This position is located in Mesa Verde National Park, in the Natural Resources staff at Mesa Verde National Park, CO. Serves as a principal advisor in the management of natural resources and is responsible for program development and implementation. For additional information about the duties and/or location of this position, please contact Paul Morey at 970-529-5002 or [email protected]

Duties

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 11 months, and you will be in a non-pay status (about 1 month - August) for the remainder of the year. Major Duties: Conducts and supervises a program of data collection related to air quality, water quality, climate science, contaminated lands, soundscapes, light pollution, meteorology. Maintains sampling equipment and ensures the quality of samples. Responsible for spatial and tabular data management related to physical science. Summarizes data and conducts statistical analysis to assist in the preparation of reports and publications. Advises Park managers on technical issues and compliance with applicable law and policy related to NEPA, Clean Air and Water Acts, and NPS and DOI Policies. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Physical Demands: The position may require strenuous physical activity including periods of standing, walking, climbing, and lifting and carrying heavy objects. Some activities will occur in physically dangerous areas or settings. Documentary research and report writing work is sedentary, which entails the ability to concentrate and write for long periods of time. Work Environment: Work is performed primarily indoors. Occasionally, work may be performed outdoors in all types of weather. Outdoor assignments may be performed in potentially hazardous areas including steep slopes, rocky terrain, volcanoes, caves, fire lines, arctic environments, swamps, deserts, and forests. On occasion, flying in fixed-winged aircraft and helicopters is possible. Area Information: Located in Southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde National Parkwas established in 1906 to preserve and interpret the archaeological heritage of the Ancestral Pueblo people. For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of 26 Pueblos and Tribes and offers visitors a spectacular window into the past while also highlighting contemporary connections. This World Heritage Site and International Dark Sky Park is on the edge of the Rocky Mountains and is home to over a thousand species, including several that live nowhere else on earth, including black bears, elk and deer, mountain lions and over 100 bird species. Nearby Yucca House National Monument is managed under Mesa Verde. It is an undeveloped NPS unit and protects a large unexcavated valley pueblo. On average Mesa Verde hosts 500,000+ visitors per year. Area residents and visitors enjoy world-class outdoor recreational opportunities including skiing, mountain biking, hiking, rafting, camping, hunting, and fishing in the region. The weather in the area ranges from cold and snowy during the winter months with temperatures down to zero degrees, to hot and dry in the summer with temperatures up to 100 degrees, with intermittent monsoon rains in July and August. Nearby public lands include the San Juan National Forest, Canyon of the Ancients National Monument and other areas in the Tres Rios District of the Bureau of Land Management. The local towns of Cortez, Mancos, Dolores, and Durango provide a range of housing, dining, and shopping opportunities, and both Durango and Cortez have regional airports. The park is less than a two-hour drive to the recreation playgrounds of Moab, Utah, and Telluride and Durango, Colorado. Mesa Verde and the nearby communities are great places to work and live.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/18/2024-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. In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal General Schedule Qualification Standards. This is an Interdisciplinary position - you will be required to meet at least one of the following Basic Requirements. Failure to include your transcripts will make you ineligible for this position: Basic Requirement: GS-0401: Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. or Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR GS-1301: Degree: 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. or Combination of education and experience: Education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: Specialized Experience: GS-07: One full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the Biologist/Physical Scientist GS-5 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience include: (1) Collected field data related to air quality, water quality, climate science, contaminated lands, soundscapes, light pollution and/or meteorology; (2) Assisted with developing, testing, and implementing scientific monitoring protocols to identify and evaluate long-term conditions of natural resources; (3) Carried out biological activities; (4) Used equipment and supplies necessary to conduct field activities. Experience equivalent to the GS-05 may be professional work at the developmental or trainee level. Generally, technical experience equivalent to the GS-5 level is not qualifying for this series and grade. or One year (18 semester hours) of progressively higher-level graduate education from an accredited educational institution concentrated in a field that is directly related to the work of the position to be filled, such as biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, physical science, engineering, mathematics, or related disciplines appropriate to this position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education. or An equivalent combination of directly related graduate level education and specialized experience. Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience. For example, I have six months of the specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement), and 9 semester hours or 14 quarter hours of appropriate directly related graduate education (50 percent of the education requirement). The total percentage must equal at least 100%. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education. or Superior Academic Achievement (to determine if you are eligible, go to: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education. GS-09: One full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the Biologist/Physical Scientist GS-7 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience include: (1) Conducted data collection related to air quality, water quality, climate science, contaminated lands, soundscapes, light pollution, meteorology; (2) Summarized data to assist in the preparation of reports; (3) Participated in the planning and organization of biological activities; (4) Acquired and maintained equipment and supplies necessary to conduct field activities. Generally, technical experience equivalent to the GS-7 level is not qualifying for this series and grade. or A Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree from an accredited college or university in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, physical science, engineering, mathematics, or related disciplines appropriate to this position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education. or An equivalent combination of education and experience as described above that, when converted to percentages, equal at least 100% of the total requirement. To combine education and experience, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of completed graduate education beyond the first year by 18 (or 27 for quarter hours). NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education. 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 Mesa Verde National Park PO Box 8 Mesa Verde National Park, CO 81330 US
• Name: Deborah Artiaga
• Email: [email protected]