This position is located in Mount Rainer National Park, in the Natural and Cultural Resources Division. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately February 1- November 30, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.

Duties

Major duties of the position include but are not limited to the following: Plan and implements field activities for wildlife resource management projects, environmental compliance, and programs, and coordinates and leads seasonal field work and staff. Serve as the point of contact and lead for the park's Keep Wildlife Wild program and manages human-wildlife interactions and nuisance wildlife. Organizes, conducts, trains, and leads others in field surveys in remote backcountry, off-trail work in rugged terrain with backpack to deploy and retrieve monitoring equipment and conduct wildlife surveys. Communicates and collaborates on wildlife research, projects, and compliance with park staff, cooperators, and partners. Provides wildlife biology support to North Coast and Cascades Network Parks as needed.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/06/2024-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. Applicants must meet all qualifications requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-8 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: conducting wildlife inventory and monitoring activities for a variety of wildlife species. This experience includes leading, training or supervising others in the performance of one or more of the following: wildlife management or research activities; collecting scientific data on wildlife; implementing/assisting with wildlife monitoring programs; trapping, testing and/or assessing wildlife; or other related work. Conducting field surveys in remote locations to document and assess animal presence, abundance, reproduction, management issues, and population dynamics using established protocols and standard scientific equipment. In carrying out this work I followed established protocols and recorded wildlife data using computer software (such as Microsoft Access, Excel, ArcGIS, Pathfinder Office, Collector, or comparable ones). You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two full years of graduate level education or a master's degree. One full year of graduate education in an accredited educational institution (18 semester hour or 27 quarter hours) directly related to this position. Examples of directly related education are biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, or mathematics or other directly related fields. PLEASE NOTE: You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience. 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.

Contacts

• Address NPS Inflation Reduction Act 1849 C St. NW Washington, DC 20240 US
• Name: Maritere Vazquez
• Email: [email protected]