This week the USFWS Office of Law Enforcement will advertise 24 special agent positions. Slated to open Tuesday, October 2nd, give or take a day.
The positions will be hired at the GS-9 level only. There will be no exceptions.
The full performance level of the positions is GS-13, however the promotion to FPL is not automatic. After reaching the proper time-in-grade at the GS-12 level, agents must follow agency protocol in order to be promoted to the 13 level.
The announcement will be open for 3 days but will close once 1,000 applications are received - which probably won't take long.
The announcement will be flown both as a merit promotion (gov wide) and as a DEU (all sources).
Duty stations will be determined at a later date, but it is anticipated that many new hires will go to larger metro areas.
It is anticipated that new hires would report to FLETC in September 2019.
The announcement should hopefully address all of this in greater detail.
Before Ratatatat or others blow up the post, I'll beat them to the punch. The agency is far from perfect. Do your homework. There are pros and cons to every agency. Please also do your homework on what the job actually is. If hired you'll spend far more time typing and chained to a desk than you ever will traipsing through the woods or boating through the marsh. Having said all of that - many agents love the job despite the realities of it. A positive attitude is highly recommended.
We need good people - plain and simple. And we need more people. So it's great to see a new class is in the works. Good luck to all that apply.
The positions will be hired at the GS-9 level only. There will be no exceptions.
The full performance level of the positions is GS-13, however the promotion to FPL is not automatic. After reaching the proper time-in-grade at the GS-12 level, agents must follow agency protocol in order to be promoted to the 13 level.
The announcement will be open for 3 days but will close once 1,000 applications are received - which probably won't take long.
The announcement will be flown both as a merit promotion (gov wide) and as a DEU (all sources).
Duty stations will be determined at a later date, but it is anticipated that many new hires will go to larger metro areas.
It is anticipated that new hires would report to FLETC in September 2019.
The announcement should hopefully address all of this in greater detail.
Before Ratatatat or others blow up the post, I'll beat them to the punch. The agency is far from perfect. Do your homework. There are pros and cons to every agency. Please also do your homework on what the job actually is. If hired you'll spend far more time typing and chained to a desk than you ever will traipsing through the woods or boating through the marsh. Having said all of that - many agents love the job despite the realities of it. A positive attitude is highly recommended.
We need good people - plain and simple. And we need more people. So it's great to see a new class is in the works. Good luck to all that apply.
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