Description:
This position is located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, in the Natural Resources Management Division.Open to the first 101 applicants or until 04/07/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Students who live or attend school in the State of Hawaii. (NOTE: Area restriction does NOT apply to preference eligible veterans).
Requirements:
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/07/2024-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 qualified specialized experience.
To qualify for this position at the GS-06 grade level, you must possess at least one 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-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience for this position is work involving one or more aspects of conducting field inventory, monitoring, and management activities associated with a wildlife management program. This would include conducting biological inventory and monitoring activities through field surveys in remote locations to document and assess animal presence, abundance, habitat characteristics, management issues, and population dynamics using established protocols and standard scientific equipment; maintaining and organizing wildlife data using computer software such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, and ArcGIS; and summarizing data and documenting field activities in reports.
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EDUCATION- I have 1 full year of graduate study leading to a Master's degree with major study in any combination of scientific or technical courses such as biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture or mathematics. At least 6 semester hours in any of these courses must be directly related to the position to be filled such as wildlife biology. Y ou must include transcripts.
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Successful completion of a COMBINATION of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours (or equivalent) earned towards a graduate degree and divide by 18 semester hours (or equivalent). Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include hours per week worked and 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.
Mar 25, 2024;
from:
usajobs.gov