This position is temporary, not to exceed 1039 hours, and is located in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Seasonal entry-on-duty period for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: 5/19/2024 Open to the first 50 applicants or until 02/09/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. Need more info? Contact: [email protected]

Duties

This position is a field work position located within the Division of Natural Resource Management at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The incumbent will implement aquatic invasive species management projects, which will include a variety of monitoring tasks, including managing a citizen science volunteer monitoring program. The incumbent will be expected to recruit, train, schedule, and supervise volunteers to assist with aquatic invasive species monitoring and control programs. Organizes, schedules, and executes aquatic invasive species management projects. Plans field projects, independently choosing from among several possible courses of action at different stages of each project (e.g., selects site locations, sampling techniques, appropriate equipment, logistics, etc.). Identifies and enumerates a variety of aquatic invasive species, including invasive invertebrates, plants, pathogens, and fish and other aquatic vertebrates. This position is expected to facilitate the aquatic invasive species monitoring and response program; however, the incumbent will also regularly assist the park's water quality monitoring program. Installs, operates, and maintains resource management equipment (e.g., tools, traps, and sampling, monitoring, photographic, and laboratory equipment). Inventories equipment, evaluates quality assurance compliance, and calibrates equipment as necessary. Requests replacement parts, new equipment, and supplies from program manager. Utilizes a variety of computer programs, including ArcGIS, to compile, reduce, store, retrieve, analyze, and report data and other resource management information, including natural science research and long-term monitoring projects. Maintains and organizes computer databases. You must be willing to work throughout the Lakeshore, including occasional overnight trips to the Manitou Islands. This position is expected to facilitate the aquatic invasive species monitoring and response program; however, the incumbent will also regularly assist the park's water quality monitoring program. Installs, operates, and maintains resource management equipment (e.g., tools, traps, and sampling, monitoring, photographic, and laboratory equipment). Inventories equipment, evaluates quality assurance compliance, and calibrates equipment as necessary. Requests replacement parts, new equipment, and supplies from program manager. Utilizes a variety of computer programs, including ArcGIS, to compile, reduce, store, retrieve, analyze, and report data and other resource management information, including natural science research and long-term monitoring projects. Maintains and organizes computer databases.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-02/09/2024-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-07 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-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: Specialized experience is leading or coordinating field work in natural resource management, leading a volunteer natural resource monitoring program, wetland restoration, macroinvertebrate or amphibian inventory and monitoring, field work managing aquatic invasive species, or assisting a higher-level specialist in developing field aquatic resources projects and initial analysis of data. You must include start/end dates and hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one full year (18 semester hours or equivalent) of graduate level study in a related field of scientific or technical study, such as in biology, microbiology, geology, watershed management, aquatic/wetland ecology, invasive species, invertebrate zoology, etc. 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 dates and 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 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 9922 Front Street Empire, MI 49630 US
• Name: Abigail Minnick
• Email: [email protected]