This is a Rangeland Management Specialist with Bureau of Land Management at the following locations: Havre, Montana Lewistown, Montana Miles City, Montana This position is also open to status candidates under announcement CBUI-27-13094196-ST-AWF and Field Unit Local hiring authority under announcement CBUI-27-13094197-FUL-AWF. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under all recruitment methods.
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Serve as a rangeland resource consultant and advisor - provides expertise and guidance on rangeland management to staff, land users, and the public. Acts as the principle contact and liaison between permittees and field-office leadership regarding multiple use land-management.
Plans, manages, produces, and implements assessments of grazing areas and rangeland conditions - collects, interprets, and analyzes scientific data to determine the status of allotments under review; Leads and participates in interdisciplinary teams, providing input into reports, environmental assessments, and protective stipulations for rangeland and grass-like ecosystems; brings together experts from different fields Plans and designs range improvement, vegetation treatments, permit renewals, and other proposed actions that meet program goals and multiple-use constraints and objectives.
Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.
This position has a mandatory education requirement: 1. Individual Occupational Requirement 0454 series: A.
Degree: range management; or a related discipline that included at least 42 semester hours in a combination of the plant, animal, and soil sciences, and natural resources management, as follows: 1)Range Management -- At least 18 semester hours of course work in range management, including courses in such areas as basic principles of range management, range plants, range ecology, range inventories and studies, range improvements, and ranch or rangeland planning.
2) Directly Related Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences -- At least 15 semester hours of directly related courses in the plant, animal, and soil sciences, including at least one course in each of these three scientific areas, i.e., plant, animal, and soil sciences. Courses in such areas as plant taxonomy, plant physiology, plant ecology, animal nutrition, livestock production, and soil morphology or soil classification are acceptable.
3) Related Resource Management Studies -- At least 9 semester hours of course work in related resource management subjects, including courses in such areas as wildlife management, watershed management, natural resource or agricultural economics, forestry, agronomy, forages, and outdoor recreation management. OR B.
Combination of education and experience: at least 42 semester hours of course work in the combination of plant, animal, and soil sciences and natural resources management shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience.
Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position.
Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education.
https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification
This position is with Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $40736 – $97087/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-23.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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