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Rangeland Management Specialist (Field Unit Local Hiring)
Bureau of Land Management · Worland, Wyoming and 4 more · Closes in 4 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 have a permanent and exclusive residence within the defined local commuting area of the field office (75 miles from the duty station, with some offices listing a 75 mile or 90 minute commute) can apply. Veterans' preference does not apply to this hiring method.

Experience: For GS-07, you need at least one full year of specialized experience comparable to GS-05 in areas such as helping manage public or federal lands for grazing, range inventory and monitoring with field data, inspecting range improvements, working on a livestock ranch or comparable lands, or helping write grazing plans. For GS-09, you need at least one full year of experience comparable to GS-07 in range inventory and monitoring with field data evaluation, or helping develop rangeland plans that improve range conditions and reduce invasive species.

Education: A bachelor's degree or higher in range management or a closely related field with 42 semester hours: 18 in range management subjects, 15 in plant, animal, and soil sciences (at least one course in each), and 9 in related resource subjects such as wildlife, watershed, or forestry. You can also combine these 42 hours with qualifying experience. For GS-07, one full year of graduate study in range management or a related field can qualify, or a bachelor's degree with a upper third class standing, a GPA of 3.0 or higher (or 3.5 in your major), or honor society membership. For GS-09, a master's degree or two full years of graduate study can qualify, or a mix of graduate study and experience.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid driver's license, which you must keep 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 (single-sided, 10-point font minimum, 0.5-inch margins) with month and year dates and full-time or part-time hours per week for each job Proof of residence such as a mortgage or deed, signed lease, utility bill from the last 30 to 90 days, or insurance policy (SF-50 is not accepted) Undergraduate and graduate transcripts if you qualify through education, showing name, school, grades, credit hours, majors, GPA or class rank, and degree date (typed course lists are not accepted) Veteran documentation such as a DD-214 if you claim veterans' status SF-50 forms if you are or were a federal employee within the past 52 weeks

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 4 days (November 9, 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: The Servicing Human Resources Office checks whether you meet the minimum qualifications and eligibility requirements. Under this hiring authority, competitive rating, ranking, and veterans' preference do not apply, and qualified applicants may be referred to the selecting official for 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 show full-time or part-time hours per week and month and year dates for every job, or that experience may not be credited.
Apply to each related announcement separately (CCCR-27-13100224-DE-JLH and CCCR-27-13100226-MP-JLH) if you want to be considered under those recruitment methods.
Submit all required documents, including proof of residence, by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026, because missing documents can lead to loss of consideration.

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