This position is located in the Grand Teton National Park; Fire and Aviation Management; duty location Moose, WY.
Applications due June 27, 2022
The incumbent of this position serves as a senior technical expert in fire and aviation management, providing professional knowledge of resource and ecosystem management; possesses extensive knowledge in fire suppression, prescribed fire, and aviation management.
Duties
Directs all phases of the wildland fire program within assigned park unit.
Coordinates the management of wildland fires with cooperating agencies on multi-jurisdictional wildland fires.
Ensures that the fire management program complies with environmental laws, regulations, and policy.
Directs and supervises all phases of the budget formulation and execution process and initiates changes as appropriate.
Ensures the fuels management program is consistent with ecosystem management principles and land use plans.
Establishes priorities for fire hazard reduction, prescribed burns and fuels management based on minimizing potential damage and maximizing multiple resource benefit and enhancement.
Supervises, directs, and coordinates subordinate staff.
Collaborates with park unit leadership while also serving on and representing the units and NPS on various interagency teams, and work groups dealing with specific local, geographic, or national fire management issues.
Coordinates unit and group programs with various other federal, state, and local agencies.
Develops, implements, and administers agreements, operating plans, and memorandums of understanding with local government, state, tribal, and federal agencies to develop strong internal and external working relationships.
Works with a variety of complex technical problems relating to fire weather, smoke management, fire behavior, and computer fire modeling.
For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Erika Jostad at 307-739-3472.
