-0000
Email: rwilkins@blm.gov
Agency Information:
Bureau of Land Management
Washington Office
20 M Street, SouthEast
Attn: HR-712 (WO-DEU-2016-0006)
Washington, DC
20003-3503
US
Fax: 000-000-0000

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

Once your completed application is received, we will conduct an evaluation and the most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for future consideration and possible interview. You will be notified of the outcome.

You may also check the status of your application by viewing your “My Account” on USAJOBS.

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