Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Ecosystem Restoration Programs Director

Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, Full time

Ecosystem Restoration Programs Director

Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Location(s): Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado, Washington, District of Columbia, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, Boston, Massachusetts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New York, New York, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Portland, Oregon, Austin, Texas

Salary Range: $124531 - $186700 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is in the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council or Council), Office of Ecosystem Restoration Programs. The Ecosystem Restoration Programs Director provides senior level leadership and supervisory support to Chief Operating Officer in managing the Council's $3 billion plus Council-Selected Restoration and Spill Impact Programs.

Major Duties:

  • As an Ecosystem Restoration Programs Director, you will: Lead Program staff in providing programmatic support to Council funding decisions. Maintain responsibility over the drafting of the RESTORE Council Comprehensive Plan commitments, including implementing a regional ecosystem-based approach to restoration, leveraging resources and partnerships, overseeing science-based decision-making, delivering results, and measuring impacts. Respond to inquiries from the eleven (11) Council members related to Gulf-wide ecosystem restoration planning and implementation, environmental compliance of funded projects, and related policies. Play a key role in maintaining and advancing a science-guided approach to regional ecosystem restoration within the Gulf of America in adherence with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications: You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Individual Occupational Requirements: Basic Requirements: Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Specialized Experience: For the GS-14, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Developing, maintaining, and advancing a science guided approach to regional ecosystem restoration; AND Managing ecosystem restoration programs; AND Communicating technical scientific ecosystem restoration information to non-technical audiences; AND Facilitating decision-making within diverse groups to achieve a common balance. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-14, you must have been at the GS-13 level for 52 weeks. Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a nontemporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

How to Apply: GCERC has partnered with the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service to provide certain personnel services to its organization. Fiscal Service's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applications, and extending job offers. The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date. The Bureau provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. To verify the status of your application: -Log into your USAJOBS account (USAJOBS Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen -Under "application status," click "Track this application" and you will be taken to the agency website where you can check your application status. For more information regarding the job and applicant status, please refer to https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/ If you wish to make changes/updates to your application and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Update Application" to be taken back to your application. No updates can be made once the announcement has closed. Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that if you provide an email address that is inaccurate or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position. For additional information on how to apply, please visit the Partnership for Public Service's Go Government website. To preview the assessment questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12822454

Application Deadline: 2025-11-12