Please post this job announcement pasted below. Thank you! USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV
Job Title: Field Technicians/Botanists (1 position) Series and Grade: 0404 GS 3 or GS 4, Temporary Location (Duty Station): Morgantown, WV Time Period: Early June - the end of September, 2015 (potentially longer) Duties: The selected person will assist with three studies. The first study is a large greenhouse, common garden, and growth chamber competition study involving Ailanthus altissima and two native species. The second study involves vegetative sampling of one site in northern PA. The purpose of the latter study is to test the effects of leaving residual trees after a harvest on understory vegetation. Finally, the selected persons may take part in establishing new study plots within the Potomac Highland Cooperative Weed Management Area in WV. While botanical and taxonomic skills are not required, a strong interest in understory vegetation and ability to learn to identify these plants are necessary. Good orienteering skills are desired. There will also be a need to establish, and re-establish some plots which could require carrying relatively heavy equipment in and out of sites on variable terrain. Mechanically inclined individuals with an interest in or experience helping to maintain growth chambers and a greenhouse are encouraged to apply. The selected person may also help with data entry and summaries as well as general herbarium tasks. The selected person must be willing to relocate to Morgantown, WV. He/she must also be a licensed driver, willing to travel (with reimbursement and in provided government vehicles), and able to drive 4WD vehicles. Willingness to work in a hot greenhouse, a laboratory, as well as in rough terrain and in over-grown vegetation with the possibility of encountering insects, ticks, snakes, and black bears, and in variable weather is required. The selected person should also work well independently as well as with others. Application Procedure: This will be a 'biological sciences-plants position.' The vacancy announcements for this position will be posted at www.usajobs.gov<http://www.usajobs.gov/>. Before applying, you will need to set up your account on the USAJobs website. Be sure to include WV in your desired localities. The vacancy announcement for this position is likely to be posted by late April or early May with about 1 week to apply. If interested, please submit your resume to Dr. Cynthia Huebner, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield St., Morgantown, WV 26505, chueb...@fs.fed.us<mailto:chueb...@fs.fed.us>; (304) 285-1582. I can then inform you of the application deadline and the date the vacancy announcement is most likely to be posted in USAJobs. When the announcement is posted, an updated outreach notice containing the vacancy announcement number will also be distributed to the same recipients as this announcement.
