Supervisory Ecologist

Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Ecologist with National Park Service. The purpose of this position is to serve as Supervisory Regional Inventory and Monitoring Program Manager in the National Capital Region (NCR). The Incumbent is responsible for supervising and directing the development, implementation, and management of the Inventory and Monitoring Program and region-wide inventories.

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Exercises the full range of technical and administrative supervisory responsibilities for a staff that includes permanent and temporary personnel. Serves as principal scientific advisor for the inventory and monitoring of natural resources, where most parks in the region lack sufficient scientific staff to collect, manage, and synthesize scientific information needed to manage park ecosystems. Leads the development, implementation, and management of an interdisciplinary and complex program within the region to address a wide variety of sensitive park resource management issues of national significance, accomplishing the national goals and objectives for the Inventory and Monitoring (l&M) Program. Identifies l&M needs and develops work plans and schedules, cost estimates, and funding proposals to accomplish program goals. Collects, organizes, and makes available natural resource data to produce useful program information through analysis, synthesis, and modeling and summarizes information for use by scientists, managers, planners, park staff, cooperators, and partners.

Qualifications

Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/16/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Basic Educational Requirement AND Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. Basic Educational Requirements: In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position, you must meet the following: Degree: Biology, or a related field of science underlying ecological research that included at least 30 semester hours in basic and applied biological sciences. These hours must have included at least 9 semester hours in ecology, and 12 semester hours in physical and mathematical sciences. You must submit transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level: Experience: You must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrating the following experience: 1) Coordination of interdisciplinary programs of natural resource management and ecosystem science. 2) Establishes quality assurance and quality control standards and procedures for Inventory and Monitoring Programs. You must include hours per week worked. For Detail: There are no qualification requirements for a detail assignment however, employees must meet any positive education/licensure requirements and have experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the major duties of the position. Detail assignments do not include additional or reduced compensation, including locality pay, but benefit from the experience gained, and the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and skills. Time spent on a detail is not creditable for time-in-grade purposes. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience. 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