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Ecologist

Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Salary: $57,982.00 - $57,982.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full-Time - Term
Phone: 877-372-7248, Option 2
JOB SUMMARY:

A career with the Forest Service will challenge you to manage and care for more than 193 million acres of our nation's most magnificent lands, conduct research through a network of forest and range experiment stations and the Forest Products Laboratory, and provide assistance to State and private forestry agencies.

It's an awesome responsibility - but the rewards are as limitless as the views.

This is a TERM, full-time appointment.  The initial term appointment is anticipated to last 13 months.  Term appointments may be extended non-competitively up to 4 years at the option of the agency (depending on the length of the project, workload, and available funding).  Selectee will be eligible for health and life insurance, annual (vacation) and sick leave, will be covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System, and will be eligible to receive within-grade increases (periodic pay raises). 

Term employees must satisfactorily complete a one-year trial period.  Term employment does not confer competitive (permanent) status, nor entitle the Term employee to non-competitive appointment to permanent jobs.

This position is located on the Santa Fe National Forest in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is responsible for ensuring effective application of information, analysis, and interpretation of ecological and environmental processes of wildlands to improve land management practices on the forest. 

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Jennifer Cramer at 505-438-5449 or jennifercramer@fs.fed.us.

Please read the vacancy announcement thoroughly and follow all instructions to ensure proper consideration.  If you are unable to apply on-line or have questions about the meaning of items in the vacancy announcement, please contact Human Resources Management at 1-877-372-7248.

This position is being concurrently announced under Merit Promotion Announcement Number 14-0310-06675FS-LJ as a Temporary Promotion/Detail not-to-exceed one year. Current Forest Service employees may apply to both announcements, but should be sure to apply to the Merit Promotion Announcement in order to avoid losing consideration since different referral criteria apply to each type of announcement.

TRAVEL REQUIRED
  • Occasional Travel
  • Travel is required to the field and to visit District Offices.
RELOCATION AUTHORIZED
  • No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:
  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
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