This career-seasonal position is located in eastern Nevada at the beautiful and remote Great Basin National Park. The primary focus of the position will be fisheries and water quality, but it will also assist the Resource Management Division with other projects such as vegetation restoration, wildlife biology, and cave ecology. Open to the first 75 applicants or until 01/19/2025 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

This career-seasonal position is located in eastern Nevada at the beautiful and remote Great Basin National Park. You will be part of the Resource Management Division working on a diverse set of projects native trout restoration, hydrological, and air quality monitoring, habitat restoration, and invasive plant management. Great Basin has virtually endless opportunities for outdoor recreation and some of the darkest night skies in the country. The incumbent will have the chance to assist with other projects focused on wildlife, fisheries, caves, fire and fuels management, and long-term vegetation monitoring. Some of the duties you will perform, include, but are not limited to: Provide leadership and training for field crews, volunteers, and interns working on resource management projects and field research. Communicate effectively with crew members, supervisors, and the public. Restore and monitor native Bonneville cutthroat trout populations. Monitor the water quality and water quantity of streams, lakes, and springs Implement a variety of resource management field activities such as wildlife surveys, habitat restoration, fuels reduction, and revegetation projects. Serve as the primary air quality operator by monitoring air quality parameters for the National Park Service (NPS) AIR monitoring network. Use computer software programs, GPS, and GIS to collect, edit, and manage data. Maintain tools and monitoring equipment and troubleshoot issues.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/19/2025-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. To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess all 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-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: conducting field surveys for fish and other aquatic wildlife populations (e.g., fish, amphibians, macroinvertebrates, etc.); collecting water quality/quantity data (e.g., use of multiparameter sondes, discharge or stream flow measurements, bathymetry, etc.); installing, operating, and maintaining monitoring equipment (e.g., tools, traps, and sampling or monitoring equipment); assisting in natural resource monitoring programs for fisheries, plants, or wildlife; accurately collecting and recording data in a field setting; entering, managing, and analyzing field data and drafting preliminary reports; and providing leadership, assistance, and training to lower graded employees or volunteers. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 1 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, fisheries, hydrology, ecology, environmental science, zoology, natural resource management, or other directly related fields. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, for example, 6 months of specialized experience and half a year of directly related graduate level education.. 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 Great Basin National Park 100 Great Basin National Park Baker, NV 89311 US
• Name: Jonathan Reynolds
• Email: [email protected]