Zone Fire Business Assistant

Created at: June 26, 2025 00:03

Company: National Park Service

Location: Moose, WY, 83012

Job Description:

One position is being filled at ONE of the following locations: Glacier Nat'l Park in West Glacier, MT -OR- Grand Teton Nat'l Park in Moose, WY -OR- Yellowstone Nat'l Park in Yellowstone NP, WY In order to be considered for any, or all locations, please ensure desired locations are selected. Determination of duty location will be made at the time of selection. The incumbent provides administrative assistance to the wildland fire park group units.
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. All qualifications and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year - month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount qualified specialized experience. If an applicant's resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualifications or specialized experience a rating of "ineligible" or "not qualified" will be applied and no consideration for employment will be granted. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: For the GS-06 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal service or equivalent; Examples of specialized experience include: Preparing travel authorizations and vouchers and assisting with making travel arrangements; preparing correspondence, presentations and reports utilizing software packages such as Microsoft Word; coordinating and entering time and attendance for staff, following timekeeping procedures, utilizing automated payroll systems; tracking and filing documents and correspondence; and ordering and maintaining supplies and equipment for the office. For the GS-07 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent; Examples of specialized experience include: Assisting in the planning and formulating of a budget including preparing budget submissions, annual operating plans, and allocating and transferring funds; preparing travel authorizations and vouchers and assist with making travel arrangements; preparing correspondence, presentations and reports utilizing software packages such as Microsoft Word; coordinating and entering time and attendance for staff following timekeeping procedures utilizing automated payroll systems; tracking and filing documents and correspondence; and ordering and maintaining supplies and equipment for the office. Volunteer Experience: 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.
Provides administrative, operational, and technical support functions in support of fire management activities. Manages budget programming for multiple fund sources contributing to the fire program, understands and interprets interagency and agency policy as well as national and regional financial business rules for appropriate charging of funds. Fluent in various automated financial systems, processes procurement functions for the branch. Assists Fire Management Officer in preparation of annual fire budget requests using automated/electronic systems. Serves as the subject matter expert in emergency incident administrative procedures, providing correct interpretation and application of incident time, travel, procurement, and cost tracking procedures. Manages Incident Qualification and Certification System database for multiple National Park Service first responders. Creates and updates qualification records, inputs annual training, instructor, and incident experience. Manages and tracks current agency medical clearance determinations for qualified employees. Regularly works with local and state cooperators. Duties listed are at the full performance level.


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