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Job opening: Interdisciplinary Supervisory Biologist/Physical Scientist

Salary: $122 198 - 169 195 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Mar 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The potential duty stations for this position include the regional office in Atlanta, Georgia, or colocation with one of the five monitoring networks, in Asheville, NC; Athens, GA; Lafayette, LA; Mammoth Cave, KY; or Palmetto Bay, FL. These duty locations range from urban to rural, with a variety of nearby amenities and attractions. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 03/28/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

This is a permanent staff position for the National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Region natural resources Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Division. The incumbent serves as the Regional I&M Division Manager, overseeing five I&M Networks, which are each a group of parks with similar natural resources. Each network implements long-term monitoring focused on ecological and management indicators of resource condition, called "Vital Signs". The incumbent also has a role in the direction of the national I&M Division, through participation in the national I&M Division Leadership Team, as well as a role in leading the South Atlantic-Gulf regional office through coordination and collaboration with other division managers. Strong candidates for this position will have well-documented leadership, supervision, and management skills, an understanding of the needs of park resource managers, and a commitment to ensuring that the Division routinely provides parks with sound science to support natural resource decision-making. The incumbent's duties include supervising a sizable and diverse staff (6 direct reports and more than 40 employees), assisting network staff in managing a budget of approximately $6.5 million annually, and overseeing the scientific activities of the Division.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-03/28/2024-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. This is an interdisciplinary position which may be filled in any of the following occupational series: Biologist - 0401 or Physical Scientist - 1301. To qualify for one of these GS-14 grade level job series, you must meet one of the basic qualification requirements below by close of the announcement: Basic Qualifications Requirements: You must meet one of the following basic qualification requirements below, for the Interdisciplinary Supervisory Biologist/Physical Scientist (Chief of Inventory and Monitoring), GS-0401/1301-14. If you do not meet these basic qualifications, you will be considered not qualified and will not receive consideration for this position. Basic Requirements for Biologist, GS-0401: Have successfully completed a degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. You must include academic transcripts with your application package. -OR- Have a combination of education and experience. Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above; PLUS, experience directly related to the position being filled and/or additional related education. The quality of the combination of education and experience must demonstrate that you possess the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the work of the position to be filled and equal 100% of the requirement when combined. You must include academic transcripts to support your answer with your application package. You must include academic transcripts with your application package. -OR- Basic Requirements for Physical Scientist, GS-1301: Have successfully completed a degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. You must include academic transcripts with your application package. -OR- Have a combination of education and experience and education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science; PLUS, experience directly related to the position being filled and/or additional related education. The quality of the combination of education and experience must demonstrate that you possess the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the work of the position to be filled and equal 100% of the requirement when combined. You must include academic transcripts with your application package. -AND- In addition to the above, applicants must also possess the following: To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: managing a broad, interdisciplinary natural resource management or ecosystem science program; overseeing the planning and direction of resource management or ecosystem restoration projects; planning, developing, and implementing major agency natural resource or ecosystem programs; and planning, managing, and implementing ecosystem science research projects of regional to national scope and significance. You must include 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 Interior Region 2 100 Alabama Street Building 1924 Atlanta, GA 30303 US
  • Name: Christine Jewett
  • Email: [email protected]

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