Community Planner

Duties

The major duties of this position include:

• Performs a wide range of duties related to planning and functions as a planning project specialist involved in the preparation of a variety of planning projects and studies and related cultural resource and environmental documents.
• Provides technical advice to other project managers and planning team members on historic preservation and cultural resource planning and/or outdoor recreation planning, problem solving, public involvement, and historic preservation and environmental compliance.
• Performs as a project specialist on interdisciplinary teams of planning professionals and collaborates with the public to prepare a variety of planning projects and studies.
• Accountable for the quality of technical analysis and related planning documents and ensures the delivery of assigned key project tasks and related planning services in accordance with project agreements and annual production goals.
• Seeks and utilizes best practices, data, and a diversity of input to analyze and make recommendations to support sound planning decisions.

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. Prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year thereafter (or more frequently if management determines such need exists), you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying to your possession of a valid State issued driver’s license that is current and has not been revoked, suspended, canceled, or otherwise disqualified in any way to prohibit your operation of a motor vehicle.
  
  You will also submit a photocopy of your valid State issued driver’s license prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year, or more frequently if management determines such need exists. Lastly, you may be required to submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that discloses all valid driver’s licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
  
  Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid State driver’s license.
• You will be required to complete a one-year trial period.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/09/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume
MUST
clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

This position has an individual occupational requirement:

In addition to meeting the individual occupational requirement:

EXPERIENCE:At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: providing technical planning assistance, coordination, and leadership for cooperative historic…