This position is located in Katmai National Park and Preserve in the Natural Resource Management Division. This is a Career-Seasonal appointment which is a permanent position that include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately the beginning of February thru the beginning of December annually, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year, annually.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Oversees research, submits proposals, develops collaborations. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COR) and/or Agreement Technical Representative (ATR). Writes and refines protocols to examine status and trends of wildlife populations. Lead fieldwork planning. Implements statistically valid studies in remote locations; captures and handles wildlife in hazardous subarctic and high alpine conditions. Lives in primitive camps where dangerous wildlife may occur. Surveys wildlife populations from fixed-wing aircraft. Enters, analyzes and checks quality of data. Evaluates protection, mitigation, and reintroduction programs. Uses GIS, image processing, statistical software, and data management systems. Prepares reports and presentations, peer-reviewed publications, and products for lay audiences. Provides credible information necessary for management decision making regarding wildlife. Develops scientifically credible protection, mitigation, and restoration projects. Coordinates the park's wildlife management strategies and programs with those on adjacent lands. Negotiates cooperative and interagency agreements. Develops and prepares major sections of park management plans dealing with wildlife resources. Prepares action plans needed to manage the wildlife component of natural systems and managed landscapes. Manage budgets and subordinate personnel. Develop and administer financial arrangements. May carry out program management duties by developing work plans and schedules, scopes of work, and cost estimates. May prepare environmental compliance documentation. Represents superintendent and park on regional task groups. Develops liaisons with related groups and agencies to facilitate cooperative regional management strategies. Attends management and professional conferences. Government housing may be available. Please visit find a park for additional park information.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/10/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position, you must possess one of the following basic requirements by close of the announcement: A degree in biological science that included at least 9 semester hours in wildlife subjects such as mammalogy, ornithology, animal ecology, wildlife management, or research courses in the field of wildlife biology; and at least 12 semester hours in zoology in such subjects as general zoology, invertebrate zoology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy, physiology, genetics, ecology, cellular biology, parasitology, entomology, or research courses in such subjects (excess courses in wildlife biology may be used to meet the zoology requirements where appropriate); and at least 9 semester hours in botany or the related plant sciences. You must include a copy of your transcripts with your application and the hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- A combination of education and experience equivalent to a major in biological science (i.e., at least 30 semester hours), with at least 9 semester hours in wildlife subjects, 12 semester hours in zoology, and 9 semester hours in botany or related plant science, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. You must include a copy of your transcripts with your application and the hours worked per week in your resume. In addition to the above basic requirements, to qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Examples of specialized experience include applying concepts and methods of wildlife management; planning, managing, and conducting wildlife research projects; disseminating results from studies relating to wildlife biology or management; planning and managing data acquisition and analysis for wildlife and natural resource projects with spatial data. You must include hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: At least three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. You must include a copy of your transcripts with your application and the hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- A COMBINATION OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: To calculate your percentage of qualifying graduate education, divide your number of credit hours in excess of 36 semester hours (or 54 quarter hours) by 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) or the number your school uses to represent one year of full time graduate academic study. To calculate your percentage of experience, divide your months of qualifying specialized experience by 12. Add the two percentages. They must equal at least 100% to qualify using this option. You must include a copy of your transcripts with your application and the hours worked per week in your resume. Volunteer 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. Continued "Requirements:" Required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. May be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays and overtime. May be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. May be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. This position is subject to annual financial disclosure reporting, and you will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of your appointment, as applicable.

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 Katmai National Park and Preserve PO Box 7 King Salmon, AK 99613 US
• Name: Cherilyn Alexander
• Phone: (907) 644-3345
• Email: [email protected]