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FUL – Rangeland Management Specialist
Bureau of Land Management · Battle Mountain, Nevada and 2 more · Closes in 26 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

Only U.S. citizens or nationals who permanently and exclusively live within the defined area of the field unit can apply. You must certify that you will keep that residence while you work here.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the GS-7 level, which includes helping manage public rangeland for grazing and leading range inventory and field data collection. For the GS-9 level, you need one year of specialized experience at the GS-7 level that includes helping develop rangeland management plans.

Education: A degree in range management or a related field is one option. It must include at least 42 semester hours in plant, animal, and soil sciences and natural resources management, with at least 18 hours in range management. Graduate education and Superior Academic Achievement (such as a high GPA or honor society membership) can also qualify you at some grade levels. Submit transcripts if you use education to qualify.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid driver's license, kept for the whole time you work here

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than two single-sided pages, with 10-point minimum font and 0.5-inch margins Resume dates in month and year format, with hours per week for each job Proof of residence in the defined area, such as a lease, utility bill, or deed (SF-50 not accepted) College transcripts, undergraduate and graduate, if you qualify through education Veteran documents such as a DD-214 or SF-15, if applicable SF-50s proving time-in-grade if you are or were a federal employee in the past 52 weeks

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 26 days (November 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: Under this hiring authority, applicants are not rated and ranked, and veterans' preference does not apply. The Human Resources office checks whether you meet the minimum qualifications, and qualified applicants may be sent to the hiring official. Incomplete packages, false information, or inappropriate content can lead to removal from consideration.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must state full-time or part-time and hours per week for each job, or that time may not count.
Include proof of residence within 75 miles or 90 minutes of the duty locations. An SF-50 will not be accepted.
Keep your resume to two single-sided pages. Longer resumes will not be reviewed.

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