Ecologist

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/29/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either “full-time” (or “40 hours a week”) or “part-time” with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position, you must meet BOTH the Basic Requirement and one of the Minimum Qualification Requirements as listed below. BASIC REQUIREMENT – You must meet the following basic requirement: EDUCATION: Successfully completed a degree in biology, or a related field of science underlying ecological research that included at least 30 semester hours in basic and applied biological sciences. These hours must have included at least 9 semester hours in ecology, and 12 semester hours in physical and mathematical sciences. You must include transcripts. -AND- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes the following activities: (1) conducting portions of studies or surveys to determine the health of or human impact on an ecological system; (2) entering data into established databases for statistical analysis; (3) maintaining sampling and other scientific equipment necessary for field studies; and (4) summarizing scientific data for inclusion in reports. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as wildlife ecology, population ecology, landscape ecology, forest ecology, or ecology. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the amount of completed qualifying doctoral level education and convert it to a percentage of the total educational requirement. NOTE: Only the graduate education in excess of 36 semester hours or 54 quarter hours or the equivalent may be creditable when combining. 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. 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 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.
This position is located in Yosemite National Park, in the Division of Resources Management and Science. This is a temporary promotion not to exceed 1 year, and can be extended up to 5 years. Open to the first 101 applicants or until 11/29/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.