Program Manager

As the Program Manager also known as the Associate State Director with Bureau of Land Management, you will provide program management, strategic planning, and enterprise level coordination. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Manage directly or indirectly, through subordinate managers and supervisors, a large workforce of full-time permanent employees and a fluctuating workforce of seasonal and temporary employees in the accomplishment State's priorities. Interview candidates for positions; recommend appointment, promotion or assignment for positions; make or approve selections for subordinate non-supervisory positions; hear or resolve groups or individual grievances or serious complaints from employees; and effects disciplinary measures. Lead the planning, direction, and integrated management of statewide BLM-administered public lands in collaboration with the State Director to ensure long-term, sustainable public benefit. Oversee full lifecycle program management across assigned programs, including the formulation, justification, and execution of multi-year program budgets. Develop, update, and implement program policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and technical or operational guidance to improve program consistency and performance. Exercise delegated authority to make final statewide land-use planning and programmatic decisions; resolve long-range and operational issues affecting program execution; and ensure program activities maintain quality, consistency, and alignment with approved plans and performance standards. Anticipate shifts in priorities, workloads, and resource conditions; adapt plans and reallocate assets as necessary to maintain mission readiness and program continuity.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.