Summary You will serve as a FIRE CHIEF in the FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER DIVISION of NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PORTSMOUTH NSY. Responsibilities You will serve as an advisor to the Deputy Fire Chief and Installation Commanding Officer(s) of site activities. You will direct work and administrative tasks for reports at or below the GS-09 grade level or equivalent in accordance with established policy and procedure relaying on strict adherence to instructional guidance and parameters. Incumbent You will facilitate the operational and administrative work of others to be provided for fire and medical emergency services at the local level in a daily routine manor under oversight of the local installation commander Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications GS-13: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Responding to emergency incidents and directing fire suppression, rescue operations, and emergency medical resources (EMS) in immediate mitigation actions; 2) Leading/managing personnel in the delivery of basic life support and/or advanced life support including supervision of ground ambulance transportation service; 3) Leading and working as member of a team to accomplish mission objectives; 4) Providing sound tactical decision-making and good judgment to provide effective, professional, and outgoing customer service and interaction with the command, the general public and stakeholders; 5) Delivering accurate, effective, and professional oral and written communications, particularly documentation of employee appraisals, internal written communications, briefs, procedures, explanatory papers, correspondence, and investigative/fire/EMS reports; 6) Managing personnel and projects in multiple specialties and special function/duty areas to include a proven track record of effectively performing and managing fire department collateral duties. (NOTE: Your answer must be supported by information in your resume.) GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Managing and directing fire department operations involving structural, shipboard, crash/rescue, wildland, as well as operations involving toxic materials, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), nuclear, and conventional ordnance; 2) Utilizing the latest technical developments in fire prevention and protection to achieve and maintain operational readiness with minimal manpower to accomplish the overall fire protection mission; 3) Evaluating the technical adequacy of all fire protection and life safety features; and 4) Conducting investigations of fires to determine cause. (NOTE: Your answer must be supported by information in your resume.) Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/fire-protection-and-prevention-series-0081/ This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications: Fire Officer III, Fire Inspector II, Fire Instructor II, Driver Operator Pumper, HAZMAT Incident Commander and National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT). These certifications must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirement. If you do not possess all of the above certifications and you have not attached copies of your certifications, you will be rated ineligible. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Duties are primarily managerial, administrative and supervisory in nature; however, a portion of the duties will be performed under stress or extremes of smoke, heat, fire, and exposure to hazardous and toxic materials. When inspecting office buildings or shops, work requires regular and recurring physical exertion, such as, long periods of standing, walking, ending, stooping, reaching, crawling and similar activities. Performance of work may take place in attics, crawl spaces, walls, ceilings, and other limited access spaces; in rough terrain or in construction sites when planning and monitoring the installation of fire and emergency services systems as part of original construction. The work may regularly involve lifting and carrying moderately heavy objects of forty (40) pounds of less. The work may require some common characteristics and abilities of physical agility and dexterity to work in confined spaces and move or lift moderately heavy objects. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is primarily performed in an office like setting involving everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places; meeting or training rooms; private or commercial vehicles; using safe work practices with office equipment; avoiding trips or falls; observing fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. There may be some instances when the incumbent will work in areas where there is exposure to moderate discomforts and unpleasantness, such as high levels of noise, adverse weather conditions or confined spaces. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. PCS expenses are NOT authorized. Recruitment incentives may be authorized. Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period. Selectee may be required to successfully complete a Supervisory/Managerial probationary period. Number of job vacancies: [ 5 ] Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
