- Position Title
- Botanist
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Announcement Number
- IM-1538-BIBE-21-11086609-DE Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, April 28, 2021 to Thursday, May 13, 2021
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a United States Citizen?
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3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
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To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
4.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Botanist, GS-0430-11, position with the National Park Service. Your responses to this questionnaire, in conjunction with other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated to determine your qualifications. Please carefully follow all instructions before submitting your responses. Your ratings are subject to change if discrepancies exist between your responses and supporting documents.
From the descriptions below, select one response that best describes how you meet the basic education requirement for a Botanist position. Read all responses before making your selection. MARK ONLY ONE RESPONSE. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible. You must submit all transcripts with your application to document that you meet the basic education requirement. You will be disqualified from further consideration if you fail to submit your transcripts with your application. If your transcripts do not reflect the required degree or coursework, you will be disqualified from further consideration for this position.
1.
Select the most appropriate response to indicate how you fulfill the basic education requirement outlined in the job announcement:
From the descriptions below, select the letter corresponding to the statement that most clearly and accurately describes your qualifying experience for the Botanist position at the GS-11 level. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible. Your resume must fully support the specialized experience outlined in the job announcement to be qualified. No assumptions will be made based on job title or grade level alone.
2.
Select the most appropriate response to indicate how you fulfill the specialized experience requirement outlined in the job announcement:
For the questions below, please select from A through E to indicate the skill level that you possess for each task listed. The questions were developed based on the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to perform the work of this position. Your responses to the task statements below must be supported by your resume or other application materials. Each of your responses must be clearly supported by your education, training, and/or specific work experience and can be documented by your resume, transcripts, or other items you choose to submit. If your application does not support the responses you claim in this questionnaire, your score will be lowered or you will be found not qualified. The information you provide will be verified. Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for disqualification, non-selection, or dismissal from the agency after you begin work.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Develop and negotiate cooperative and interagency agreements and other cooperative instruments to effectively carry out property and financial goals.
4.
Carry 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.
5.
Serves as the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative or Agreement Officer's Technical Representative for assigned projects
6.
Coordinate development and production of native plant materials for re-vegetation and restoration projects.
7.
Applies chemical treatment ( Herbicides ) in vegetation management as part of ecosystem restoration projects.
8.
Maintains Pesticide Treatment Logs.
9.
Serve as program representative at meetings where sensitive plant management issues are discussed.
10.
Provide technical assistance and direction in applying threatened, endangered, and sensitive (TES) plant management principles.
11.
Provide long-range planning, program direction, establishment of program standards, objectives, and priorities for threatened, endangered, and sensitive plants, and native plant materials.
12.
Monitor and manage non-native, invasive plant species on NPS unit lands.
13.
Collect scientific data in remote, backcountry settings.
14.
Install and maintain field vegetation inventory and monitoring plots, using appropriate protocols and statistically valid sampling designs.
15.
Measure plant individuals, populations and communities using accepted scientific field methods and techniques.
16.
Develop data management schema, data dictionaries, organize data for future analysis.
17.
Develop a variety of written documentation including reports, position papers, briefings, or responses to upper management inquiries.
18.
Collect, analyze, and synthesize scientific information from research.
19.
Evaluate and comment on proposed scientific botanical research activities on NPS lands
20.
Identify plant species using published dichotomous keys and museum reference collections.
21.
Document resolution of controversial and complex botany or threatened, endangered, and/or sensitive plant issues.
22.
Serve as principal liaison for the botany program with other Federal and State agencies, universities, public groups, and individuals.
23.
Conduct botanical surveys for invasive plant species following established protocols and make recommendations to higher-grade NPS managers on appropriate treatments.
24.
Serves on an interdisciplinary team to address botanical and natural resources issues and problems.