You will serve as a Ecologist with National Park Service. You may be required to travel occasionally within the park and meetings in Boynton Beach, FL. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. $95,326-$123,927 Salary Table 2026-MFL For the Locality Pay Area of Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL *First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level.
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natl Pk Svc, Southeast, ofc of Natural Science Studies-South Florida Natural Resource Center (SFNRC), HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA Develops and prepares major sections of the park resources management plan that requires the application of ecological principles. Prepares specific resources action plans and strategies needed to successfully manage and protect natural ecosystems and environmental conditions. Represents Park on NPS regional task groups or similar organizations. Makes presentations in the parks, in public gatherings, and at professional meetings. Assists natural resources management staff in parks, centers and support offices by providing direct professional and programmatic advice and support. Carries out program management duties by developing work plans and schedules, scopes of work, cost estimates, and proposals and/or grants to justify funding requests and accomplish goals. May administer and track project funds and prepare accomplishment reports, as needed. Maintains awareness of applicable funding sources within NPS and outside. Develops and implements long range plans for the inventory, evaluation, documentation, preservation, research, and interpretation of ecology within the appropriate mission, objectives and resources contexts. Develops guidelines to deal with the more complex or unusual problems, or with novel, undeveloped or controversial aspects of ecology and other natural resources and their management. Coordinates the park's ecological strategies and programs with those on adjacent lands for the purposes of achieving broad ecosystem protection strategies and preventing human impacts. Negotiates cooperative and interagency agreements and other cooperative instruments needed to effectively carry out resource's stewardship goals. Identifies research needs, prepares requests for research proposals or statements of work, and provides oversight for research projects. Serves as the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative for projects conducted through contracts and serves as the Agreement Technical Representative for Interagency Agreements, and Cooperative Agreements. In cooperation with appropriate staff, researchers, and partners, the incumbent designs, develops, tests, and implements scientific monitoring protocols to identify, evaluate, and conduct long-term monitoring of ecosystem components, such as flora and fauna, and ecological processes. This includes conducting inventories to determine statistically valid plot distributions and design. Writes new monitoring documents that define monitoring techniques and develops methods for future refinements of protocols. Based on results of inventories, in-depth studies, and monitoring, the incumbent develops and conducts scientifically credible protection, mitigation, and restoration projects needed to prevent resource damage, restore and/or maintain critical habitats, plant and animal communities, and managed landscapes, minimize human impacts. Develops and carries out statistically valid data collection protocols. Performs data collection using advanced technology such as electronic data collectors when appropriate. Performs data entry and carries out quality control checks on data collection and entry performed by others. Conducts analysis of complex data, determining and documenting the significance of findings. Prepares scientific reports regarding the results of management, protection, restoration, inventory, monitoring, and research. Summarizes new information for use by the scientific community, park staff, cooperators and partners. Incorporates appropriate Geographic Information System (GIS) technology into job to provide comprehensive and scientifically sound answers to inquiries from managers and others. Uses automatic methods for data collection, analysis or illustration. Inputs data into digital form and uses computer applications for data analysis, manipulation, and presentation. Prepares environmental assessments (EAs) related to park projects in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. Evaluates EAs and environmental impact statements prepared by other federal agencies for projects that may affect park resources. Works closely with the park education staff to incorporate new information into park and partner education programs. Acquires and maintains equipment and supplies necessary for conducting field activities. Prepares and maintains botanical specimens in the park herbarium. Maintains records on the collection. The incumbent must be able to perform high level statistical analyses (e.g., nonparametric, time-lagged, autocorrelation, spatial statistics, etc.) and must come with knowledge of how to perform statistical analyses in R and Python.
This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications
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