Positions are as follows: Black-footed Ferret Recovery Coordinator, National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center, Carr, CO Utah ES Field Supervisor, Utah Ecological Services Field Office, West Valley City, UT Fish & Wildlife Administrator, Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Lakewood, CO Fish & Wildlife Administrator, South Dakota/North Dakota Ecological Services Field Office, Location negotiable within South Dakota

Duties

We are recruiting four dynamic leaders as the Ecological Services Field Office Project Leaders for the States of Colorado, Utah, and North/South Dakota, as well as the Project Leader/Recovery Program Coordinator for the Black Footed Ferret Recovery Program. These Project Leaders will manage the dedicated program staff who influence and shape the future of fish, wildlife, and plant conservation across the Region. This is a great opportunity to work with a committed team of people and partners working to help solve some of the most challenging conservation issues in the Nation. As such, interested individuals should have excellent leadership and interpersonal skills. Interested individuals should also be ready to lead each of these offices in their dedication to an inclusive and respectful culture through self-awareness, feedback, collaboration, and team building. Relocation assistance (PCS) is available for each of these four positions. The Colorado Ecological Services Field Office has two offices: an Eastern Team based in Denver and a Western Team based in Grand Junction. Colorado has grassland ecosystems to the east and the Rocky Mountains in the west. Within this diverse geography, the Project Leader leads the office to help solve complex endangered species issues such as renewable energy, rapid urbanization in the Denver metropolitan area, and wildfires in the western portion of the state. Colorado is in the early stages of reintroducing gray wolves and the Project Leader will be a critical leader in this reintroduction effort and coordinating closely Tribes, the State of Colorado and numerous other stakeholders. The Utah Ecological Services Field Office is in Salt Lake City area with staff also located in Washington County, Utah. Utah has a diversity of unique landscapes and ecosystems with the Colorado River Basin and Plateau in the eastern and southern part of the State, the Great Basin in the western part of the State, with the Rocky Mountains in between. Within this diverse geography, the Project Leader works with FWS staff and external partners to help solve complex endangered species, migratory birds, and ecological damage issues such as energy development (renewable and traditional), water development, land development, and wildfires. The North/South Dakotas Project Leader oversees offices in Pierre, South Dakota and Bismarck, North Dakota. The grassland ecosystem in these states is a priority landscape for Region 6 and collaboration with other FWS programs and partners is essential for conservation success. The Project Leader will need the ability to develop and maintain partnerships with diverse stakeholders including state, tribal, federal, counties, towns and townships, and non-governmental organizations. The skillset to negotiate mutually beneficial conservation outcomes is an important component of this position as often stakeholders will have differing stances on conservation issues. The Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program is headquartered out of the National Black-Footed Recovery Program Conservation Center in Carr, Colorado. The black-footed ferret (BFF) is one of the world's most endangered mammals. Partnerships are a critical for BFF recovery efforts and the BFF Recovery Coordinator plays a critical role working with tribal partners, state wildlife agencies, other Service and Departmental offices, as well as non-governmental groups, organizations, and private landowners. The BFF Recovery Coordinator works with partners to develop and lead long-term interagency programs and land management planning efforts to address habitat needs and management direction for BFF recovery on National Forest, BLM, National Park Service, Tribal, State, and private lands in the U.S., northern Mexico, and southern Canada. This work involves significant interaction with political forces such as Tribal Councils, State legislators, county commissioners, and State and Federal land and resource management agencies. About the Region: The Mountain-Prairie Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is home to diverse landscapes including the grasslands of the central and northern Great Plains; the Rocky Mountains; some of the largest intact tracts of the sagebrush ecosystem; and millions of shallow wetlands known as the "prairie potholes," which produce a large portion of the continent's waterfowl. Some of the nation's greatest rivers rise in the Region including the Missouri, Colorado, and Platte rivers. The fish and wildlife that call the Region home are among the nation's most iconic species: black-footed ferrets, grizzly bear, gray wolf, Canada lynx, wolverines, sage-grouse, the American bison, and bull trout. Please reach out with any questions to Drue DeBerry for the North/South Dakotas Ecological Services and Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program positions and Marj Nelson for the Colorado and Utah Ecological Services Field Office positions.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Resume (See "Required Documents"). Failure to provide ALL required information on your resume will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all information is provided on resume.
• Eligibility and Supporting documents - You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities that you select "yes" to AND submit the required supporting documentation, as listed in the Required Documents section.
• Suitability for employment, as determined by background investigation.
• Driver's License: Selectees MAY be required to possess and maintain a valid State driver's license at all times during their tenure.
• Probationary Period: Selectees may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Supervisory Probationary Period: Selectees who have not previously completed a supervisory probationary period will be required to serve a one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period for this position.
• Notice of Financial Disclosure Report Requirement: This position is subject to a financial disclosure requirement and you will be required to complete either OGE Form 278e or OGE Form 450 as applicable within 30 days of your appointment
• Individuals assigned male at birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. To verify registration, visit SSS.gov.

Qualifications

Only experience and education obtained by 09/13/2023 will be considered. In order to qualify for this position you must possess both the Basic Requirement and Minimum Qualification. Basic Requirement: Possess a Degree in Biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Possess coursework equivalent to a major, or at least 30 semester hours in courses, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR Possess four years of experience that demonstrated that the applicant acquired knowledge and understanding of one or more of the biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, or related disciplines equivalent to that which would have been acquired through completion of a 4-year course of study as described above. Minimum Qualification: Possess one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility equivalent to grade GS-13 in the Federal service. Experience includes 1) Coordinating, supervising or leading a branch, field station, or team focused on the management/conservation of natural resources; 2) Identifying and solving challenging and complex issues related to natural resource management/conservation, visitor services, outreach, or other natural resource programs; 3) serving as a natural resource or conservation organization manager or coordinator representing a federal entity in negotiating with diverse individuals or groups; 4) exercising direct responsibility for developing or implementing policies, plans, standards or procedures to carry out fish and/or wildlife management/conservation; or 5) managing teams focused on the planning, directing, or executing of short and long term activities in fish and/or wildlife management/conservation that affect a diverse group of stakeholders/partners. 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

PROOF OF EDUCATION: All applicants who are using education or a combination of education and experience to qualify must submit copies of official or unofficial transcripts which include grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, institution name, and student name. If any required coursework is not easily recognizable on transcripts, or if you believe a portion of a particular course can be credited toward meeting an educational requirement, you must also provide a memorandum on letterhead from the institution's registrar, dean, or other appropriate official stating the percentage of the course that should be considered to meet the requirement and the equivalent number of units. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, if you are selected for the position, you will be required to produce the original official transcripts.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Resources 134 Union Blvd Suite 220 Lakewood, CO 80228 US
• Name: Human Resources Staffing Division
• Email: [email protected]