Hello Ecolog, The National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Division is hiring a Program Manager / Scientist (GS-13) to manage the South Florida / Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network. The program manager oversees a program of natural resource inventory and monitoring for several parks: Big Cypress, Biscayne, Buck Island Reef, Dry Tortugas, Everglades, Salt River Bay, and Virgin Islands. Ongoing efforts include coral, reef fish, invasive species, mangrove soil elevation, mangrove-marsh ecotone, vegetation, colonial birds, and periphyton monitoring, as well as vegetation mapping of Everglades and Big Cypress. More information about SFCN can be found at http://go.nps.gov/sfcn. This position oversees an annual base budget of $1.7 million, over $500,000 in project funds, and a staff of 18 permanent and term employees.
Vacancy announcements are open until December 21, 2015 and can be found at: 1) Merit Promotion – candidates with permanent status or eligibility under special hiring authorities – https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/PrintPreview/423064500 2) Delegated Examining Unit – open to all US Citizens – https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/PrintPreview/423336900 Questions about this vacancy can be directed to Brian Mitchell, NPS Southeast Region Chief of Inventory and Monitoring, brian_mitch...@nps.gov. Thanks, Brian Mitchell