Fire Management Specialist (Prescribed Fire and Fuels Specialist)

The National Park Service is hiring a Fire Management Specialist (Prescribed Fire and Fuels Specialist) to be located in Big Cypress National Preserve in the Fire and Aviation Division.

This is a supervisory position with authority and responsibility 20% of duty time and will perform the following duties:

  • Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates

  • Program responsibility for prescribed fire, fuels management, fuels monitoring, smoke management, and wildfire response.

  • Provides professional advice and assistance to meet resource management objectives with prescribed fire, fuels management, and/or wildfire response.

  • Manage a unit fuels management program.

  • Plan, implement, and participate fire management activities.

  • Design and conduct fuels management inventory analyses.

  • Conduct implementation monitoring for fuels management activities.

  • Participate in fuels and fire reviews.

Applications due by June 4, 2021.