Job Type: Temporary
Salary Details: $64,649 to $84,049 per year
Deadline: Sep 01, 2021

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Responsibilities

This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.

The National Park Service retains the right to extend the duration of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the regulation governing the number of years term appointments may last. This change, which may be made at the agency’s sole discretion and without further competition, shall not be construed or interpreted as the granting of a right to a selectee or employee to such an extension. No extension to a term appointment shall be granted to a selectee/employee to an amount of time that exceeds the maximum number of years authorized under any present or current regulation, unless such regulation expressly allows such action

The incumbent will serve as a Terrestrial Wildlife Biologist under the direction of the Chief of Wildlife and Physical Sciences of the Resources Management and Science Division in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The incumbent will serve as an advisor on the development and implementation of a science-based ecological management program for terrestrial wildlife. Duties of the position will focus on using scientifically sound expertise in wildlife biology and ecology in order to understand the impacts of human interactions, climate change, and other internal/external threats to park terrestrial wildlife and habitat and to design and implement appropriate management actions to mitigate these threats. The incumbent will use expertise to:

Develop and implement plans for the inventory, monitoring, evaluation, documentation, conservation, research, and interpretation of terrestrial wildlife/habitat across a wide range of elevations including, but not limited to, chaparral, oak woodland, coniferous forest, riparian, meadow, alpine, and cave habitats.

Implement effective ecologically-based wildlife management practices that include minimizing human-wildlife interactions (focusing on American black bear), protection and restoration of threatened or endangered species (such as Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, fisher, and red fox), protection of native wildlife from diseases (such as white-nose syndrome in bats ) or exotic animals (such as feral pigs), and education of visitors and local communities, through development of management goals and objectives, design of management actions based on these goals and objectives, and implementation of effectiveness monitoring to ensure goals and objectives are met.

Effectively communicate to foster teamwork, internal relationships, and external partnerships that promote wildlife management priorities and landscape scale conservation.

Assist or lead park compliance activities in relation to wildlife and associated habitats, such as Threatened and Endangered Species Consultations (section 7), Biological Assessments, Environmental Assessments, Environmental Impact Statements, and NEPA

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