USDA Forest Services - Program Manager

The Rehancement Group

$80K — $100K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 8+ years or Master's degree with 4+ years of experience in relevant fields.
  • Proven project management experience with personnel and budget oversight.
  • Ability to guide teams and manage resources effectively.
  • Strong integration skills across multiple project functions.
  • Exceptional writing and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management tools.

Responsibilities

  • Manage daily execution of BPA calls and projects with the Forest Service.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive project work plans and schedules.
  • Supervise contractor personnel and adjust resources as priorities change.
  • Coordinate across various teams and offices to ensure project success.
  • Establish standard procedures for tracking deliverables and deadlines.
  • Prepare and review all project-related documentation and reports.
  • Monitor compliance with applicable regulations and quality requirements.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work arrangement with specific site requirements based on assignments.
  • Opportunity for periodic travel across the U.S. including territories.
  • Full-time employment with potential for advancement within the organization.
  • Comprehensive benefits program supporting employee well-being.
  • Work aligned to government business hours, but flexibility required for certain assignments.
Full Job Description
About the Job

Position Overview:

The Rehancement Group, (TRG) is seeking a Program Manager to plan, organize, and control assigned Forest Service projects and BPA calls. The position will coordinate personnel, schedules, budgets, deliverables, meetings, and customer communications to keep work on track and provide early warning when risks or dependencies require action.

Work Arrangement: Primarily remote. Work location will be established by individual BPA calls and may include USDA facilities, field sites, government offices, contractor facilities, or Fort Collins, Colorado.

Travel: Periodic travel may be required within the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories.

Employment Type: Full-time contract support, contingent upon contract award and assigned BPA calls.

Schedule: Generally aligned to government business hours. Some assignments may require support outside normal business days or hours, including Federal holidays.

Security: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the USDA/Forest Service background investigation and Personal Identity Verification process appropriate to the position and level of access.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage day-to-day execution of assigned BPA calls, projects, or workstreams in coordination with the Forest Service project manager and COR.
  • Develop and maintain work plans, schedules, staffing assignments, cost and budget tracking, action logs, risk registers, deliverable calendars, and status reports.
  • Assign work, supervise contractor personnel, monitor progress, and adjust resources to meet changing priorities and delivery dates.
  • Coordinate consultants, facilitators, analysts, administrative staff, and technical specialists across geographically dispersed offices and partner organizations.
  • Establish repeatable procedures for receiving call requirements, confirming deliverables, obtaining written due dates, tracking government review, and documenting acceptance.
  • Prepare and review reports, briefings, process documentation, meeting records, training materials, and other deliverables before submission.
  • Monitor compliance with quality, security, privacy, records-management, Section 508, travel, and property-accountability requirements.
  • Communicate performance status, risks, issues, decisions, and resource needs to contractor and government leadership.
  • Support workforce continuity, onboarding, cross-training, background-investigation processing, PIV eligibility, and replacement staffing when required.
  • Capture lessons learned and implement approved process improvements and technology enhancements.


Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or master's degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience, in business, management, information systems, or a related field is requirement.
  • Demonstrated project management experience involving personnel, schedules, budgets, deliverables, and customer coordination.
  • Experience providing guidance to staff and managing resources against defined requirements and deadlines.
  • Ability to integrate work across multiple functions and maintain accountability for action items and outcomes.
  • Strong writing, briefing, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, project scheduling, collaboration, and document-management tools.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • PMP, CAPM, FAC-P/PM, or comparable project management credential.
  • Experience managing federal task orders, BPA calls, or professional-services projects.
  • Experience supporting policy, organizational improvement, analytics, training, information technology, or natural-resource programs.
  • Familiarity with Section 508, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, GIS applications, and federal security or PIV processes.


Security, Access, and Employment Conditions:

  • Must be able to successfully complete the Forest Service background investigation appropriate to the position, level of access, and need-to-know.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain required USDA Personal Identity Verification credentials, facility access, and computer or information-system access.
  • Must comply with applicable USDA, Forest Service, GSA, NIST, HSPD-12, Privacy Act, information-security, acceptable-use, records-management, and facility requirements.
  • Must protect government information and Privacy Act records from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
  • Must remain eligible for assigned access throughout employment. Ineligibility or loss of required access may prevent performance on the contract.
  • Must be available for travel, field support, on-site work, or work outside normal business hours when specified by an individual BPA call.


TRG provides competitive salaries commensurate with education and experience with full options for advancement and a robust benefits program.

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