Please see the link below for a GS-12 Forester position (permanent) with the US Forest Service. Note the narrow time window for applications. Please direct inquiries to
Dr. Morris Johnson (mcjohn...@fs.fed.us), not to me. >> >> Job Announcement Number: 16-RES-212935DP-AL >> >> Link to Vacancy announcement in USAJOBS: >> https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/433172800/ >> >> Vacancy Open Date: March 28, 2016 >> Vacancy Close Date: April 1, 2016 >> Don McKenzie Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab US Forest Service ____________________________ Job Overview Summary A career with the Forest Service will challenge you to manage and care for more than 193 million acres of our nation's most magnificent lands, conduct research through a network of forest and range experiment stations and the Forest Products Laboratory, and provide assistance to State and private forestry agencies. It's an awesome responsibility - but the rewards are as limitless as the views. This position is located at the Seattle, WA location for the Pacific Northwest Research Station and is responsible for performing work in support of active management of natural disturbance due to fire and climate through research and development. The selectee will provide risk assessments and management strategies for restoring ecosystem integrity threatened by changing fire and climate regimes. For additional information about this position please contact Morris Johnson at 206-732-7852 or by email at mcjohn...@fs.fed.us. The work may require moderate to strenuous physical exertion, including walking over steep or uneven terrain, bending, lifting, and carrying. Considerable effort is required at night and in extreme discomfort of heat and smoke from forest and rangeland burning. The work requires operation of a motor vehicle over conditions ranging from paved highways to steep, mountainous roads. This position is permanent seasonal: you will be guaranteed 36 weeks of full-time work, but there may be a possibility to work more. You will be placed in non-pay/non-duty status when not working.