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This position is located in Interior Regions 1, 2, and 4, in the Inventory and Monitoring Division. This will be a Career/Career Conditional appointment. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 11/26/2019 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Major Duties
The employee will serve as stream habitat monitoring lead for the National Park Service, Southeast Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network (SECN) based in Athens, Georgia. This position is chiefly responsible for the implementation and oversight of stream habitat monitoring within the SECN. The incumbent is responsible for coordinating, and participating in, the collection of stream habitat data and other samples as needed (e.g. water chemistry, continuous monitoring loggers, and macroinvertebrates), and evaluation of quality assurance compliance.
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/26/2019-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. Basic Requirements Ecology Series, 0408: Degree: biology, or a related field of science underlying ecological research that included at least 30 semester hours in basic and applied biological sciences. These hours included at least 9 semester hours in ecology, and 12 semester hours in physical and mathematical sciences. Basic Requirement General Physical Science Series, 1301: Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: Scheduling and implementing stream habitat monitoring fieldwork and overall monitoring effort, Maintaining surveying equipment (i.e., Total Station, GPS, range finders, etc.) and all material components associated with monitoring effort, Training rotating/seasonal field staff and other SECN technicians on stream habitat monitoring field methods, Communicating and coordinating monitoring effort with park staff and insuring that fieldwork is conducted safely and efficiently, Managing, processing, and analyzing data collected during field visits, Producing routine annual reports with basic statistics and summary figures for the monitored streams to inform network and park staff of resource condition, Providing GIS and spatial data management assistance in support of a variety of terrestrial and aquatic inventory and monitoring efforts. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least master's or equivalent graduate degree, or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. Volunteer Experience: 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.
Pay Range
$54,095.00 - $70,319.00