The Interior Department is in search of a chief to helm its new Wildland Fire Service, according to a job posting that went live Monday.
The first-ever director of the new agency would make between $191,900 and $225,700 per year, according to the posting on USAJOBS, the federal government’s online hiring database.
Candidates should be qualified for the senior executive service — senior-level federal government employees tasked with roles in overseeing agencies and programs — and have extensive previous experience in wildland fire management with a “proven ability to lead large and complex programs.”
The director position will be critical in the Trump administration’s promise to streamline fire response across public lands, which it plans to do by housing many responsibilities for coordination and leadership at the Interior Department. Historically, the Forest Service, a part of the Department of Agriculture, has played the most prominent leadership role in fire prevention, management and response.
