Wildlife Biologist

Wildlife Biologist
This position is open to all US Citizens under announcement number AK-1537-LACL-24-12547011-DE. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

Duties
Experience your America and build a fulfilling career by joining the National Park Service. Become a part of our mission to unite our past, our cultures, and our special places, to establish important connections to the present and build a rich and lasting legacy for future generations.

The Biologist serves as the project lead for wildlife management, research, and monitoring in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (LACL) and the Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN).

SWAN is one of 32 Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Networks nationwide that provides science for resource stewardship through long-term data collection and management in national parks. The Network encompasses approximately 9 million acres and includes five NPS units, the largest of which are Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park. The position will be shared by LACL and SWAN.

Duties associated with SWAN include the following: The incumbent will implement brown bear and bald eagle monitoring protocols to track population dynamics of these species across the SWAN parks. As part of this work, the incumbent will lead all aspects of data collection within a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) framework, all logistics associated with fieldwork, data management, data analyses, report writing, and manuscript preparation for scientific journals. The incumbent will work with biologists, ecologists and biometricians from these park units, other I&M networks in Alaska, and other agencies, university, and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners.

Duties associated with LACL are as follows: The incumbent will lead and manage the wildlife program and wildlife-related projects throughout the park. This position represents the NPS on wildlife management issues and serves as a technical advisor in wildlife biology for the park. The incumbent will be responsible for program and research development, and implementation of projects for wildlife resources, their habitat requirements, and sensitive species.

The position is duty-stationed in Anchorage with periodic fieldwork for up to 2 weeks at a time, totaling approximately 2-3 months in the field per year.

Open & closing dates
09/23/2024 to 09/30/2024
Salary
$39.27 - $51.05 per hour
Plus a 1.69% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)
Pay scale & grade
GS 11
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Anchorage, AK