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Form of workPositions are TEMPORARY seasonal not to exceed 1039 hours of work in a service year.
This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period. Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period stated in this announcement.
The first cut-off date for referral is 11:59 pm (EST), January 8, 2024.
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 of qualified specialized experience.
To qualify for this position at the GS-05 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 at least the GS-04 level in the federal service performing inventory, monitoring, or management activities on vegetation/plants. Examples include field surveys to document and assess vegetation composition, abundance, growth, and health using established protocols and standard scientific equipment; conducting or assisting with terrestrial vegetation monitoring in forest or meadow/grassland habitats; conducting or assisting with invasive plant management in forest or grassland/meadow areas in a professional work or research setting. You must include hours per week worked.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least four years of study above high school (120 semester hours) leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours of course work in a related field. Related fields of study include biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, or mathematics. (At least 6 semester hours of this course work must have been in subjects that were directly related to the work of this position, such as botany, plants, or other natural resource topics related to vegetation monitoring.) You must include transcripts.
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EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. (NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to one year of specialized experience.) For example, I have 6 months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 3 years (90 semester hours) of college study from an accredited institution as described above (50% of the qualifying education) which included at least 12 semester hours of related coursework as specified above of which at least 3 semester hours was in plant, botany, or natural resource related subjects (50% of the related coursework required). Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.
To qualify for this position at the GS-07 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 at least the GS-05 level in the federal service performing inventory, monitoring, or management activities on vegetation/plants. Examples include field surveys to document and assess vegetation composition, abundance, growth, and health using established protocols and standard scientific equipment; conducting terrestrial vegetation monitoring in forest or meadow/grassland habitats; conducting or assisting with invasive plant management in forest or grassland/meadow areas in a professional work or research setting. This work should demonstrate experience that directly affects the operational planning and staff supervision needed to complete natural resource activities (independently resolving problems; selecting the best course of action for planning and executing work; directing assistants and applying a wide range of conventional methods and solutions to new situations). You must include hours per week worked.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate education concentrated in a field that is directly related to the work of this position such as botany, plants, or other natural resource topics related to the specialized vegetation monitoring focus of this position. You must include transcripts.
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EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, 6 months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 9 semester hours of graduate study described above (50% of the qualifying education). Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include 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.Education: To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
