Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: Located forty miles southwest of Savannah, the city of Hinesville is adjacent to Fort Stewart, making it home to many soldiers from the base. Hinesville, GA offers special events, fine arts and amazing local history, dining at independent local restaurants and an array of area parks.

Duties

Assists professional wildlife and forestry personnel with a variety of wildlife management and forest biology duties. Implements current practices and procedures and adapts new ones to enhance and improve Wildlife programs. Ensures that personnel under their direction use and comply with safety procedures and properly use safety equipment. Plans, conducts, and/or oversees tasks that require a substantial knowledge of wildlife management methods, procedures, and techniques, such as wildlife population census. Operates a variety of government furnished motor vehicles such as 4x4 utility vehicles (UTV’s),automobiles and light trucks, pull behind trailers, farm tractors, and all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s). Provides technical support to the threatened and endangered species (TES) management, game management, fisheries management, habitat management, and invasive species management programs. Conducts a variety of field studies of game and non-game fish and wildlife species to determine the condition of the species and its habitat, environmental conditions, and other factors affecting the health and welfare of the species.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid government motor vehicle operator's license.
• Incumbent is required to sign a DA Form 5019-R, Condition of Employment for certain civilian positions identified as critical under the Drug Abuse Testing Program.
• Must be able to lift approximately 50 pounds.
• Must be able to operate manual and power hand tools.
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Certified Pesticide Applicator License.
• Required to observe established safe working procedures; and, wear mandatory appropriate protective clothing and/or equipment provided to minimize or eliminate hazardous conditions and exposure.
• NOTE: Work involves walking through floodplain areas, climbing over downed trees, snags and, flood debris or other uneven surfaces; and, through dense vegetation areas with poisonous plants e.g., poison ivy and stinging nettle.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Qualification Requirements for the GS-07: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: researching, compiling and tabulating a full range of wildlife inventory data; leading or conducting field inventories of wildlife species to develop intensive scientific information; and collecting ecological site information for sensitive, threatened or endangered wildlife. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). OR Education: Have successfully completed an associate's degree or two years of successfully completed education above the high schoolin a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Biology or Zoology. OR Combination: Have a combination of education and experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Attention to DetailBiologyFlexibilityIntegrity/HonestyInterpersonal SkillsLearningLearningReading ComprehensionSelf-ManagementTeamworkTechnical Competence

Education

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 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 further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address DW-APF-W0VAAA US ARMY GARRISON FT STEWART HQ DO NOT MAIL Fort Stewart, GA 31314 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk