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Serve as elk reduction team leader of skilled volunteers in lethal removal of elk herd. Use of GPS units, ranger finders, spotting scopes, rifles, hand-held radios, and data loggers is required to efficiently locate and remove elk, collect biological samples, record accurate data. and lead volunteers. Extensive experience using firearms to harvest large animals and spot, stalk hunting techniques. Hiking up to ten miles per day, with backpacks exceeding 70 pounds in weight will be required.
Learn more about this agency07/25/2024 to 08/05/2024
$29.26 - $34.13 per hour
WG 7
Few vacancies in the following location:
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Occasional travel - You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 2 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
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Temporary - 1039 hours; The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period is October through December but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: Early October
Full-time - You may be required to work evenings, holidays and/or overtime.
Competitive
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Works closely with supervisors, volunteer coordinators, and team leaders, daily, to ensure the safety of the team and maximize reduction success in the field. Provides direct oversight and leadership to a team comprised of two to four volunteers engaged in elk reduction activities (i.e., locating, shooting, field dressing, recording data, collecting samples, quartering, and packing out elk). Interpreting GPS location data of elk, to determine the safest method and route for removal activities. Maintains field equipment assigned to the team to include packs, firearms, knives, electronics, vehicles, and optics.
Promotes safe operations and ensures standard elk reduction protocols are closely followed. Routinely operates field radios and navigational equipment. Ensures that salvageable meat is being recovered efficiently, safely, and quickly. Routinely navigates and leads pack crew teams into rugged back-country terrain (approximately eight to ten miles) to remove elk and pack out meat. Records field data and collects biological and morphological samples/measurements at each kill site in addition to assisting in record-keeping and shipping samples to appropriate labs. Carries sixty to eighty pounds of meat in a pack across rugged and slippery terrain, in various weather conditions, daily.
There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
Non-Competitive Rehire Eligibility: Temporary seasonal employees can only maintain their non-competitive rehire eligibility if they work no more than a combined total of Temporary NTE less than 1040 hours anywhere in the National Park Service (NPS) within their established service year. Accordingly, non-competitive rehire eligibility allows for re-appointment to the same position or another position appropriate for temporary appointment with the same qualification requirements (5 CFR 316.402[b][7]), based on series and grade, anywhere in the major subdivision (NPS).
If you have held a temporary seasonal appointment in the past 12 months and have already worked the maximum temporary appointment less than 1040 hours during that period, you are still welcome to apply. However, please be aware that exceeding the limit of 1040 hours in your established service year will result in the loss of your non-competitive rehire eligibility.
The limit can be exceeded by working multiple temporary seasonal positions that result in a combined total greater than 1040 hours. The limit also can be exceeded by working a single temporary seasonal appointment that exceeds 1040 hours, unless granted an exception by OPM.
Employment may be terminated at any time due to fluctuations in funding levels, project needs, employee performance, or other considerations.
Physical Demands: Approximately 60-75 percent of the work week will be in the field and considered extremely strenuous in nature. Frequent lifting of objects (packs, equipment, elk meat) up to 75 pounds will be required and crawling, bending, stooping, and crossing rivers will be common during the daily pursuit and processing of elk. Administrative and other office-related duties are generally sedentary in nature, requiring the ability to sit and concentrate for extended periods of time.You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your rating.
Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. These procedures place candidates with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Veterans with a service connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:
The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/05/2024:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position: You must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive consideration, the complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/05/2024.You must provide documentation to support your claim for each eligibility selected. Please review the required documentation listed in the eligibilities language to ensure you submit the appropriate information. Note: You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities that you selected and provided the appropriate supporting documentation.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/801297400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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