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Duties

Summary

This position is a Wildlife Refuge Manager, GS- 0485-14 working in Burbank, Washington, Chubbuck, Idaho, Coleharbor, North Dakota, Lakeview, Oregon, Madison, South Dakota, and Shirley, New York for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

This position is also open to status candidates under announcement MR-21-11047631-AR-MP. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

Responsibilities

As a Wildlife Refuge Manager your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Supervises, both directly and through subordinates, the professional, technical, administrative, maintenance, and clerical staffs of the Refuge.
  • Plans, directs, and administers a highly complex assemblage of National Wildlife Refuge lands in accordance with established laws, authorities, legislative mandates, and Service policies. Formulates comprehensive management plans, determines missions, resolves complex management problems and landowner disputes, and sets objectives for the refuges within the complex.
  • Directs a wide scope of operations involving the maintenance of buildings, grounds, and equipment, and plans projects in the construction and rehabilitation of buildings, roads, dikes, trails, observation towers, boardwalks, signs, gates, water control structures, water distribution facilities, bridges, fences, recreational areas, and other physical refuge facilities, structures and improvements.
  • Provides representation to the endangered species recovery teams, and plans and coordinates a wide variety of recovery programs, initiatives, and activities.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
  • Individuals assigned male at birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. To verify registration visit SSS.gov.
  • Resume and supporting documents (See How to Apply).
  • Suitability for employment, as determined by background investigation
  • Drug Testing Position: Selectees tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
  • Driver’s License: Selectees must possess and maintain a valid State driver’s license at all times during their tenure.
  • Uniform: Official U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uniform is required.
  • Probationary Period: Selectees may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
  • Supervisory Probationary Period: Selectees who have not previously completed a supervisory probationary period will be required to serve a one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period for this position.
  • Notice of Financial Disclosure Report Requirement: This position is subject to a financial disclosure requirement and you will be required to complete either OGE Form 278e or OGE Form 450 as applicable within 30 days of your appointment

Qualifications

Only experience and education obtained by 03/22/2021 will be considered.

In order to qualify for this position you must possess both the Basic Requirement and Minimum Qualification.

Basic Requirement:

  1. Degree: Zoology, wildlife management, or an appropriate field of biology that included at least 9 semester hours in zoology, 6 semester hours in such wildlife courses as mammalogy, ornithology, animal ecology, or wildlife management; and 3 semester hours in botany, and 3 semester hours in conservation biology. OR
  2. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in one of the fields described above that included at least 9 semester hours in zoology; 6 semester hours in such wildlife courses as mammalogy, ornithology, anima ecology, or wildlife management; and 3 semester hours in botany, and 3 semester hours in conservation biology, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Minimum Qualification [GS-14]

  1. One year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility equivalent to grade GS-13 in the Federal service. Experience may include managing a large complex of public or other lands; formulating comprehensive management plans for public use, endangered species recovery, wetlands and water management, wildlife population management, habitat management and law enforcement; experience supervising administrative management functions such as budget, procurement, personnel and property management.

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.

Education

PROOF OF EDUCATION: All applicants who are using education or a combination of education and experience to qualify must submit copies of official or unofficial transcripts which include grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, institution name, and student name. If any required coursework is not easily recognizable on transcripts, or if you believe a portion of a particular course can be credited toward meeting an educational requirement, you must also provide a memorandum on letterhead from the institution’s registrar, dean, or other appropriate official stating the percentage of the course that should be considered to meet the requirement and the equivalent number of units. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, if you are selected for the position, you will be required to produce the original official transcripts.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school’s definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html