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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patterson, Jeffrey -FS <<a href="mailto:jeffrey.patterson@usda.gov">jeffrey.patterson@usda.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 18, 2022 3:00 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> OUTREACH: WEPO Equity Core Team (GS-15, 14, and 13 positions)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Work Environment and Performance Office is excited to outreach for
<b><i>three</i></b> permanent members of the Equity Action Plan Core Team. This is a fantastic opportunity for the Forest Service and for those employees selected into these positions. We are looking to build a team with excellent leadership, communication,
and project management abilities as well as strong interest in equity, environmental justice, and DEIA.
<b>Please share this message with your networks to help us recruit strong candidates for this important work.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Equity Core Team will soon be filling one Project Manager position (GS-15) and two Program Specialist positions (one each at GS-13 and GS-14) to help lead the Forest Service’s efforts to track and implement
the <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusdagcc.sharepoint.com%2F%3Af%3A%2Fs%2Ffs-wo-eap-WorkingDocuments-internalteam%2FEoz7xBqkkLRMh6YkG4Yjv5IBBh7ZERvAEhyA7_VwG3A55w%3Fe%3DggOiwT&data=04%7C01%7C%7C23ac794d9dbc4089510208da0b48bb4e%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637834704272914824%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Y1hUtW%2BZSjJjyjE5YnWbaBoImeAC7Lp2k1oz8vCB8GA%3D&reserved=0">
<span class="MsoSmartlink">Forest Service Equity Action Plan</span></a>. These are Washington Office positions, but duty location of the selected candidates is expected to be negotiable.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Outreach notices are attached, and response is encouraged
<i>through the Outreach Database</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Project Manager, GS-0301-15. Contact Joe Powers (<a href="mailto:joseph.powers@usda.gov">joseph.powers@usda.gov</a>) or Jeff Patterson (<a href="mailto:Jeffrey.patterson@usda.gov">Jeffrey.patterson@usda.gov</a>)
for more information. <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffsoutreach.gdcii.com%2F%3Fid%3DD466280CC3DB4BCDB80DC627BEF7F57A&data=04%7C01%7C%7C23ac794d9dbc4089510208da0b48bb4e%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637834704272914824%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=uYwy15W9DakvMKFMaYQ%2FYiAciJJPTC3GW3OgYjWaWaM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com?id=D466280CC3DB4BCDB80DC627BEF7F57A</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Program Specialist, GS-0301-14. Contact Amanda McAdams (<a href="mailto:amanda.mcadams@usda.gov">amanda.mcadams@usda.gov</a>) for more information.
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https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/?id=B445FB32452E40CEB224996841C15DE3</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Program Specialist, GS-0301-13. Contact Amanda McAdams (<a href="mailto:amanda.mcadams@usda.gov">amanda.mcadams@usda.gov</a>) for more information.
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https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/?id=64E0096258E94B2994F564B5DBFA4528</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">More about the Equity Action Plan:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk98311619"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Forest Service Equity Action Plan focuses high-leverage and high-impact actions to improve equity and implement Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved
Communities. The Equity Action Plan is the first step in a long-term journey towards integrating equity into Forest Service mission delivery. The equity actions are linked to current agency and Administration priorities (e.g., Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act, Confronting the Wildfire Crisis Implementation Strategy, Great American Outdoors Act, Justice40 Initiative, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategy, and Climate Adaptation Plan).<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk98311619"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk98311619"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The ten Action Plans are divided into three themes: Community Service to All, Economic Stability, and Health and Resilience. The Community Service to All Action Plans
focus on the relationships needed to build equity, including relationships with Tribes, underserved communities, and hiring and onboarding. The Economic Stability Action Plans will focus on contracting and grants and agreements to create a stable platform
to increase economic opportunities in underserved communities as we execute all of our work (including the Equity Action Plan itself). The Health and Resilience Action Plans are centered around the Forest Service value of conservation while bringing Environmental
Justice into the decision-making process for conservation actions, funding, and access.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk98311619"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk98311619"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Equity Core Team will be responsible for tracking progress on all ten Action Plans and providing timely analysis and briefing materials to executive leadership on
status of the Equity Action Plan. The Team will also begin developing a Strategic Equity Roadmap that builds and expands on this FS Equity Action Plan that will be critical in connecting the dots for all employees by showing how everyday actions fit within
the Forest Service’s equitable vision for the future. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jeff Patterson<br>
Acting Chief Executive<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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c: 828-424-0505<br>
<a href="mailto:jeffrey.patterson@usda.gov"><span style="color:#336633;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">jeffrey.patterson@usda.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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