Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
Rocky Mountain Research Station
USDA Forest Service
Issue Date: July 13, 2016
INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENT
Biological Scientist, GS-401-5/7/9
FIA Field Crew Leader
The USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Forest
Inventory and Analysis Program,
Ogden, UT, anticipates filling the following positions:
• Up to 8 biological scientists in support of the field inventory. These
positions will be advertised in the
Biological Scientist (GS-401) series at the GS 5/7/9 levels. These are
career, permanent-seasonal
(PSE) positions consisting of 13 or 18 two-week pay periods of full time
work, depending on the location.
Appointees may be offered the opportunity to work longer depending on
workload and funding. The
incumbent is placed in ‘nonpay’ status for the remainder of the year.
The anticipated start date is late
fall 2016, or spring of 2017.
All of the positions serve as members of the Interior West Forest
Inventory and Analysis Program,
headquartered in Ogden, Utah, which conducts forest resource inventories
and forest health monitoring
activities throughout the interior west states including Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada,
Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. For more information about the Program,
please visit our internet site at
www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/.
Each position will serve as part of a two person forest resource
inventory crew. The work involves
planning, logistics, mentoring crew member, contacting land owners for
access; locating study plots using
GPS and aerial photo baseline techniques; conducting extensive resource
and health inventories including
tree measurements and foliage evaluations, understory vegetation
composition and structure estimates, site
characteristics and soils evaluations, etc; using various measurement
instruments and electronic data
recorders. The crew leader is not an official supervisor, but does give
day-to-day direction to the crew.
Fieldwork regularly includes extensive hiking and backpacking in remote
and rugged areas, in all weather
conditions, and carrying heavy daypacks (~45 lb.) or backpacks (60+
lb.). Depending on location, a variety
of other methods are used to access plots including ATV’s, horses,
aircraft, and boats; please contact us for
specifics of each location.
The area sampled by the RMRS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program
cover a diversity of ecological
communities. Terrain varies from dry ponderosa pine, oak woodland and
juniper forests at lower elevations
and the southern portion of the 8-state territory; to the high alpine
forests of Colorado, Wyoming, and the
Rocky Mountains; to the temperate rain forests of northern Idaho and
northwestern Montana - and
everything in between! Each crew covers a large area, and all staff will
experience a wide variety of
country.
The field season typically runs from April through November. In all
locations, overnight travel away from the duty station is frequent, and
may include periods of extended and continuous travel. The ability to
work productively as part of a team, meet the physical demands of this
challenging outdoor work, and to quickly learn a complex set of field
protocols are all very important in this position!
The positions are based at a number of different locations, as outlined
in the table below:
The purpose of this Outreach Notice is to determine the potential
applicant pool for these positions. The vacancy announcement for these
positions, when open, will be posted at the USA Jobs website, the U.S.
Government’s official site for jobs and employment information:
www.usajobs.gov
If you would enjoy working as part of the Forest Inventory and Analysis
Program, we encourage you to express your interest in the position(s) by
August 15, 2016. If you reply to this outreach notice, we will notify
you when the positions are announced. For additional information, please
contact any of the supervisors listed above, or Bob Rhoads at (801)
625-5685 or [email protected].
This outreach is for your information. If you are an education
institution please post the Outreach to your Jobs Board.
Thank you for your interest in these positions!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service prohibits
discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race,
color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex,
marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual
orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or
because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public
assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs).
Persons with disabilities who require alternate means for communication
of program information (Braille, large print, audiotapes, etc) should
contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination write: USDA, Director, Office of
Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or
call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal
opportunity provider and employer.
SupervisorEmailPhoneSandpointIDPSE13/13Juliet
[email protected]/13Juliet
[email protected]/13Ray
[email protected] CityUTPSE18/8Maryfaith
[email protected]/8Maryfaith
[email protected]/8Maryfaith
[email protected]/8John
[email protected] Low/PaysonAZPSE18/8John
[email protected] StationAppointment
OUTREACH NOTICE RESPONSE FORM
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
Please complete this form and return it by August 15, 2016 to any of the
supervisors listed above, or to Bob Rhoads at the address below.
Bob Rhoads
Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
507 25th Street
Ogden, UT 84401
fax: 801-625-5723
email: [email protected]
Duty Station(s):
☐ Sandpoint, ID ☐ Grangeville, ID ☐ McCall, ID ☐ Cedar City, UT
☐ Moab, UT ☐ Ely, NV ☐ Flagstaff, AZ ☐ Show Low/Payson, AZ
Please indicate all duty stations for which you wish to be considered.
Not selecting any indicates no preference.
I’m interested in this position and will check www.usajobs.gov for the
announcement, or I will call or email the contact person.
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Name: __________________________________________________ Date:
________________
Address: ________________________________________________ Phone:
_______________
________________________________________________ E-Mail: _______________
Are you currently a Federal employee: YES ____ NO ___
If yes,
Current title/series/grade/location:
_____________________________________________
Type of appointment you are currently under
_____________________________________
(e.g., Temporary, Career, Career-Conditional, Excepted-ANILCA, Excepted
VRA, etc)
