From: "Fuller-Barnes, Sharon" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 5:43 PM
Subject: Considering a Career in Conservation? Additional Opportunities for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Please Review, APPLY and/or Pass Along!

Good Afternoon!

As of December 8, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released some additional Full-Time/Temporary vacancy announcements. Please review and pass along to others that may be interested. If there are any specific questions on the positions, please open up the job announcement, and at the bottom there will be agency contact information which refers to a human resource point of contact that is assigned to that position. If you have any questions related to www.usajobs.gov or the application process in general or if you have applied/been selected for a position, please let me know! If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list please reply "remove".

Below you will find vacancy announcements that are posted on www.usajobs​.gov website and a link to other vacancy announcements using the link below. Please read each announcement carefully and apply for those you fill that fit your qualifications. ​As an additional resource, here​ is the link for the FWS Human Capital page. This will pull up all jobs open to public for the whole U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service​  https://www.fws.gov/humancapital/index.html


Remember if you have any questions about the vacancy/position please call the Human Resource contact located on the last page of the announcement!!

So what can you do to increase your chances on making the Certificate of Eligibles (qualify for the job!), Here are some tips below:

1) Make sure to review all the duties and responsibilities on the vacancy announcement and review the federal resume that you built. Do you have any experience in the  duties on the vacancy announcement? IF SO MAKES SURE YOUR FEDERAL RESUME REFLECTS IT!

2) Are your transcripts attached? Are they legible? Do they reflect all courses you have enrolled and completed to obtain your degrees (ex: did you take a statistics class at a community college...if so make sure you obtain these transcripts as well)!

4) Are you applying for a position that you qualify for? Remember applicants who meet the basic requirements described  below will qualify for the GS-05 grade level. The following are requirements for qualifying for higher grade levels on education alone:


GRADE/
POSITIONS

EDUCATION

SPECIALIZED
EXPERIENCE

GS-7


1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement


1 year equivalent to at least GS-5


GS-9


2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree​.​


1 year equivalent to at least GS-7

GS-11

3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree​.​


Good Luck and keep in touch​!



JOB OPPORTUNITIES:

Here is your opportunity to live and work in sunny South Texas on one of the most biologically diverse refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System: the nearly 100,000-acre Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. We are looking for someone to serve as the Wildlife Biologist for the Refuge; a person excited to work in the outdoors, manage and restore wetlands, and protect habitat for priority species on FWS managed lands in South Texas. The following vacancy announcement will close on Dec 13, 2016; therefore, don't delay if you are interested, or know someone that may be interested in this position. Vacancy Announcement: 
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/458836200/ (Delegated examining - open to all U.S. Citizens)




Wildlife Refuge Specialist
GS-0485-5/7 (FPL 11)
South TX National Wildlife Refuge, Alamo, TX
Open:  12/08/16
Close:  12/14/16






Facility Operations Specialist

GS-1640-11

Southeast Louisiana Refuge Complex, Lacombe, Louisianna

Permanent/Full-Time

Open: 12/8/16     Close: 12/14/16






Biologist, GS-0401-7 (FPL 9)
Anahuac NWR, Anahuac, TX
Permanent, F/T

Open:  12/08/16
Close: 12/14/16




R4-17-1867065-NM-MP

Supervisory Forestry Technician (Fire)

GS-0462-6/7

Cameron Prairie NWR

Bell City, LA

 

FULL-TIME/PERMANENT

FWS and LMWFA eligible's only

Open: 12/08/16    Close: 12/14/16

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/458881300/

 




R2-17-1861077-AL-DEU
Supervisory Fish Biologist                        
GS 0482-12                                                
Full-Time/Term NTE 13 Months

2 Positions
San Marcos, TX
Uvalde, TX




Fish & Wildlife Biologist (Remote Sensing & Geospatial Analyst),
 Albuquerque, NM
Here is the link to the DE announcement (open to all U.S. Citizens).  





Here is the link to the DE announcement (open to all U.S. Citizens).  Thanks.






The following Wildlife Refuge Manager, GS-0485-14, vacancy, for the Buenos Aires NWR, Sasabe, Arizona, is now open on USAJobs:


Open:  12.08.16
Close: 12.15.16




Budget Analyst, GS-560-09/11
National Wildlife Refuge System

Open:  12/07/16
Close:  12/13/16




The DOI Deepwater Horizon NRDAR Case Management Office has a job opening for our Assistant Restoration Manger.  This is a GS-13 supervisory position which will be located in either Fairhope, AL or Atlanta, GA.   The announcement closes on December 13, 2016.

 






Job Title:  Fish and Wildlife Biologist

Department:  Department of the Interior

Agency/Bureau:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Job Announcement Number:  R3-16-1863898-LO

Open Period:  Thursday, December 8, 2016 to Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Who May Apply:  Applications will be accepted from current career or career-conditional federal employees, former federal employees with reinstatement eligibility, and person’s eligible under Special Hiring Authorities. Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 or more years of continuous active service may apply under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). CTAP/ICTAP eligible within the local commuting area may also apply.

Series and Grade:  GS-0401-12

Position Information:  Full Time - Permanent

Promotion Potential:  GS-12

Salary Range:  $75,329.00 to $97,927.00/ Per Year

Duty Location:  Bloomington, MN 
Link:  https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/PrintPreview/458881800

 



Job Title:  Fish Biologist

Department:  Department of the Interior

Agency/Bureau:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Job Announcement Number:  R3-16-1869336-LO

Open Period:  Thursday, December 8, 2016 to Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Who May Apply:  United States Citizens

Series and Grade:  GS-0482-11

Position Information:  Full Time

Promotion Potential:  GS-12

Salary Range:  $59,246 to $77,019.00/ Per Year

Duty Location:  Carterville, IL/Onalaska, WI
Link:  https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/458907100/





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Sharon Fuller-Barnes
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Region
Workforce Employment Recruiter
Cell: 404-307-1559   Office: 512-490-0057 ext 230
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's mission is, working with others, to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.




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