Do you enjoy botanizing and identifying plants. Do you have an interest in plant and fire ecology?
This new and rare permanent seasonal subject to furlough (Career Subject to Furlough*) with permanent status benefits maybe the perfect fit. Your interest in participating in prescribed fire, and having or obtaining a red card, can potentially expand your 6 months into the fall and spring burn seasons.
Read more in flyer below and watch for the job to open May 8th 2023.
Do you feel that you don’t check off every box in the requirements? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), women, and LGBTQ+ - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. The National Park Service wants an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace– so if you think you fit this role but you worry that your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, please still consider submitting an application. Just be sure your resume details and demonstrates our specific experience, especially with plant identification, field sampling work, and fire ecology.
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*This is a Career-Seasonal position located in Indiana Dunes National Park. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis.
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EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: For the GS-05: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-4 grade level; Examples of specialized experience are: Collecting vegetation, weather, or ecological field data in support of monitoring or research programs; assisted in establishing vegetation and/or fuel loading measurement plots; collected data to assess burn severity or fire effects after prescribed or wildland fire.
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Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as biology, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, or mathematics. At least 6 semester hours of courses must have been directly related to the position to be filled. The successful completion of a full course of study of at least 12 months in a school for clinical laboratory technicians may be substituted for the 1 year of specialized experience required at the GS-5 level for positions involving microbiology and biochemistry technician work - transcripts must be attached to receive credit for education;
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Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education (in excess of the first 60 semester/90 quarter hours) and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university with courses related to the occupation of the position.
To receive consideration for this position, you must provide updated required documents and meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
