JOB SUMMARY: This is an open continuous vacancy announcement; applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period. Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled; the announcement reaches the closing date stated in the announcement. The first cut-off date is 16-DECEMBER-2024. These vacancies are Temporary Seasonal positions Not to Exceed: 1039 Hours in a service year. The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period is APRIL / MAY 2025. MAJOR DUTIES: MAJOR DUTIES MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: Conduct field searches and assessments of rare plant populations, nonnative invasive plant infestations, and plant communities. Control nonnative invasive plants using integrated pest management methods such as manual hand digging/pulling, mowing, and spraying herbicides. Assist with monitoring effectiveness of treatments. Control invasive insects, such as hemlock woolly adelgid, using chemical and biological control methods. Monitor forest pest population levels and their impacts on forest health. Assist with restoration efforts of rare plant species and habitats as well as degraded lands. Collect native seeds for propagation and plant trees, shrubs, and other native plants. Collect and enter field data, prepare reports, and summarize findings. Lead volunteers and technicians in fieldwork. Implements projects to inventory, monitor, restore, and protect the park's plant communities, aquatic ecosystems, wildlife, and other natural resources. Organizes and maintains project equipment, supplies, schedules, checklists, maps, data, and other records. Performs data entry, including in spreadsheets, databases, and geodatabases, and carries out quality control checks on data collection and entry performed by others. Provides logistical support and area orientation for contract or cooperating scientists; provides technical information, ensures quality control, and solves logistical or operational problems. Installs, operates, and maintains resource management equipment (e.g., tools, traps, and sampling, monitoring, photographic, and laboratory equipment); Inventories equipment, evaluates quality assurance compliance, and calibrates equipment as necessary. Orders replacement parts, new equipment, and supplies. Provides advice, assistance, and training to students, student conservation assistants, and volunteers involved in resource management projects and field research. Utilizes a variety of computer programs to compile, reduce, store, retrieve, analyze, and report data and other resource management information, including research and long-term monitoring projects. Maintains and organizes computer databases. Provides information to other employees and visitors about the natural resource management program. May develop and present related interpretive programs to the public. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
