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FUL – Rangeland Management Specialist
Bureau of Land Management · Spokane, Washington and 4 more · Closes in 12 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 and nationals who permanently live within the defined local area (75 miles or 90 minutes) of one of the listed field offices can apply. You must certify that you will keep a permanent and exclusive residence there, and veterans' preference does not apply.

Experience: For GS-7, you need one year of specialized experience at the GS-5 level. This includes helping manage public land grazing, leading range inventories with field data collection, inspecting range improvements, working on a livestock ranch or similar land, and developing grazing plans. For GS-9, you need one year of specialized experience at the GS-7 level, including helping develop rangeland management plans to improve range condition.

Education: A degree in range management, or a related field with at least 42 semester hours in plant, animal, and soil sciences and natural resources management, including 18 hours of range management. For GS-7, one year of graduate education (18 semester hours) in a related field can qualify, as can a bachelor's degree with top one-third class standing, a 3.0 or higher GPA, or national honor society membership. For GS-9, two years of graduate education leading to a master's degree in a related field can qualify.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid driver's license, maintained throughout employment

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 Two-page resume: no more than two single-sided pages, 10-point minimum font, 0.5-inch margins Resume dates in month and year format, with full-time or part-time status and hours per week for each job Proof of residence in the local area, such as a deed, lease, or utility bill (SF-50 not accepted) College transcripts if you qualify through education, both undergraduate and graduate Veteran documents if claiming veterans' status, such as DD-214 SF-50s proving time-in-grade if you are a current or former federal employee within the past 52 weeks

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 12 days (November 16, 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 local hiring authority, applicants are not rated or ranked against each other. The Human Resources office checks whether you meet the minimum qualifications and eligibility rules, and qualified applicants may be referred to the hiring official for a possible interview. False or misleading information, or resumes and attachments that break the formatting rules, can lead to removal.

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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 the hours per week for each job, or that time may not be credited.
Include proof of residence within the local area, since SF-50s are not accepted.
Keep your resume to two single-sided pages, because longer resumes will not be reviewed.

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