Supervisory Environmental Coordinator GS 401/101-12
Three Rivers and Republic Ranger Districts
Are you a high-energy and innovative team leader who likes fast-paced and challenging work environments and enjoys working with diverse communities? We are seeking to fill one zone Supervisory Environmental Coordinator position on the Colville National Forest to be located at Kettle Falls, Washington.
The Colville National Forest will soon advertise a GS-401/101-12, Supervisory Environmental Coordinator. The position is the lead interdisciplinary team leader and environmental coordinator for the West Zone environmental planning group, located in Republic and Kettle Falls, WA. This notice is intended to recruit and identify interested applicants for this vacancy.
This is a permanent full time position with a duty station of Kettle Falls, Washington. This outreach is being circulated to inform perspective applicants of this upcoming opportunity. Individuals stating interest in this position by completing the Outreach Response Form below will be notified when the vacancy announcement is posted on USAJOBS (May/June). If interested, please return the Outreach Response Form by April 1, 2015.
For additional information about this position, please contact Rodney Smoldon, Three Rivers District Ranger, at (509) 738-7700 or .
This job offers the challenge of working in a complex and diverse landscape with a variety of partners. The Colville National Forest is looking for an individual interested in collaboration, building relationships, and embarking on creative new ways of accomplishing and communicating the mission of the Forest Service. If you enjoy innovation and teamwork, this may be the place for you!
The incumbent serves as the subject matter expert and is responsible for providing advice to district personnel on compliance with NEPA, NFMA, and FOIA. The position supervises a writer-editor, wildlife biologist, the Forest soils scientist, silviculturalist, hydrologist and fisheries biologist.
About the Colville National Forest
The Colville National Forest is a high performing unit in the national spotlight for innovative approaches to meeting natural resource restoration goals. We have vibrant and active collaborative partners.
Nestled at the foot of the northern Rockies, the Colville National Forest is an exquisite landscape of forested mountains, clear mountain streams and fertile valleys. The 1.1 million acre forest was shaped over 10,000 years ago by Ice Age glaciers that carved three major valleys: the Columbia, Sanpoil-Curlew, and Pend Oreille River valleys. The mountains and valleys that comprise the lush northeast corner of Washington roll like waves on the high seas. Three waves of mountains run from north to south, separated by troughs of beautiful valleys. These ranges, the Okanogan, Kettle River and Selkirk are considered the eastern edge of the Okanagan highlands and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
The Forest has four Ranger Districts and three District Rangers: Three Rivers Ranger District, Newport and Sullivan Lake Ranger Districts and the Republic Ranger District. Each unit tends to have distinctly different zones, each with its unique climate, topography, and vegetation. Each district office is located in one of the major river drainages: the Sanpoil-Curlew River Valleys, the Kettle-Colville-Columbia River Valleys, and the Pend Oreille River Valley. Topography is varied, ranging from rounded mountain slopes at low elevations to high peaks and basins above 7,300 feet in elevation.
The ecology of the Colville is highly diverse with forests ranging from ponderosa pine and Douglas fir on drier sites to western red cedar, western hemlock, western white pine and a variety of deciduous species on wetter sites. The Forest also has a significant acreage of lodgepole pine and the famously beautiful western larch. Approximately 25% of the Forest was burned in the early part of the century. The Forest is also home to a tremendous variety of wildlife including whitetail and mule deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, and black bear. Rare sightings are also possible of the threatened grizzly, Canada lynx, and endangered woodland caribou. Another amazing site is the large number of bald eagles that winter along the major rivers and nest in the vicinity.
The communities around Colville are blessed with an infrastructure that allows the Forest to manage its productive landscapes with efficiency and positive impact to these communities. The Colville’s unique relationships with it collaborative partners has allowed it to move 22 timber related projects forward over the last eight years without appeal or litigation. The Colville has also been host to a number of new initiatives and pilot programs over the years and is truly a Forest that is on the cutting edge of new trends in the agency. This unique aspect of the Colville provides a positive, challenging and transformative working environment with many innovative ways of doing business.
About the position
The Supervisory Environmental Coordinator is responsible for the overall NEPA compliance efforts on the West Zone. The position also coordinates with federal, state, and county agencies, private land owners, collaborative groups, and Tribes. There is an identical position on the East Zone of the Forest and a Forest Planner/Environmental Coordinator position at the Forest level. These three people often work together to provide training and assist one another as needs arise. The successful candidate will have strong NEPA, interdisciplinary team leadership, and supervisory experience. They will be skilled in researching and applying law and policy and will identify opportunities and options for efficiently accomplishing identified goals. They will have excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing and will bring knowledge of both ecological and social science to bear on each analysis. They will understand the importance of implementing and documenting monitoring efforts and will provide thoughtful and honest advice to decision makers. The incumbent will be able to form good working relationships with people from various backgrounds and interests. The position is a member of the District leadership team and will perform as acting District Ranger when needed. The position is supervised by the Three Rivers District Ranger and works closely with Forest Staff officers as well. The duty station will be Kettle Falls, WA.
For information on the Community of Kettle Falls, Republic and Colville please go to the websites www.kettlefalls.com, http://www.city-data.com/city/Republic-Washington.html and www.colville.com .
OUTREACH RESPONSE FORM
If you are interested in applying for this position and want to receive updates of the position’s status, please complete the attached outreach form and send electronically (); or fax to 509-447-7301. Please respond by April 1, 2015. I am interested in the following position:Position Title/Series/Grade: / Supervisory Environmental Coordinator
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