Summary This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans' preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority at: Direct Hire Authority Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our most precious resource. These positions are located in, Salt Lake City, UT, and Cedar City, UT. Information about these locations can be found by clicking on the location name listed. Responsibilities Develops strategies, applies tactics and makes recommendations in support of management/Incident objectives. Coordinates strategy and tactics with unit fire managers or Incident Commander. Determines and recommends resource needs while over incidents and provides risk assessment and mitigates unacceptable safety risks for aerial and ground personnel. Develops and coordinates recommendations for air-to-air and air-to-ground communication plans and maintains communication with ground forces, assigned aircraft, and dispatching organizations. Serves as the primary ATGS Instructor (ATGS I) and Check Airman (ATGS C) within the assigned GA. Coordinate geographic area level mentoring for ATGS trainees and conduct proficiency evaluations. Make recommendations concerning training priorities to the ATGS cadre chair, interagency aviation managers and geographic area coordination centers. Gather ATGS annual mission summaries and refresher training attendance for ATGS within the designated GA. Forward annual documentation to agency program managers, and fire qualifications mangers as necessary. Develop training plans, courses, course aids and coordinate a training and currency program for qualified ATGS and trainees on an interagency basis at the geographic area level. Participate as a lead instructor for the National Aerial Supervision course (S-378). Coordinate/teach agency approved CRM training/refresher training. Coordinate and lead the annual GACC ATGS refresher training (RT-378). Collaborates with local, state, and national aviation managers to review and develop ATGS aircraft contract specifications. Prepares and submits required payment documentation for the aircraft during the exclusive use period. Serves as Alternate Contracting Officers Representative (ACOR) or Project Inspector (PI) for the contract period. May perform other collateral duties with the local, state, or national fire, fuels, and aviation management programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Specialized Experience Requirements: In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement(s); please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled. To qualify for the GS-09 grade level, 1 year of credible specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 is required. Examples include but are not limited to: Executing wildland fire principles, risk management techniques, and standard operating procedures while conducting ATGS missions during fire operations; aerial supervision during fire operations, and retardant/suppressant applications. To qualify for the GS-11 grade level, To qualify for the GS-11 grade level: If you are a current or former federal employee who served in a competitive or excepted appointment, your resume must show that you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level. Examples include but are not limited to: Ability to work with diverse group of interagency partners at the national, regional, and local level. Knowledge of airspace and initial attack as an ATGS. Tracking status of helicopter and air tankers. Participation in RT378, coordinating with aerial resources to support the ground resources, and understanding of fire and aviation management principles. If you have never been or are NOT a current federal employee who served in a competitive or excepted appointment, your resume must show that you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-10 grade level. Examples include but are not limited to: Advising a diverse group of interagency partners at the national, regional, and local level. Knowledge of airspace and initial attack as an ATGS. Tracking status of helicopter and air tankers. Participation in RT378, coordinating with aerial resources to support the ground resources, and training others in the understanding of fire and aviation management principles. 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. Substitution of Education for Experience: GS-09: Master's Degree or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B or J. D., if related, OR an equivalent combination of specialized experience and education. GS-11: 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 OR an equivalent combination of specialized experience and education. Selective Placement Factor(s): This position requires a special qualification that has been determined to be essential to perform the duties and will be used as a screen out element. Those who do not provide evidence they possess the following selective factor(s) will be rated not qualified. You must have possessed the following National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) incident management (qualifications to be considered eligible for this position (currency not required): Air Tactical Group Supervisor (ATGS) You must meet all qualification and selective placement factor requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Physical Demands: ATGS work has significant physical demands with the requirement for a high degree of focus during tactical flight operations. The work requires long and irregular hours and frequent travel is required for training and fire assignments. Physical requirements for ground fire assignments are arduous including walking or hiking in mountainous or difficult terrain while carrying tools and equipment. Work Environment: Ground fire assignment work is often performed at remote locations in mountainous or difficult terrain. Very high temperatures, smoke, and steep slopes are common environmental factors. ATGS in-flight work is performed enroute, over, and returning from fire assignments or other emergencies. Risks and discomforts involved are those of air travel compounded by required flight in dense smoke, turbulent air, over mountainous terrain, and in high-density air traffic (with and without radar control). Considerable emergency travel on short notice is common and considerable time is spent away from home base. Duty days are long and limited only by Bureau and other Federal agency work/rest regulations. This is a secondary/administrative firefighter position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336(c) (CSRS) and 5 U.S.C. 8412(d) (FERS). While secondary positions are not subject to the maximum entry age policy, the selectee must have prior service in a primary position (3 years of service in primary/rigorous position(s)) and meet the transfer requirement for movement from a primary to secondary position to be eligible for special retirement coverage. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure this office has enough information to determine your retirement status to ensure you do not lose benefits (normally through submission of your SF-50). YOU MUST LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN A PRIMARY POSITION. FACT SHEET for Fire Positions: Information on Special Retirement. Education SEE QUALIFICATIONS SECTION OF THIS RECRUITMENT Additional Information We expect to fill two vacancies at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available. Tax Law Impact for PCS: On 22-Dec-2017, Public Law 115-97 - the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 suspended qualified moving expense deductions along with the exclusion for employer reimbursements and payments of moving expenses effective 01-Jan-2018 for tax years 2018 through 2025. The law made taxable certain reimbursements and other payments, including driving mileage, airfare and lodging expenses, en-route travel to the new duty station, and temporary storage of those items. The Federal Travel Regulation Bulletin (FTR) 18-05 issued by General Services Administration (GSA) has authorized agencies to use the Withholding Tax Allowance (WTA) and Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) to pay for "substantially all" of the increased tax liability resulting from the "2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" for certain eligible individuals. For additional information on WTA/RITA allowances and eligibilities, please visit: Federal Travel Regulation - GSA Bulletin FTR 18-05 Tax Law Impact for PCS: Moving expenses reimbursement is a taxable benefit. However, the Federal Travel Regulation 18-05 issued by the General Services Administration has authorized agencies to use the Withholding Tax Allowance and Relocation Income Tax Allowance to pay for "substantially all" of the increased tax liability resulting from the "2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" for certain eligible individual 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 exceed minimum qualifications 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 RPL, you may be given priority consideration.