This position is located in Everglades National Park, in the South Florida Natural Resource Division. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 07/24/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

The Project Planning and Implementation Supervisor leads a team of project managers, hydrologists, ecologists, and engineers in the planning, coordination, and execution of large-scale interagency restoration projects. The incumbent will hold a leadership role in the interagency Restoration, Coordination and Verification technical team and as such will maintain a thorough understanding of scientific, technical, and policy issues Facing Everglades restoration, contribute to position development on potentially controversial topics, and use exceptional leadership, planning, and management skills to influence outcomes. The incumbent will maintain the technical skills and broad operational understanding to drive management decision and recognize both potential benefits and challenges of proposed actions. The incumbent will provide guidance and feedback to other technical staff and to the management team to guide decisions and improve current and future operations of the water management systems of South Florida. The incumbent will be responsive to the priorities set by the Director and Center Management Team, including establishing staffing needs and coordinating staff activity.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/24/2023-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. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: BASIC REQUIREMENTS GENERAL NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND BIOLOGICAL SERIES 0401: Degree: 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 BASIC REQUIRMENTS 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 must have included at least 9 semester hours in ecology, and 12 semester hours in physical and mathematical sciences BASIC REQUIREMENTS 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 IN ADDITION TO BASIC QUALIFICATION, YOU MUST MEET EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as:(1) Experience with interrelationships of hydrology, wildlife ecology, vegetation, ecology, marine ecology, or aquatic ecology as related to water management resources protection project planning and implementation. (2) Experience with determining the specific impacts of water management activities on natural marsh and estuarine ecosystems and detailed familiarity with modeling and other types of analyses used to evaluate large-scale water management projects and ecosystem responses. (3) Mastery of and skill in applying hydrologic analysis, methods, and techniques in watershed-scale project planning and implementation processes, sufficient to analyze and interpret and anticipate outcomes in the context of ecology and resource management. (4) Demonstrated mastery of technical aspects of project evaluation including interpretation of project impacts within environmental science related disciplines (ex. Ecology or hydrology) and business management skills (ex. cost and non-financial based analysis). (5) Mastery of technical analysis including using multivariant approaches and state-of-the art environmental models to prepare and interpret findings and to develop positions. (6) Extensive experience as a leader of project planning and project management teams including scoping, feasibility studies, budgeting, scheduling, and the administration of contracts or cooperative agreements.You must include hours per week worked. Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take education percentage. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. 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.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

For Specialized Experience there is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Everglades National Park 40001 SR 9336 Homestead, FL 33034 US
• Name: Dalirca Matos
• Phone: (000)000-0000
• Email: [email protected]