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Open: November 3, 2026 — Closes: November 17, 2026
Summary
Salary Range Information (Per Annum): GS-13: Step 01 $120,348, Step 10 $156,455 *First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level. Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) rate of 3% is authorized.
Major Duties
At the full performance level (GS-13) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: - Provides leadership, direction, and oversight for a comprehensive wildlife and ecological sciences program that supports science-based management and conservation of fish, wildlife, habitats, and ecosystem processes. - Supervises professional biological staff, establishes program priorities, allocates resources, evaluates performance, and ensures accomplishment of refuge biological program objectives. - Develops, coordinates, and oversees biological studies, monitoring programs, inventories, and research activities to inform adaptive management and address environmental change. - Oversees field operations, including wildlife and vegetation surveys, habitat assessments, landscape monitoring, remote sensing applications, invasive species management, ecological restoration, and biological research. - Analyzes and interprets biological and ecological data and provides scientifically supported recommendations to refuge leadership on wildlife, habitat, and ecosystem management issues. - Develops and maintains partnerships with Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies, academic institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders to advance shared conservation objectives. - Represents the refuge at agency, interagency, scientific, and public meetings and prepares technical reports, management plans, and other communications supporting conservation and resource-management decisions.
