These temporary, NTE 1039 hours, positions are located in Indiana Dunes National Park. The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period for Indiana Dunes National Park is May but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 01/04/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. For more information about area or position, contact: [email protected].

Duties

Employee will work as part of a field crew to conduct natural resource management duties. Fieldwork may include, set up and sampling vegetation plots to help determine impacts of white-tailed deer on national park resources, monitoring areas for flooding caused by beaver dams and removal of dams, setting up and maintaining automated recording devices (acoustic recorders) for bats, and other wildlife monitoring and management duties. Incumbent may use tools and operate equipment such as chainsaws, brush cutters/clearing saws, hand saws, loppers, pruners, backpack sprayers and herbicide to remove undesirable plants. Incumbent may be required to use an ATV or UTV to access field sites. Project work may be mapped using GIS technology. Work will be adaptive with other tasks assigned as necessary to achieve work goals.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/04/2024-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-05 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-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: wildlife management or research activities; collecting scientific data on wildlife; implementing/assisting with wildlife monitoring programs; testing and/or assessing wildlife; farm work where scientific methods are used on animals; or other related work. You must include start/end months & hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a full four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as scientific or technical courses such as biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture or mathematics. At least 6 semester hours are directly related to the position such as wildlife biology, zoology, ornithology. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. You must include transcripts. You must include start/end months & hours per week worked. 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.

Contacts

• Address Indiana Dunes National Park 1100 N Mineral Springs Rd Porter, IN 46304 US
• Name: Abigail Minnick
• Email: [email protected]