[PCA] Fwd: [EXTERNAL] [ECOLOG-L] Early Alert Job Announcement --Botanist GS 5/7/9 permanent full time Northern Research Station USDA Forest Service

Mon Jan 13 14:50:39 CST 2020

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From: Dr. Cynthia D. Huebner <privateemail4997 at community.esa.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:46 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ECOLOG-L] Early Alert Job Announcement --Botanist GS
5/7/9 permanent full time Northern Research Station USDA Forest Service
To: ECOLOG-L at community.esa.org <ECOLOG-L at community.esa.org>

*OUTREACH NOTICE of job to be posted in the near future:  USDA Forest
Service, Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV*

*Job Title:*  Botanist

*Series and Grade:* 0430, ladder position GS 5/7/9 (could be hired at any
of the three grades, depending on experience and qualifications;
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/botany-series-0430/
.

*Salary Range:*  $39,291 - $59,534

*Location (Duty Station):*  Northern Research Station (NRS) Forest Science
Laboratory in Morgantown, WV

*Duration:*  Permanent and full time with health, retirement, and life
insurance benefits in addition to annual and sick leave.

The selected person will provide professional, scientific assistance using
a variety of botanical skills that support Forest Service research on
native, nonnative, invasive, and sensitive plant species in pristine and
disturbed forest ecosystems.

* Major Duties:*

   - Conduct vegetation inventories at population, community, and landscape
   scales
   - Select research sites and establish new field monitoring plots and
   experiments evaluating invasion biology, ecology, and forest restoration
   - Collect and prepare voucher specimens and maintain the NRS Herbarium
   - Set up and maintain common garden, greenhouse, and growth chamber
   experiments including propagation, watering, fertilizing, mowing,
   pest-detection, and monitoring environmental settings and sensors
   - Measure morphological and physiological plant attributes
   - Collect seed and evaluate germination rates and seed viability
   - Collect soil for seed bank analyses and soil nutrient composition
   - Oversee and maintain equipment associated with both field and
   laboratory research; field equipment may include such items as increment
   borers, soil augers, battery operated mower; laboratory equipment may
   include light meters, data loggers, incubators, balances, growth chambers
   and greenhouse growing space; maintenance may include changing light bulbs
   and filters as needed and cleaning/sanitizing between experiments
   - Maintain data in appropriate and organized database/spreadsheet files;
   summarize and interpret data; assist with presentations and papers
   - Collect spatial data and make digital maps of site and plant species
   locations

*Morgantown WV *is a small university city in northern WV with many
amenities and community services normally associated with larger cities.
Recently, it was rated third-best small US city to live in. A
federally-sponsored day care facility is available to employees. Outdoor
recreation activities abound with the Monongahela National Forest nearby.
Morgantown is 1.5 hours from Pittsburgh, PA and 4 hours from Washington, DC.

*Vacancy Announcement*

The vacancy announcement for this position will be posted in the near
future on the U.S. Government's official website for employment
opportunities at *www.usajobs.gov*. <http://www.usajobs.gov/> All persons
indicating an interest in applying for this position will be notified when
the position is posted. Those who wish to be considered for this position
must apply to the vacancy announcement and upload all required
documentation, including transcripts and eligibility for special authority
hiring, as appropriate. All applicants who have applied to the announcement
and are found to be qualified

and in the quality group will be referred for consideration.

*Contacts: *If you have questions or wish to be sent notice of the vacancy
announcement posting, please contact Dr. Cynthia Huebner, USDA Forest
Service, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield St. Morgantown, WV 26505,
cynthia.d.huebner at usda.gov, 304-285-1582.

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applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for
any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the contact
person or office identified earlier in this announcement for assistance.
The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a
case-by-case basis. The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

.

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*Cynthia D. Huebner, PhD Research Botanist*

*Forest Service *

*Northern Research Station, Group 3*

*p: 304-285-1582 f: 304-285-1505 Cynthia.D.Huebner at usda.gov
<Cynthia.D.Huebner at usda.gov>*

180 Canfield St.
Morgantown, WV 26505
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*Cynthia D. Huebner, PhD Research Botanist*

*Forest Service *

*Northern Research Station, Group 3*

*p: 304-285-1582 f: 304-285-1505 Cynthia.D.Huebner at usda.gov
<Cynthia.D.Huebner at usda.gov>*

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