Job Announcement: Summer wildlife biology/ecology field technicians GS - 4, 5, 6 & 7 Duty Station: Alta, CA Reply Due: APRIL 19 2016
This notification is being circulated to inform prospective applicants of this upcoming opportunity. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the vacancy announcement (job announcement) for this position complete the attached Outreach Notice Response at the bottom of this email and return it to eabel...@fs.fed.us. POSITION INFORMATION: Temporary Biological Sciences Technician (Wildlife) with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: Series 0404, Grade 4, 5, 6 and 7. Duty station: Alta, California. Start and end dates: At least three contiguous month period between May 2016 to end of September 2016 Salary: Approximately $2,500 - $3,500/month depending on GS grade (4, 5, 6 or 7) Project description: Project focuses on wildlife movement in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California (study area falls in the general area of Auburn, Cisco and Nevada City, CA) with a duty station in Alta, CA. Understanding wildlife movement is critical to predict where wildlife will cross roads in the future; wildlife road crossings are important because they are locations where wildlife put themselves and motorists at risk of dangerous collisions. This work aims at developing a better understanding of where wildlife movement corridors are and their relationships with roads. An extensive grid of remotely activated cameras (i.e. camera traps) and small mammal traps, along with road-kill surveys, will be used to model wildlife movement broadly across the landscape. Duties: Lead a team responsible for monitoring wildlife. Applicant should be responsible, organized and motivated. Field teams will be working with small-mammal traps, camera-traps (remotely-triggered wildlife-cameras), road-kill surveys and assessing underpasses for wildlife suitability. Field work will involve navigating and hiking across rugged terrain to field sites while carrying heavy equipment. During periods without field work, efforts will be focused on data entry and identifying wildlife species in camera-trap photos. Requirements: Must have experience working with small-mammal live-traps and California small-mammal identification. Applicant should have previous supervisory experience. Applicant should be detail oriented with the ability to take careful notes in field and office settings (Microsoft Excel experience). Applicant should be in good physical condition with the ability to hike at high elevation and in rugged terrain while carrying equipment. Applicant should be comfortable working outdoors and in challenging field conditions (e.g. hot/cold). Applicant should have basic competency using GPS/maps to locate field sites. Available to work full-time (40 hours/week). Desired qualifications (not required): Driver license; experience with camera-traps, possibility to work alternative schedules (e.g. 4 days on with 3 days off; 40 hr/week average) & an interest in ecology and wildlife biology. PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION If you are interested in this opportunity, please complete this form and send it by e-mail to eabel...@fs.fed.us Please respond no later than APRIL 19 2016 INTERESTED APPLICANT INFORMATION: NAME: EMAIL ADDRESS: MAILING ADDRESS: TELEPHONE NUMBER: TYPE OF CURRENT APPOINTMENT: (if applicable) PERMANENT --TEMPORARY --TERM CURRENT STATION/LAB/REGION/FOREST/DISTRICT: (if applicable) CURRENT PAY or SERIES AND GRADE: (if applicable) CURRENT POSITION TITLE: I AM ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL NON-COMPETITIVE HIRING AS: VRA (Veterans Recruitment Authority) SCHEDULE A (Persons with disabilities) Reinstatement (prior permanent career/career conditional employees) OTHER **Note: for candidates that do not understand what these authorities mean, or the criteria that needs to be met in order to be eligible for non-competitive hiring authorities, please see the information below. * 30% or More Compensable Disabled Veterans: Temporary and career opportunities can be provided to qualified disabled veterans who were discharged because of a service-connected disability or retired with a disability rating of 30% or more, and have been rated by the VA since 1991 or later as having a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. 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