This position is located in Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve, in the Resources Division. This is a temporary promotion/detail opportunity not to exceed 1 year and can be extended up to 4 years. This temporary promotion/detail opportunity may be made permanent without further competition. Government housing is not available.

Duties

As a Wildlife Biologist in Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve, you will: Lead and develop a terrestrial wildlife management program including large mammals and birds in northern ecosystems in Alaska. Independently execute and lead complex field biology and ecology studies and protocols in remote Alaska ecosystems. Produce written peer-reviewed monitoring protocols and journal publications. Deliver oral presentations for scientific audiences and the public. Conduct data analyses and synthesis of ecological data using contemporary methods and modelling approaches. Supervise junior staff conducting technical field studies and data analyses. This is a temporary assignment not to exceed one year but may be extended up to four years. It may also be made permanent without further competition at management's discretion. You may be returned to the position from which you were temporarily promoted or detailed from at any time. Area Information: Copper Center, Alaska, is where the headquarters and the main visitor center for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve are located. Copper Center and adjacent Glennallen are small rural communities with low populations. Click here for amenities, activities, and visitor services information. Recreational opportunities exist all year round. Mosquitos are abundant. Summer temperatures range between 40 and 90 degrees with almost 24 hours of daylight from May until July. Winter temperatures frequently drop to minus -40 degees with less than 5 hours of direct sunlight on December 22. Accessible from Anchorage via the Glenn Highway or from the Canadian border through Tok and the Tok Cutoff. Click here for additional information about America's largest National Park!

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/21/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. This temporary assignment will be filled as either a temporary promotion, or as a detail opportunity to the same, higher, or lower grade. What is a temporary promotion? A temporary promotion is a temporary assignment of an employee to a higher grade and occupational series for which an employee is qualified. Upon completion of the temporary promotion, the employee returns to his/her official position and grade. Temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition. What is a detail? A detail is a temporary assignment of an employee to a different position for a specified period, with the employee returning to his/her regular duties at the end of the assignment. While on detail the employee continues to hold his/her official position from which detailed and keeps the same status and grade. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following basic requirements: BASIC REQUIREMENT: Education: Degree: biological science that included: At least 9 semester hours in such wildlife subjects as mammalogy, ornithology, animal ecology, wildlife management, or research courses in the field of wildlife biology; and at least 12 semester hours in zoology in such subjects as general zoology, invertebrate zoology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy, physiology, genetics, ecology, cellular biology, parasitology, entomology, or research courses in such subjects (Excess courses in wildlife biology may be used to meet the zoology requirements where appropriate) and at least 9 semester hours in botany or the related plant sciences. You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience equivalent to a major in biological science (i.e., at least 30 semester hours), with at least 9 semester hours in wildlife subjects, 12 semester hours in zoology, and 9 semester hours in botany or related plant science, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. You must include a copy of your transcripts and hours worked per week in your resume. -AND- In addition to meeting at least one of the basic requirements listed above, to qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level under the temporary promotion opportunity, you must also possess 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-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: designing and implementing research and/or monitoring projects for the conservation and management of wildlife; conducting field studies on wildlife; gathering scientific data; performing data analyses with common statistical software; preparing reports, publications for peer-review, and presentations; and making recommendations to management. You must include hours worked per week in your resume. When describing the nature of your duties (e.g., your paid or unpaid work or volunteer experience), please be extremely clear, thorough, and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire. For additional information on what to include in your resume, click here. For information on what you should leave out of your resume, click here. The following five-minute video may also be helpful for creating and updating your federal resume: click here. 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

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve P O Box 439 Copper Center, AK 99573 US
• Name: Carrie Shapbell
• Phone: (907) 644-3340
• Email: [email protected]