Northern Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory Allegheny National Forest, Irvine, Pennsylvania
Please post application package in AVUE by close of business April 15th, 2011 Potential openings exist for three summer seasonal Biological Science Technicians (Plants) with the USDA Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory in the Allegheny National Forest of northwest Pennsylvania. Duties will focus on re-censusing permanent vegetation monitoring plots located throughout the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative Area (http://www.kqdc.com/index.html). This long-term project examines, among other things, how understory plant communities respond to sustained reductions in deer populations. Ability to identify and key out eastern North American flora, especially the understory herbs, ferns, grasses, and sedges of the northern hardwoods of the northeastern U.S. is highly desired. Basic orienteering and GIS skills also desired. This job’s duty station will be in Irvine, PA. Applicants must be willing and able to work alone in remote forest locations or with others in a team setting. Successful applicants must be able to work in adverse terrain and in various weather conditions for 8-10 hours per day. These positions will be filled at either a GS-4 or GS-5 (up to $15/hour) level. Forest Service housing will be available for reasonable rent. A field vehicle will be provided for travel to and from field locations. We anticipate these positions to start as early as May 16th and end in late August or early September. Students who will be attending school at the start and end dates are still encouraged to apply because these dates are flexible depending on the applicant pool and budget. Apply to Vacancy OCRT-404-4-PLANT-DT and OCRT-404-5-PLANT-DT which can be found on the USAJobs.gov website. Please post application package through the AVUE portal (link found toward bottom of job announcement under “How to Apply” section). Additionally, please e-mail cover letter, resume, and references to Alejandro A. Royo ([email protected]). To select the correct duty station in AVUE during application process, please click on the Applicant Information section, Preferred Location Box, click Location button, click on Pennsylvania, select Irvine, PA from the location box, click the Add button, then click save. Make sure this locations show in your preferred location box. Please upload academic transcripts in AVUE, include relevant course work and at least 3 references on your resume. For a published list of the vascular flora on the KQDC, visit: http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Harrison/people/brian/papers/Anacker_Kir schbaum_2006_Bart.pdf For questions please call A. Royo at 814-563-1040.
