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At Seneca, our team of talented individuals is what makes us successful. To support our team, we provide a balanced mix of benefits and programs. Your total rewards package includes competitive pay, benefits, and perks, flexible work-life balance, professional development opportunities, and performance and recognition programs. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, voluntary benefit programs (critical illness, hospital, and accident), health savings and flexible spending accounts, and retirement 401K plan. One of our fundamental principles at Seneca Holdings is to offer competitive health and welfare benefits to our team members, providing coverage and care for you and your family. Full-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefits and paid leave programs. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture, which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.
Seneca Global Solutions (SGS) is seeking a full-time Wildland Fire Support Specialist to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (ODASA(ESOH)) in maturing, executing, and overseeing the Army Wildland Fire Management Program. Army installations use prescribed fire and wildfire response to protect training land, infrastructure, and listed species while meeting interagency fire standards. This position provides technical, policy, and administrative support across Active Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve components, working within federal law, Army guidance, national wildland-fire strategies, and NWCG/interagency standards.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Support implementation and oversight of Army Regulation 200-series wildland-fire guidance and related implementation instructions.
- Analyze Integrated Wildland Fire Management Plan (IWFMP) determination workflows, including waivers, exemptions, and approval processes.
- Support rollout of Army wildland-fire implementation guidance to commands and installations.
- Research and draft responses to technical and policy questions from Army commands and components.
- Support Army understanding and adoption of wildland-fire tools, systems, and technologies.
- Translate fire-management and interagency terminology into practical materials for installation and operational personnel.
- Develop communications products for multidisciplinary wildland-fire audiences.
- Support development and standardization of the GS-0456 Wildland Fire Management occupational series for Army use.
- Assist with development of occupational medical and fitness standards applicable to Army wildland-fire personnel.
- Support Army relationships with federal, state, tribal, and territorial wildland-fire partners.
- Coordinate Army participation in Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) and similar interagency training.
- Coordinate across Active Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve wildland-fire programs.
- Assist with development and justification of a formal Wildland Fire Program of Record, including requirements and resourcing narrative.
- Prepare briefings, information papers, and senior-leader products; review work for accuracy and Army quality standards.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in fire ecology, fire science, forestry, rangeland science, wildlife/natural resource management, environmental science, emergency management, or a closely related field; or equivalent wildland-fire program experience.
- 7–10 years of professional experience in wildland fire, fuels/prescribed fire, or fire-program management, including work on federal, military, state, or interagency lands.
- Demonstrated knowledge of federal wildland-fire policy, NWCG or interagency operating standards, and fire ecology as applied to land management.
- Familiarity with military or federal installation natural-resource programs and with plans such as IWFMPs and/or INRMPs.
- Knowledge of environmental and wildland-fire authorities relevant to DoD lands (e.g., Sikes Act context, ESA intersections with prescribed fire, Reciprocal Fire Protection Act / mutual aid).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to write policy-quality products and brief across organizational levels.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
- Ability to travel as required.
Desired Skills:
- Direct Army, Army National Guard, USMC, USAF, USFS, BLM, FWS, NPS, or state forestry wildland-fire program experience.
- Experience writing, reviewing, or implementing IWFMPs or equivalent fire-management plans.
- NWCG qualifications (currency not required), especially prescribed-fire or incident-management quals such as RXB2, RXB3, FIRB, ICT4, or ENGB.
- Experience with the GS-0456 series, IFPM, IQCS/IQS, medical/fitness standards, or wildland-fire workforce policy.
- Experience coordinating TREX, prescribed-fire training, or interagency agreements and mutual aid.
- Experience supporting program-of-record, POM/budget, or manpower documentation.
- Familiarity with Army components (Active, ARNG, USAR) and installation training-land management (ITAM/Sikes Act).
- Experience with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, Visio, and related collaboration tools.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Seneca Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetic information and/or predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status, veteran status, or other protected class status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation and training. The Company also prohibits retaliation against any employee who exercises his or her rights under applicable anti-discrimination laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company does give hiring preference to Seneca or Native individuals. Veterans with expertise in these areas are highly encouraged to apply.
