Job Announcement: Data Manager (Ecologist GS-0408-11, Biologist
GS-0401-11, or Information Technology Specialist GS-2210-11).
Term, full-time position with the National Park Service- Mojave Desert
Network Inventory & Monitoring Program (see
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/MOJN/index.cfm for more information
on this program).
Duty Station: Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Boulder City, Nevada.
The Mojave Desert Network parks offer outstanding outdoor recreational
opportunities, spectacular scenery, and diverse natural and cultural
resources.
Duties: The Data Manager will assist in developing and implementing a
long-term monitoring program that evaluates status and trends in selected
Vital Signs for the network (key ecosystem components and processes). Major
responsibilities include database design and management; development of
data management procedures and SOPs; data acquisition and quality
management; data archiving and security; and data retrieval, reporting and
dissemination. To support the development of monitoring protocols, the
incumbent will work with network staff and cooperators to understand data
management needs, design & develop supporting databases, write data
management chapters and SOPs for monitoring protocols and the network's
Data Management Plan, and conduct meetings to obtain necessary information
and coordinate efforts. The incumbent will collaborate with the networkâs
permanent Data Manager and others at park, network, and national levels to
accomplish network goals. There may be opportunities to work in the field
to oversee data collection quality assurance and quality control and to
work with other network staff in the analyses and interpretation of
monitoring data. This position requires periodic travel to all network
parks.
Detailed application instructions may be found in the vacancy announcement
posted at: http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/. The announcement numbers are
LAME 10-11D (Ecologist/Biologist) and LAME 10-13D (IT specialist).
Announcements will be posted on USAJOBs from October 22, 2009 through
November 5, 2009.
