This position serves as a Ecologist/Botanist in a BLM Medford District office.

Duties

As the Ecologist/Botanist in this position, you will: The incumbent provides program leadership for the development, implementation and accomplishment of the special status plants, RNAs, ACECs, native plant materials, native plant material, and noxious weed programs. Functions as the authoritative source of information in support of managing above mentioned programs to ensure compliance with policy and laws. Provides technical advice and guidelines, communicating clear and concise interpretations of policy and guidelines to managers and other district personnel to assure district wide understanding and uniform application. Communicates and exchanges information between the State Office and Field Office (Resource Area) botanists regarding the special status, special areas, native plant material, and noxious weed programs. Participates in interdisciplinary teams as needed and conducts consultation with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for district-wide projects. Develops project proposals for district-wide plant conservation, special areas, native plant material, and noxious weed work through the annual budget process. Monitors program activities to ensure that targets and accomplishments are in accordance with applicable plans, policies and program objectives. Reports accomplishments to the State Office. Conducts or directs botanical inventories which support the Resource Management Planning process and activity planning process. Acts in capacity of COR/PO for the district on contracts and agreements. Develops partnerships with other agencies and community entities and participates in cooperative efforts for plant conservation, habitat enhancement and improvement, and noxious weed control. Supervises temporary employees and coordinates volunteer services as necessary. Develops planning and implementation priorities for recovery actions for Threatened and Endangered species and conservation management of Bureau Sensitive species. Designs and implements baseline and project monitoring programs for the District. Identifies appropriate parameters to be monitored and ensures monitoring data is stored for ready retrieval and analysis. Oversees development of the District native plant material program, including creating priority species lists, seed collection, seed increase, plant propagation, and species mix recommendations for restoration projects.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• May be required to complete background investigation.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents) prior to the closing date of this announcement.
• You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• Status applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements.
• You may be required to occasionally travel overnight away from home. You must be eligible to obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions may affect your rating.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this Interdisciplinary Botanist/Ecologist GS- 0430/0408 position, you must meet (1) of the Basic Requirements AND the Additional Specialized Experience requirement described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application. BASIC REQUIREMENT BOTANIST GS-0430 Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in botany, or basic plant science that included at least 24 semester hours in botany. OR, A combination of education and experience that includes courses equivalent to a major in botany or basic plant science that included at least 24 semester hours in botany, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. BASIC REQUIREMENT ECOLOGIST GS-0408 Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in biology, or a related field of science underlying ecological research that included at least 30 semester hours in basic and applied biological sciences. These hours must have included at least 9 semester hours in ecology, and 12 semester hours in physical and mathematical sciences. AND, ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Specialized Experience GS-12: at least one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following: (1) evaluating vegetation monitoring programs to assure conformance with policies, standards, regulations, and legislation; (2) analyzing and/or manipulating data in a plant/wildlife databases to produce reports with graphics, maps, and spreadsheets; (3) assisting with the budget planning system process for a Plant Conservation Program; (4) utilizing Geographic Information Systems to perform analysis techniques to initiate or interpret habitat and site management. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. (Must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted). Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). 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. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".

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.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

Contacts

• Address BLM Oregon State Office BLM Oregon State Office, OR-953 1220 SW Third Portland, OR 97204 US
• Name: San Antonio Services Branch
• Phone: 816-541-8101
• Email: [email protected]