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Applying for Jobs in the Intermountain Region
The Intermountain Region is continually hiring for duty locations throughout southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah and western Wyoming. These positions will be open on a continuous basis until they are filled. For a complete list of all jobs open in the Intermountain Region, please go to USAJobs. The very best way to seek jobs that you qualify for is to use the search feature in USAJobs. Understanding and exploring which hiring paths you qualify for is also key.
Come Work in the Intermountain Region!
Use the Search feature in USAjobs to narrow down your interests. Understand and explore hiring paths on USAjobs.gov or go directly to those of interest below. Get Started applying for jobs today!
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Open to the Public – U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
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Federal Employees – Current or former federal employees in the competitive or excepted services.
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Military Spouses – Military spouses relocating under PCS orders, or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty.
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Students and Recent Graduates - Current students are enrolled or who have graduated from an accredited educational institution.
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Individuals with Disabilities - Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A, which is if you are a person with an intellectual disability, a severe physical disability or a psychiatric disability.
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Native Americans - American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Special Authorities - Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in the other categories, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
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Veterans – Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces and were separated under honorable conditions.
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National Guard and Reserves – Current members, those who want o join or transitioning military members.
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Senior Executives – Individuals looking for an executive level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
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Family of Overseas Employees – For family members of federal employees or uniformed service members, who are working or have worked overseas.
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Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA – You’re eligible if your service as a volunteer or volunteer leader totals at least one year with the Peace Corps or one year of service with AmeriCorps VISTA.
Helpful Job Application Information
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Specific Program and Career Area Descriptions
The Intermountain Region hires for positions through many of the following programs:
Administration positions include visiting with the public about USFS opportunities and recreation, processing paperwork, tracking documents and other clerical tasks.
The Support Specialist position is responsible for accomplishing a variety of support services including, procurement, management of government housing, tracking budget expenses, assisting with personnel documents, printing and mail service, records and correspondence management and much more!
This position can also supervise a small staff less than 20% of the time and monitors the daily functions of a front desk to assure optimum operation while helping customers and the public with all sorts of Forest related information! Other duties can include being a Unit Collection Officer and performs accounting, balancing, reconciling and accurate record keeping.
Are you interested in discovering and documenting history? The incumbent of this position plans, directs, coordinates and executes surveys for the location and verification of archeological and historical sites and provides guidance to the line management in marking, protection, and salvage of these sites.
Do you love talking to people and providing outstanding customer service, all while learning all about the many different program areas in the Forest Service! Well, we’ve got a job for you! This position greets visitors, answers telephone, responds to routine inquiries from a variety of customers and visitors, and provides overall support to the administrative staff on the unit.
Not only does this position get to spend a great amount of time telling visitors about all of our different program areas and awesome recreation sites, but they also get to serve as a Collection Officer.
As a Collection Officer, you would sell National Forest Maps, Christmas Tree Permits, Golden Age Passports and possibly items from an Interpretive Store, even Smokey Bear products, depending on the location! This position also handles printing and mail service amongst other duties. If you are a people person, and want to learn all about the Forest Service, this is the job for you!
Do you have an engineering degree and like to be challenged while working in the great outdoors? Our engineers are called to manage a diverse portfolio of work across a variety of landscapes. Some of the infrastructure we manage across our forests include roads, bridges, campgrounds, water systems, dams, airfields, visitor centers and offices.
We conduct field surveys, develop engineering designs and mange construction projects. Engineers are critical members of our forest staffs, frequently called to work in an interdisciplinary environment with others to serve the public and protect the natural resources across our forests.
Environmental coordinators work with policies that affect the environment. One of the most common policies is the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. Environmental coordinators plan, observe, evaluate and oversee environmental aspects within projects.
This position serves as a Deputy District Ranger with responsibility for the management of the resources, personnel, goods, and services of a designated area on a National Forest.
If you love the outdoors, hiking and physically hard work, this position may be for you! These positions perform a variety of routine and frequently complex tasks involving techniques and practices relating to natural resources management programs, (i.e., timber/silviculture, recreation, wildlife, range, and fire/fuels management). They are assigned a variety of complex and recurring technical duties, individually or as a crew member, in support of the unit’s various natural resource management program areas.
Are you interested in working in the natural sciences outdoors? These positions include the study of water, weed management, fisheries, wildlife, and plants.
We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated, detail-orientated professionals to join our Lands Program teams. Specific duties include coordinating, developing, and prioritizing annual programs of work for the units’ busy land and special uses programs. Processing of permits for some or all land use activities including utility projects, easements, communication sites, right of ways, road use permits, filming, and recreation residents.
Inform prospective permittees of the process for submitting applications for land use permits, process billings. Conduct on-the-ground examinations and inspections of existing or potential land use permits or potentially permitted areas. Advise district and forest line officers regarding trespass and property boundary issues, aid the regional office in reviews of land exchanges and complex multi-forest land use projects.
Responsible for environmental analysis reviews, reports, and providing resource input on other resource area projects that may impact existing or future land use projects.The US Forest Service land surveyors provide one of the oldest and most fundamental functions central to effective land management decision making. Forest land surveyors evaluate federal, state and local laws regarding land ownership and property boundaries, research land survey and title records, interpret historical data, advise on complex property boundaries, evaluate the status of land ownership, rights, restrictions and other interests in real property, and provide legally defensible land surveys and associated documentation.
US Forest Service land surveyors support a wide variety of Agency programs and have a direct impact on the public and the US Forest Service mission. Challenge yourself in a career as a US Forest Service land surveyor.
Watch this video to learn more! Video of a Day in the Life of a Land Surveyor
Are you interested in working outdoors? Rangeland management specialists administer grazing permits, generate grazing bills, collect and analyze rangeland health data and build relationships with grazing permittees, external partners and the public. The work occurs in both field and office settings.
Rangeland management specialists may assist with development of allotment management plans and preparation of NEPA analysis for rangeland management or other projects, as well as plan and implement range improvement projects and treatment of noxious and invasive weeds. Use of pack and saddle stock, ATVs/UTVs, 4-wheel drive vehicles, and towing horse trailers may be required as well as hiking across rugged terrain at high elevations.
Range Technicians work on a variety of rangeland management tasks including data collection, inspecting grazing allotments for compliance with permits, allotment management plans and annual operating instructions and working closely with rangeland management specialists and at times, with permittees and other publics.
Additional duties may include range improvement inspection and construction, noxious and invasive weed identification and treatments, livestock counts, and preparation of reports documenting field observations. Use of pack and saddle stock, ATVs/UTVs, 4-wheel drive vehicles, and towing horse trailers may be required as well as hiking across rugged terrain at high elevations.
Are you interested in working in the outdoors recreation world? This position is responsible for planning, developing, administering, and executing work plans and projects for wilderness, recreation, trails, and special uses activities. It provides expertise and advice in assessing current recreation use, type, and standards, and in long-range planning, maintenance, and operation of recreation facilities and trails.
This person is responsible for administering a safety and occupational health program on a national forest.