Job Summary

This position is located with the Alaska Region, Chugach National Forest, Resources and Planning unit and serves as a Biological Scientist. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Deyna Kuntzsch at 907-743-9517 or by Email at deyna.kuntzsch@usda.gov.

Major Duties

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Basic Requirement: Bachelor Degree from an accredited college or university in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess specialized experience in the amounts listed below. Specialized Experience Requirement: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience include: Participates in strategic planning efforts (e.g. project interdisciplinary teams, environmental analysis documentation, or Land Management Plan to ensure conformance to National Environmental Protection Act and Endangered Species Act requirements) and directs implementation activities within the Resource Management Program; periodically revises the natural resource program operations for consistency with strategies and program emphasis; evaluates and synthesizes current studies, reports and information related to program activities and distributes information for the use of subordinates; writes monitoring protocols; reviews and provides advice on research proposals, field investigations, inventory and monitoring (IM) plans, scientific reports and publications to address natural resource management needs; prepares and reviews environmental analysis documents, management plans and other reports as needed. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Pay Range

$85,799.00 - $111,543.00

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