Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program with

the US Forest Service

The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program is a competitive two-year appointment run through the Office of Personnel Management. The goal of the program is to hire graduate students into the federal government, and to help provide the training and development opportunities for them to excel and establish a career in federal service. More information on the program can be found at: www.pmf.opm.gov, on our agency website: http://www.fs.fed.us/fsjobs/pmf/index.html.

The Forest Service is actively recruiting graduate students in natural resources and related fields to apply for the program. The US Forest Service will likely hire between 10 and 20 fellows next spring. PMFs hold a range of jobs all across the country, from on-the-ground field work to policy development. The Forest Service offers PMFs a broad range of challenging projects and numerous opportunities for leadership development and training, plus unique contact with agency leadership.

In order to participate, students must apply to the PMF Program beginning in September. Universities must also formally nominate students, a process that can be set up easily with OPM. You might encourage your student members to check with their university colleagues to see if their school already has a nomination process in place. I am happy to answer any questions you might have about the program or my personal experience with the Forest Service and can be reached by email at dcoelho@fs.fed.us. I can be reached by phone at 907-747-4249 until September 28th, 202-205-1695 after that date.

Thank you for taking the time to read these materials. And I hope to see some of your best student members in the program next year.

Kind regards,
Dana

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Dana Coelho - US Forest Service
Presidential Management Fellow
Cooperative Forestry - Urban & Community Forestry
201 14th Street SW, Mailstop 1151
Washington, DC 20250
202.205.1695 (w) 202.690.5792 (f)
dcoelho@fs.fed.us
http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf