JOB SUMMARY: This position is a Ecologist, GS- 0408-11 working in Anchorage, Alaska for the R7-Branch of Refuge Fire Management. MAJOR DUTIES: As a Ecologist your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Serves as the Assistant Regional Program Ecologist and technical advisor for fire ecology and monitoring for the National Wildlife Refuge System. In cooperation with appropriate staff, researchers, and partners, the fire ecologist develops and implements scientific monitoring protocols to identify, evaluate, and monitor ecosystem response to fire management activities and the ecological process of wildland fire. Manages all aspects of monitoring design, data collection and management, analysis, and reporting related to fire ecology and monitoring. Incorporates research and monitoring results into fire management planning and implementation activities. Writes fire monitoring documents that define monitoring techniques and develops methods for future refinements of protocols. Conducts sampling to determine statistically valid plot distributions and design. Performs and oversees data collection and data entry and carries out quality control checks on data collection and entry performed by others. Conducts analysis of complex data related to fire weather, behavior, history, and effects. Determines and documents the significance of findings. Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary team, planning and contributing to the development of land management plans, fire management plans, compliance documents, and agreements. Provides professional expertise in the development of strategies and objectives for wildland fire and post-fire activities when there are competing social, political, fiscal and resource concerns. Utilizes monitoring and other feedback mechanisms to improve planning and decision support documents and processes. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.