JOB SUMMARY: The direct hire authority for Biologist GS-0401 is being used to fill this position. Salary: $80,665 (Step 01) to $104,861 (Step 10) NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. This is a term appointment not to exceed 13 months with possible extensions up to a total of 10 years without further competition. Appointment to this position will not convey permanent status in the Federal service. MAJOR DUTIES: As a Biologist within the Fort Collins Science Center, some of your specific duties will include: Act as a liaison between a Department of the Interior bureau - Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, or National Park Service - and a team of researchers at U.S. Geological Survey to support development of a DOI- wide framework for assessing restoration outcomes associated with projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Review existing evaluation frameworks, datasets, and scientific literature to identify measures, restoration goals, objectives, evaluation processes, and indicators, working to integrate and help write and develop the restoration framework based up one knowledge of these existing monitoring and evaluation approaches, ensuring efforts are complementary. Provide project management assistance to USGS Effectiveness Framework Core Team, by tracking and recording project progress with bureaus, toward the achievement of goals associated with the restoration outcomes framework, acting as a conduit between the development of the framework and the bureau. Maintain knowledge of current ecological theory for application to landscape-scale field studies with management applications, considering broader synthesis of the understanding of ecological processes in relation to species-habitat relationships, fire and fuels management, invasives species management, vegetation recovery after disturbances, ecological modeling, statistical and empirical modeling, and experimental methods, including GIS, remote sensing, and spatially explicit models. Operates a government owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.