Post-Disaster Forestry Project Leader

Post-Disaster Forestry Project Leader ID: F24TNR8-002 Location: Unicoi Program: FOREST Wage/Hr: $80.00 Hours/Week: 40 Minimum Age: 55 For over 25 years, National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions) has specialized in connecting experienced workers (ages 55+) with full-time and part-time job opportunities that support the critical missions of Federal Agencies across the United States. NEW Solutions connects experienced workers (ages 55+) with the U.S. Forest Service. These experienced professionals provide administrative, scientific, and technical support to the U.S. Forest Service through the Agriculture Conversation Experienced Service (ACES) Program. Positions listed here do not guarantee employment for any definite period. Enrollment in the Experienced Worker Programs administered by NEW Solutions is temporary. The enrollment relationship between NEW Solutions and the Enrollee is an ?at-will? relationship. This means that an Enrollee is free to terminate enrollment at any time during the enrollment period, and NEW Solutions and the Agency have the right to terminate the relationship with the Enrollee. PLEASE NOTE: An ?Enrollee? is not a federal employee, nor an employee of NEW Solutions. An ?Enrollee? is a participant in a grant program established through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the agency and administered by NEW Solutions. This opportunity applies to applicants legally eligible to work in the United States. Qualifications: Minimum of 20 year(s) of experience OR HS/GED Degree Sale Administrator Experience Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS), Field Sampled Vegetation (FSVEG), Timber Information Manager (TIM), Automated Timber Sale Accounting (ATSA) Duties: the enrollee will provide leadership and (knowledge transfer) expertise for high-priority Administrative Priority projects; including implementing Executive Orders to execute more timber sales to restore landscapes and writing environmental analysis and planning documents. Forester (Silviculture/Timber Sale Administration): Serves as a silviculturist and timber sale administrator. Primary responsibility for the preparation, implementation, and administration of the disaster recovery silviculture program and associated timber and salvage sale administration. Assists with setting unit goals and objectives and developing overall unit plans associated with the silvicultural aspects of disaster recovery. This includes use of the Forest Activity Tracking System, FSVeg, FSVeg Spatial, ArcGIS Pro, Microsoft office suite (e.g. excel, word, teams). Reviews logging plans with operator to ensure understanding of contract requirements. Inspects logging operations to ensure fulfillment of silvicultural objectives, protection of watershed, esthetic, and wildlife values, and that contract stipulations are observed. 50% Provides leadership expertise for guiding preparation, implementation, and administration of the disaster recovery silviculture objectives and assists with associated timber and salvage sale administration. Provides technical reviews of logging operations to ensure fulfillment of silvicultural objectives, protection of watershed, esthetic, and wildlife values, and that contract stipulations are observed. 50% Other: Security Awareness Training Travel Requirements: travel to the Forest to work on-site for 10 weeks Overnight travel: 5 days per week for 10 weeks Air travel anticipated: Depending on remote location of employee, travel by air may be needed. Health and Safety Considerations: This is a field-going position requiring the ability to work in rugged outdoor conditions with potentially inclement weather. The work may be on sites with heavy equipment. Required Safety Gear: hiking boots, hard hat, field vest Safety Gear Use: This is a field-going position requiring the ability to work in rugged outdoor conditions with potentially inclement weather. Physical requirements: This is a field-going position requiring the ability to work in rugged outdoor conditions with potentially inclement weather. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. NEW Solutions is committed to promoting equal opportunity and to an environment free from discrimination and harassment in any form administering Experienced Worker Programs under cooperative agreements with federal agencies. It is NEW Solutions' policy to comply with all applicable laws that provide equal opportunity and to prohibit unlawful discrimination in enrolling participants in the federal programs.