Engaged in the study, inventory, monitoring, restoration, and management of a broad range of natural resources. Examples of program areas may include but are not limited to vegetation, exotic and pest species, sensitive species, and associated ecological components such as air, water, and soil. May also be engaged in the management and protection of resource values such as wilderness experiences, aircraft overflights, and natural quiet.

Duties

IPMTs: Serves as Invasive Plant Management Team coordinator. Leads and/or collaborates with direct reports, park units, and partners on projects to manage invasive plants. Manages invasive plant control projects through prioritization, design, logistical/supply planning, compliance, implementation, and assessment phases. Hires and supervises staff to meet program objectives. Spends majority of time as first-line leader directing projects in the field. Applies herbicides and other invasive plant controls using light to heavy equipment. Works on multi-day deployments over an extensive field season, at times in extreme weather conditions and in the face of a variety of natural hazards. Implements additional restoration measures following invasive plant control. Collaborates with agency staff and partners to integrate invasive plant management as part of comprehensive vegetation and habitat management strategies. Develops work plans and schedules, scopes of work, cost estimates, and proposals to accomplish restoration goals. Collects and reviews field data to assess project effectiveness and adaptively manage projects. Manages grants and agreements for invasive plant management projects. Provides technical guidance and advising to park personnel working on invasive plant management projects. Properly transport, store, load, mix, apply, and dispose of herbicides and herbicide waste. Maintain relevant licensures and qualifications. Engage in repetitive tasks, including backpack spraying and chainsaw use. Work extended daily and weekly schedules in the field to complete a 8-9 month field season. Work entire days under hot and humid conditions in accordance with heat stress plan. SLBE: Serves as the National Lakeshore's vegetation program lead within the Division of Natural Resources. Provides scientific expertise and leadership regarding plant ecology to all aspects of park operations and management. Oversees the plant program including: non-native/invasive plant management, forest health, restoration, and rare plant management. Develops and implements effective inventory, monitoring, mitigation, and restoration programs, including use of prescribed fire and pesticides. Manages project documentation and data, and assures that others have necessary training. Correlates, summarizes, and interprets field-collected data into detailed technical and non-technical environmental and other management and scientific reports. Serves as a steward of park resources, identifies threats and ensures that vegetation resources are considered in all planning efforts. Participates in applying natural resource environmental compliance and planning on interdisciplinary teams. Assists with the goals of the division, park and regional planning processes. Facilitates university research and interagency cooperation to further understanding and management of the park. Communicates and collaborates well internally and with external partners using written and oral (e.g., meetings, presentations) methods. Will supervise numerous seasonal temporary staff and volunteers. Provides a full range of administrative responsibilities including personnel management, financial management, procurement and property management.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/02/2024-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. Basic Individual Occupational Requirement for Biological Science Series, 0401: Possess a degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. You must include transcripts OR Possess a combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major (24 semester hours), as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. You must include transcripts - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-11 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-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Examples of qualifying specialized experience include duties such as: participating in the planning and execution of vegetation management projects, plant ecological studies, or plant identification and inventory (for example, vegetative management, forest restoration, seed collection, plant propagation, vegetation mapping, plant community characterization, rare plant surveys); leading groups in the field to implement these projects; performing established, standardized methodologies and techniques to manage plant communities (for example, use of herbicides and spraying equipment, chainsaws, prescribed fire, manual tools); performing established, standardized methodologies and techniques to study and characterize plant communities (for example, use of dichotomous keys, field botany, GPS/GIS, statistical software); and coordinating vegetation management, studies, and monitoring with other land managers and stakeholders. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in an accredited educational institution concentrated in a field that is directly related to the work of this position, such as in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to this position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, I have six months of the specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 (50 percent of the experience requirement for GS-11) and 45 semester hours or 68 quarter hours of appropriate directly related graduate education (50 percent of the education requirement). The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. 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.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Midwest-West Regional Human Resources Office 246 S Chicago Street Hot Springs, SD 57747 US
• Name: MWR HR West Team
• Phone: 402 661 1986
• Email: [email protected]