Summary You will serve as a FIRE CHIEF in the Fire and Emergency Services of COMMANDER NAVY REGION MARIANAS. Responsibilities You will technically and administratively supervise approximately nine direct reports and through subordinate supervisors, indirectly supervise approximately 150 firefighters. You will be responsible to maintain the utilization of manpower at a high level of effectiveness, re-organizing work to increase effectiveness, productivity, and job satisfaction. You will confer with engineers, authorities, and technical personnel in developing plans, procedures, water distribution systems, fire alarm systems, building construction, storage requirements, and fire prevention procedures. You will maintain budget within parameters and current business rules by supervising the expenditure of funds ensuring expenditures do not exceed the annual budget. You will participate in the development of new and improved methods for fire prevention, firefighting, nuclear accident or incident control, disaster control, firefighting personnel utilization, and training. You will develop and direct the development of pre-fire planning of buildings, ships, aircraft and other highly hazardous areas of the activities and installations protected. You will develop the plans and programs necessary to carry out the department's responsibility to protect the lives and properties with the Armed Forces activities and installations with Commander Joint Region Marianas. You will personally direct firefighting operations in major fire emergencies, being in complete charge of all personnel apparatus, and directing their operations at such fires. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Managing, planning and directing fire protection/prevention theories, principals methods, practices and procedures; overseeing the funding requirement, budget process and supply function; providing program policies (e.g., personnel management, labor relations, scheduling of work, assignment of personnel, apparatus and response areas, training requirement and the use of specialized guidelines and instructions). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/fire-protection-and-prevention-series-0081/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Education Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement and Alternate Placement Programs. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. You will be required to obtain and maintain a current certification in the following: Fire Officer IV, Fire Service Instructor III, Fire Inspector III, Airport Firefighter, and Hazardous Materials Incident Commander. You will be required to obtain and maintain a current certification in the following FEMA certifications: ICS-100, ICS-220, ICS-700, and ICS-800. Pay retention may be granted when certain conditions are met. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf Tour of duty will be 24 months. This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required. To learn more about the living and working conditions at this military installation and additional Non-Foreign Overseas information, please go to: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Overseas/Pages/default.aspx Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/