[PCA] JOBS: 3 SES Natural Resources USDA Forest Service Positions (Washington, DC)

[Kwong, Olivia]

The Forest Service’s Washington Office has 3 job announcements for
Executive level natural resource leadership positions. Two are in
Research and one is in the National Forest System. Below are the job
titles, a link to their USA Jobs vacancy announcement, and a short
description of each position:

1) Research and Development Director for Resources Use Science and
applications are being accepted until August 21, 2013.
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/348037500

The Director, Resource Use Sciences (RUS), Washington Office, serves
as a member of the Forest Service R&D executive staff and, as such, is
responsible for providing national leadership to comprehensive
scientific programs, many of which have worldwide impact on providing
fundamental and applied knowledge to important environmental,
conservation, and utilization problems. The incumbent’s
responsibilities include national program and budget development and
oversight aimed at ensuring that the knowledge and technology for
managing and utilizing the nation’s natural resources are available
to resource utilization managers. The scope of the incumbent’s
specific responsibilities is complex including research in economics,
social sciences, urban forestry, wildlife, fish, and utilization.

2) Research and Development Director for Forest Management Sciences.
Applications are being accepted until August 28, 2013.
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/348494500

The Director of Forest Management Sciences (FMS), Washington Office,
serves as a member of the Forest Service Executive Staff and, as such,
is responsible for providing national leadership to comprehensive
scientific programs, many of which have worldwide impact on providing
fundamental and applied knowledge to important environmental,
conservation, and utilization problems. The incumbent's
responsibilities include national program and budget development and
oversight aimed at ensuring that the knowledge and technology for
managing the Nation's natural resources arc available to resource
managers. The scope of the incumbent's specific responsibilities
covers an exceptionally broad and complex array of research spanning
multidisciplinary components that must be successfully integrated to
solve vegetation management and protection knowledge and technology
gaps. These major components include research in silviculture, forest
ecology, genetics, rangeland ecology, microbiology, entomology,
pathology, fire sciences, and climate change.

3) The National Forest Management Director and the National Watershed,
Fish, Wildlife, Air and Rare Plants Director (vice Anne Zimmermann).
Applications accepted until August 19.
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/347935800

The Director, Watershed, Wildlife, Fish, Air, and Rare Plants Staff,
serves as program leader and technical director of Forest Services
programs involving conservation, development, and manipulation of
wildlife and fish habitats.

For more information, please contact:

Monica Tomosy
National Wildlife Research Program Leader and
Liaison to the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Arlington, VA
mstomosy at fs.fed.us <mailto:mstomosy at fs.fed.us>

703-402-5625
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