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Dear Colleagues:   

The vacancy announcement for the Program Manager of the Wild land Fire Management Research, Development and Application Program, (WFM RD&A) a flagship science application and delivery unit with the Rocky Mountain Research Station is  now open and available on USAjobs.     Applications will be accepted until January 30th, 2012

Please circulate this announcement widely with your internal and external networks.    This is an outstanding leadership opportunity  within the interagency fire community to continue to strengthen collaboration between the fire science and management communities and integrate fire science findings into management policy and decision-support. 

The WFM RD&A Program has a national charter and provides tools and decision-support for fire managers as well as other natural resource managers and decisiomakers.   The Program manager will be a primary point of contact for communication between scientists and participating field managers and an advisor to program administrators at  local, regional and national levels.  They will supervise a diverse staff of analysts, data managers, and operational support personnel.    The position is located in Boise, ID at the National Interagency Fire Center and is part of the Science Application and Integration Staff at the Rocky Mountain Research Station.

The position is being advertised through both the Merit and Demonstration through January 20, 2012.   See links below:

The Merit announcement is open to current career or career-conditional federal employees with competitive status. Reinstatement eligibles, persons with disabilities, Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) eligibles, certain military spouses, disabled veterans with a 30% or more disability, former Peace Corps and VISTA volunteers may be considered under special hiring authorities.

TA12-2253163113-0211G-EB:  http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/306287300

The Demo announcement is open to U.S. citizens:

TA12-2253163113-0211DP-EB:  http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/306287100

We are looking for an outstanding individual to lead this exciting and innovative integrated research, development and application program.   Again, please  circulate  this opportunity widely.     For additional information or questions, please contact  Jan Engert (jengert@fs.fed.us), or Lisa Elenz (lelenz@fs.fed.us)   

Thank you - 

Jan M. Engert
Assistant Station Director, Science Application & Integration
Rocky Mountain Research Station
(970) 498-1377
jengert@fs.fed.us