Job Announcement: Summer wildlife biology/ecology field technicians GS - 4 or 5 Duty Station: Davis, Sacramento, Marysville, CA Reply Due: April 23, 2017
* If you are interested in receiving a copy of the vacancy announcement for this position complete the attached Outreach Notice Response Form and return it to eabel...@fs.fed.us. 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<mailto:eabel...@fs.fed.us>. POSITION INFORMATION: Temporary Biological Sciences Technician (Wildlife) with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: Series 0404, Grade 4 and 5. Duty station: Davis, Sacramento or Marysville, California. Also open, to students at an accredited college, are positions as a Student Trainee (Natural Resources Management & Biological Sciences) with a series of 499, grades 4 & 5. Same possible duty stations and pay. Start and end dates: At least three contiguous month period between May 2017 to end of September 2017 Salary: Approximately $15-16.75 depending on GS grade 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) in collaboration with US Forest Service wildlife biologists. Understanding wildlife movement is critical to predict where wildlife will cross roads in the future; identifying patterns in where wildlife are unsuccessfully crossing roads (i.e. wildlife-vehicle collision sites) are important because they are where wildlife put themselves and motorists at risk of dangerous collisions. This research will develop an inventory of wildlife collision sites; these data will be compared against large-scale wildlife movement across the landscape. Duties: Work as part of a team responsible for monitoring wildlife-vehicle collision sites. Field teams will drive regular routes looking for/recording road-kill. Time not in the field may be focused on entering field data. Routes will be driven once a week - surveys will be conducted every seven days but there is flexibility on which day of the week the survey occurs. Requirements: Employee must be available to work one day a week to conduct road-kill surveys by vehicle. Field work may involve navigating and hiking across rugged terrain to field sites while carrying equipment. Field work may also be largely focused on the road verges and will likely require extensive work on the road-side. There will be roadkill involved in this position and incumbent must be willing to work in close proximity to deceased animals. The incumbent may be required to sit for long periods of time driving and using a keyboard and video display terminal. Employee must be congenial and tactful with dealing with others and must have the ability to develop and maintain cooperative working relationships. Must have the ability to conduct field surveys, comfortably and safely drive vehicles, perform research and follow templates for preparing written documentation. The ability to use Global Position Satellite equipment is desired but not required. For intern positions (series 499): must be a current student in an accredited high school, college (including 4-year colleges/universities, community colleges, and junior colleges); professional, technical, vocational, and trade school; advanced degree programs; or other qualifying educational institution pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate. 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 23, 2017 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. OPM.Gov/Strategic Management of Human Capital<http://www.opm.gov/Strategic_Management_of_Human_Capital/fhfrc/FLX02020.asp> * Veteran's Recruitment Authority (VRA): Allows for temporary and career opportunities for positions at grade levels through GS-11. Qualified veterans must be disabled or, have served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized or, received an Armed Forces Service Medal or, was recently (within the last 3 years) separated from active duty. OPM.Gov/Strategic Management of Human Capital<http://www.opm.gov/Strategic_Management_of_Human_Capital/fhfrc/FLX02020.asp> Eric Abelson, Ph.D. Research Wildlife Biologist Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station eabel...@fs.fed.us<mailto:eabel...@fs.fed.us> www.fs.fed.us<http://www.fs.fed.us> Caring for the land and serving people This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. 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