Position Outreach 

Rocky Mountain Region, USDA Forest Service
Forestry Technician (Recreation)
GS-0462-5/6/7, Shoshone National Forest, Wapiti Ranger District, Cody, WY

Position Information
The Shoshone National Forest, Wapiti Ranger District may be filling a permanant full time Forestry Technician (Recreation), GS-0462-5/6/7, position located on the North Zone in Cody, Wyoming.  This notification is being circulated to inform prospective applicants of this upcoming opportunity.  If you wish to express interest  please return the attached voluntary outreach interest form by December 31, 2013. Please see the following information on the position, the Shoshone National Forest, and the community.

The Position:

This position is a part of the management of the developed recreation program on the North Zone of the Shoshone. The incumbent will be responsible for customer service and the operation of seven developed campgrounds, twelve trailheads, and a rental cabin as well as scenic overlooks and concentrated use areas. Supervision of three or four seasonal employees and eight volunteer campground hosts is standard. The Lead Technician must ensure campground and trailhead maintenance is accomplished and surveys entered into the database. Winter operations include snowmobile patrol and monitoring.

Desired skills for the position:
•	Organizational skills and ability to coordinate the management of a complex operation
•	Maintenance, construction, or repair experience
•	Water sampling and water system operation
•	Service Contracting Officer Representative certification
•	Snowmobile operation in mountain terrain
•	Avalanche training and winter sports skills
•	ATV experience
•	Forest Protection Officer certification 
•	Ability to communicate well with the public and organizational groups.	   
•	Ability to safely/properly address conflict situations related Grizzly Bears.
•	Experience in National Forest or Park recreation
•	Collection Officer Certification
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Shoshone National Forest is considering all applicants. This position may be hired using the Federal Government direct hiring authorities, such as; Schedule A (Persons with Disabilities), VRA (Veterans with 30% disability or more) and possible reassignments for qualified GS 5 or higher employees currently working for the Federal Government. The positions will be posted on the U.S. Government's official website for employment opportunities at www.usajobs.gov. All applicants who respond to this outreach and qualify for direct hiring authority will be referred to the hiring official for consideration. All candidates may apply to the vacancy announcement when advertised in USAJobs.

The Forest:
The Shoshone National Forest was established in 1891 as a part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve. The forest is an integral part of the 10 million acre Greater Yellowstone Area which is centered in Yellowstone National Park. The Shoshone consists of 2,470,430 acres of varied terrain ranging from sagebrush flats to rugged mountain peaks. Over one half of the forest is designated wilderness. With Yellowstone National Park on its western border, the Shoshone encompasses an area from the Montana state line south to Lander, Wyoming, and includes portions of the Absaroka, Wind River, and Beartooth mountain ranges. The western boundary of the forest to south of Yellowstone is the crest of the Continental Divide. Elevations on the Shoshone ranges from 4,600 feet at the south of the spectacular Clarks Fork Canyon, to 13,804 feet on Gannett Peak, Wyoming's highest point. 

There are five Ranger Districts on the Shoshone National Forest: the Clarks Fork, Wapiti and Greybull Ranger Districts are consolidated into the North Zone which is headquartered in Cody, Wyoming; Wind River located in Dubois, WY; and Washakie located in Lander, WY.
For a complete description of the Forest, including photos, see our WEB PAGE (click) at   http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/shoshone/.

We encourage you to express  interest for this position.  Please respond by December 31, 2013 Please send attached form to 
jlyons01@fs.fed.us.
Cody:
Cody, Wyoming, located 52 miles from the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park, was founded in 1887 by Colonel William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody.  Cody continues to prosper with its diverse economy, which includes oil/minerals, agriculture, timbering, light industry and tourism.  Year-round recreational opportunities are almost limitless in Cody with the surrounding mountains, forest and wilderness areas.

Cody is the county seat of Park County and is located 100 miles south of Billings, Montana; 492 miles north of Denver, Colorado; 214 miles northwest of Casper, Wyoming and is 5,095 feet above sea level.

The population of Cody is approximately 10,000.  Temperatures average 23 degrees in January and 72 degrees in July.  Annual rainfall averages 9.4 inches; snowfall averages 35.20 inches yearly.  Sunshine brightens the sky more than 300 days a year.  Snow does not stay long on the ground here in the winter.  In January or February, 50 degree days are not unusual.  Warm Chinook winds usually melt the snow within two or three days of a storm.

The community of Cody offers numerous churches, doctors, dentists, an excellent hospital, a nursing home, public library, 6 banks, local shopping, a movie theatre, a senior citizen center, a volunteer fire department, Search and Rescue, police department, sheriff's department, and an airport with daily connects to Denver and Salt Lake City.

Cody's school district is one of the finest in the Rocky Mountain area.  Five elementary schools, one middle school and one senior high school have an average student to teacher ratio of less than 20 to 1.  Several private and Christian schools also are available.  Thirty minutes away in Powell is Northwest College, a fully accredited junior college.

Cody has available housing for rental or purchasing.  Average rental price is $700 per month for singles and $900 to $1,200 for famlies with a median purchase price of $240,200  Property taxes are low.  Cody boasts tax rates among the lowest in the nation.  State sales tax is 4%, with NO State or local income tax.

Visitors come from all over the world to see the Buffalo Bill Historical Center--actually four museums under one roof--The Whitney Gallery of Western Art, The Buffalo Bill Museum, The Plains Indian Museum, and the Cody Firearms Museum.  Cody has a lively fine art community and several art galleries.  Annual cultural events include the Jazz Festival, Plains Indian Pow Wow, and the Cody Stampede Rodeos, just to name a few.

There are five rivers flowing out of the Absaroka Mountains near Cody and modern day explorers have spent a lifetime learning their way around just one of those drainages.  Each river begins back in the high mountains where meadows team with wildlife and glacier fed streams and lakes are full of native cutthroat trout in one of the largest wilderness ecosystems in the world.  Choose from rodeo, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, backpacking, mountaineering, mountain biking, wind surfing, golfing, water skiing, boating, rock hunting, bowling, roller skating, tennis, hiking, snow skiing, snowmobiling, camping, picnicking, or just take a relaxing day on any one of several world class scenic loop tour drives.

For more information contact the Cody Chamber of Commerce at  (click) 
 http://www.codychamber.org/

OUTREACH NOTICE FORM
SHOSHONE  NATIONAL FOREST

____ Forestry Technician (Recreation)

NAME:__________________________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:___________________________________________

MAILING ADDRESS:_______________________________________

                                     ________________________________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER:______________________________________

AGENCY EMPLOYED WITH:_____USFS  _____BLM     _____OTHER

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:_____PERMANENT     _____TEMPORARY     _____TERM

                                             _____VRA                     _____PWD                      _____OTHER

CURRENT REGION/FOREST/DISTRICT:_________________________

CURRENT SERIES AND GRADE:________________________________

CURRENT POSITION TITLE:____________________________________

IF NOT A CURRENT PERMANENT (CAREER OR CAREER-CONDITIONAL) EMPLOYEE, ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO BE REHIRED UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL AUTHORITIES?

	_____PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
	_____VETERANS READJUSTMENT
	_____DISABLED VETERANS WITH 30% COMPENSABLE DISABILITY
	_____VETERANS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ACT OF 1998
	_____FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER
	_____STUDENT CAREER EXPERIENCE PROGRAM
	_____OTHER______________________________________________

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