Forester Jobs in Alaska (NOW HIRING)

Summary
These positions are located on the Alaska Region, R10, Intermountain Region, R4, or Southwestern Region, R3.
The incumbent is responsible for customer service such as greeting visitors, answering telephones, and responding to both internal and external inquiries.
For additional information about the duties of this position, and who to contact, please see the additional information section.
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Duties
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• Greet visitors and recognize who should enter the building.
• Use of basic accounting, basic record keeping and other necessary systems to maintain accurate sales and collections records.
• Use word processing software and printing equipment to create, edit, and retrieve a variety of standardized documents.
• Use database or spreadsheet software to enter, sort, and retrieve data for standard reports.
• Provide explanations of office functions, describing specific requirements, providing basic instructions, or a similar degree of detail.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications
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.
Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.
Specialized Experience Requirement:
For the GS-05 grade level: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: Greeting visitors and responding to phone and written inquiries; maintaining written records; and using word processing software and printing equipment to create, copy, edit, store, retrieve, and print standardized documents.
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A bachelor's degree or 4 years of successfully completed education above high school in any field
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A combinations of successfully completed post-high school education (in excess of the first 60 semester hours) and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.
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.
Education
See above qualification section for education that may be qualifying for the specific grade level.
Additional information
For the Alaska Region, Region 10, Chugach National Forest:
For more details, please contact Shaun Mckinney at shaun.mckinney@usda.gov
For the Intermountain Region, Region 4, Dixie National Forest:
For more details, please contact Kevin Wright at kevin.wright@usda.gov
For the Southwestern Region, Region 3, Kaibab National Forest:
For more details, please contact Patrick Moore at patrick.t.moore@usda.gov
For the Southwestern Region, Region 3, Tonto National Forest:
For more details, please contact Ericka Luna at ericka.luna@usda.gov
The USDA Forest Service has legislative authority to recruit and fill Permanent (Career/Career-Conditional), Temporary, and Term Appointments under the USDA Demonstration Project. Under this authority, any U.S. citizen may apply.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP eligibles must meet the agency's definition for a quality candidate as provided in the How You Will Be Evaluated section of this announcement to be considered.
The Forest Service may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract highly qualified candidates. Additional Information is available on the OPM Website.
Positions filled from this announcement may be a bargaining or a non-bargaining unit position represented by either NFFE, AFGE or NAGE.
Forest Service daycare facilities are not available.
Government Housing is not available.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.