Supervisory Staff Law Enforcement Ranger
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Job Summary
Summary
Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our most precious resource.
We expect to fill 2 vacancies from this announcement.1 vacancy will be located in one of the following locations.
- Cody WY
- Lander WY
- Worland WY
- Rock Springs WY.
- Directs and supervises Law Enforcement Rangers providing leadership performance management training oversight discipline and ensuring compliance with merit principles EEO safety and ethics requirements.
- Manages the Law Enforcement Ranger Program to enforce federal laws deter unauthorized use protect public lands and resources and ensure alignment with national state and local BLM policies.
- Develops analyzes and implements strategies to prevent and reduce criminal activity and unauthorized use through data analysis staffing plans enforcement tactics regulations and facility improvements.
- Integrates law enforcement with BLM resource programs and partners with federal state local and tribal agencies to coordinate investigations share resources and enhance public safety and resource protection.
- Plans budgets and evaluates law enforcement operations including annual work plans staffing equipment agreements and funding allocations while advising leadership on policy risk and program performance.
- Enforces federal and applicable state laws by conducting investigations apprehensions court proceedings and special operations maintaining operational readiness and serving as lead or incident commander when required.
Conditions of employment
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Be sure to read the How to Apply and Required Documents Sections.
- You cannot hold an active real estate license: nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
- Direct Deposit Required.
- Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
- Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the addition your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
- Supervisory Probationary Period: If you are selected for this position you will be required to serve a one year supervisory/managerial probationary period if one has not previously been completed.
- The duties of this position may require you to perform irregular or occasional overtime per week. The position may qualify for Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUO)
- If selected for this position you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report OGE-450 within 30 days of reporting to duty. You will be required to provide this information annually.
- You must be 18 years of age or older to be assigned to a hazardous position.
- You must pass a pre-employment physical.
- You must meet specified levels on annual physical fitness tests and pass periodic medical exams for wild land fire personnel commensurate with current incident management qualifications.
- An applicant appointed to this position must possess (or obtain within 30 days of entrance on duty) and maintain a valid state drivers license while employed in this position.
- Applicant(s) tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use and to pass the test prior to addition this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
- This is a Bargaining Unit position.
- This is a Drug Testing Designated Position. You will be required to submit to screening for illegal drug use and pass prior to appointment. This position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
Qualifications
Selective Placement Factors: This position requires a special qualification that has been determined to be essential to perform the duties and will be used as a screen out element. Those who do not provide evidence they possess the following selective factor(s) will be rated not qualified:
- Successfully completed the Land Management Training Program (LMTP) You must submit a copy of the training completion certificate or equivalent documentation.
- Drivers License.
- One year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility equivalent to grade GS-11 in the Federal Service and be a current law enforcement officer. Examples include work performed investigating violations of laws and regulations on BLM managed public lands preparing investigative case files according to standard operating procedures to ensure they meet legal requirements; reviewing law enforcement regulations policies or procedures to recommend improvements or clarifications; regulations and policies related to BLM managed public lands.
To qualify for GS-12 you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples:
- Work performed investigating violations of laws and regulations on BLM managed public lands;
- Preparing investigative case files according to standard operating procedures to ensure they meet legal requirements;
- Reviewing law enforcement regulations policies or procedures to recommend improvements or clarifications;
- Knowledgeable of regulations and policies related to BLM managed public lands.
You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.
The maximum entry-age for this position shall not exceed age 37 unless you have sufficient prior Federal civilian LEO experience or you are a preference eligible veteran. If you are a preference eligible veteran you may be eligible for this position after your 37th birthday. You must supply a copy of your Defense Department Form 214 (DD-214) along with Standard Form 15 (if applicable) and any associated documentation in accordance with the instructions in this vacancy announcement. Failure to provide this documentation with your application will result in loss of eligibility to receive a waiver of the maximum entry age requirement. If over the MEA and you are not a veteran proof of prior covered service must be submitted prior to employment. Acceptable proof consists of SF-50s showing beginning and ending dates of covered/creditable appointments and copies of approved letters based on individual claims.
This is a SECONDARY/Administrative law enforcement position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336(c) (CSRS) and 5 U.S.C. 8412(d) (FERS). While secondary positions are not subject to the maximum entry age (MEA) policy the selectee must have prior service in a primary position and meet the transfer requirement for movement from a primary to secondary position to be eligible for special retirement coverage. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure this office has enough information to determine your retirement status to ensure you do not lose benefits (normally through submission of your SF-50). YOU MUST LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN A PRIMARY POSITION.
Firearm Requirement: This position authorizes you to carry a firearm. Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence cannot lawfully possess a firearm or ammunition Title 18 U.5.C. Section 922(g)(9). A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is generally defined under the statute as any offense involving the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon committed by the victims current or former domestic partner parent or guardian. The term convicted as defined in the statute excludes any person whose conviction has been expunged set aside or pardoned or any person whose civil rights have been restored unless the pardon expungement or restoration of civil rights expressly prohibits the possession of firearms or ammunition. Applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence within the meaning of the referenced statute are not qualified for this position. Applicants under consideration will be required to certify whether they have ever been convicted of such an offense.
Must successfully complete 40 hours of in-service training annually. Must maintain a delegation of law enforcement authority.
All Law Enforcement Rangers who are new to the BLM are required to complete the introduction to Resource Protection Training Program within their first two years of assignment.
All Law Enforcement Rangers will complete the Natural Resource Police Training (NRPT) at the FLETC or an approved equivalent law enforcement training school before they are delegated law enforcement authority. This training must be completed within the first 12 months of completion of the BLMs Field Training and Evaluation Program (FTEP) must occur within one year of receiving delegation of law enforcement authority. Failure to complete the FTEP will result in the loss of law enforcement delegation and/or termination of employment.
Education
This position falls under the General Inspection Investigation Enforcement and Compliance Series 1801. There are no Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for this series.
There is no substitution of education for experience at this grade level.
Physical Demands: The work is primarily office oriented in nature but requires frequent travel to any part of the United States for meetings law enforcement operations investigations or other program activities. He/she may be required to put in long hours beyond the normal tour of duty. Many of these operations and investigations occur in remote areas of the Public Lands in the western States. These remote areas are in high mountains some over 10000 feet altitude desert and wooded areas canyons and other types of rough terrain. The incumbent will travel by aircraft motor vehicle all terrain vehicle horseback and on foot to remote locations. He/she may be required to remain in these remote areas for long periods to complete the activity/investigation. The work requires considerable strenuous physical exertion e.g. long periods of standing crawling walking and running over rough uneven rocky surfaces and through wooded or brush areas performing these activities day or night. The incumbent may be required to respond immediately from a sedentary activity to an extremely arduous activity The incumbent must be able to safely utilize firearms less-lethal weapons and defensive tactics in the conduct of daily activities and must be prepared at all times to defend him/her-self and others against physical and armed attack including the use of physical violence or deadly force. The duties of this position are so rigorous that a physical examination is required to ensure that the employee assigned can perform the duties without physical injury to self or others.
Work Environment: Work is performed in an office setting and outdoors with exposure to hazardous and environmentally adverse conditions. Many investigations occur in isolated areas of the public lands. The remote areas are in high mountains as well as desert areas canyons and other types of rough terrain. This type of work involves potentially high risks with personal exposure to dangerous situations including possible physical attack or other uncontrollable conditions. The incumbent is regularly exposed to temperature and weather extremes and will travel on foot or specialty vehicles e.g. four-wheel drive motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles aircraft or horseback to these remote locations to gather evidence and to arrest violators.
Additional information
DOI uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities please visit E-Verify.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/lnteragency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information: CTAP or ICTAP
Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service
Tax Law Impact for PCS: Moving expenses reimbursement is a taxable benefit. However the Federal Travel Regulation 18-05 issued by General Services Administration has authorized agencies to use the Withholding Tax Allowance and Relocation Income Tax Allowance to pay for substantially all of the increased tax liability resulting from the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for certain eligible individuals.
The official worksite for the selectee is the duty station identified in this vacancy announcement. The selectee will typically report to this duty location on a regular and recurring weekly basis. The selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
This position is not eligible for Telework.
Certain incentives (such as Recruitment Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. If eligible and qualified you may be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive. The decision to offer an incentive will be made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed. For information visit: Recruitment Incentive or Relocation Incentive or Student Loan Repayment.
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.
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.
Required Experience:
Manager
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