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Open: September 17, 2026 — Closes: October 1, 2026
Summary
You will serve as a Wildlife Refuge Manager with US Fish and Wildlife Service. Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) rate of 2.91% COLA is authorized.
Major Duties
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Oversees and administers the biological program at assigned Refuge, administering habitat development, research programs, population studies, wildlife inventory, and monitoring activities, and invasive species control. Ensures all projects comply with national, regional, and Refuge policies, regulations, and mandates. Ability to plan, develop, coordinate, and negotiate the resolution of complicated, unprecedented, and/or controversial resource use issues and problems related to a National Wildlife Refuge. Skill and diplomacy in developing partnerships, strategizing, and coordinating activities with other Federal, state, and local agencies, and with private and national organizations and special interest groups and organizations. Initiates and ensures the development, approval, and implementation of annual work plans, budgets, cost estimates, grants funding administration, and program schedules. Supervises a multifaceted team of professional, technical, analytical and administrative support staff, setting a team attitude of adhering to high professional standards and completion of accurate, high quality work. Responsible for creating an environment that encourages and rewards cooperation, collective problem solving, and participative decision-making. Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods. Oversees and administers the Refuge Visitor Services program with emphasis on the six priority public uses of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
