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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">PCA Federal and Non-Federal friends, I wanted to let you know that the USBG has an amazing job opening; I know, it is
mine. </span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji"; font-size: 14pt;">đ</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Please forward this widely. Applications accepted until May 6<sup>th</sup></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">This position is located at the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG), a jurisdiction within the Architect
of the Capitol (AOC). The Partnerships Manager helps develop and maintain the USBG partnership program with a focus on advancing conservation, botanical science, urban agriculture, horticulture, and plant-focused education for the greater good.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Major Duties include:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Program Management and Liaison Activities:</b></span></p>
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<li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Manages partnership program to reach diverse and external audiences and advance conservation,
botanical science, urban agriculture, horticulture, and plant-focused education.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Follows current and future trends at public gardens, museums, and related sectors to
recommend opportunities for impactful USBG partnership initiatives and projects.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Maintains collaborative relationships with other federal agencies and colleagues, as
well as museum, conservation, education, and public garden sector organizations and colleagues to advance industry-leading, impactful initiatives.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Contributes to partnership-related congressional queries, strategic plans, and identification
and mitigation of risks.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Project Management and Communication:</b></span></p>
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<li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Maintains partnership projects to facilitate a greater national plant science and conservation
role for the USBG involving the development of conservation strategies for threatened plants, greater public knowledge and appreciation of plants, innovative plant-based education programs, increased national and international coordination of plant research
and conservation efforts at botanic gardens, expanded engagement in urban agriculture, and increased engagement in botanical career fields by a greater diversity of people and organizations.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Serves as the Contracting Officers Representative (COR; e.g., USBGâs leading role)
and/or as a key person for partnership-related cooperative agreements and contracts, to include leading the development of statements of work, working with partner organizations on procurement procedures and processes, and ensuring all contract-related documentation
is submitted.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Records and shares information for reporting and analyses related to managed projects.
Prepares, monitors and tracks partnership annual and multi-year budgets.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Collaborates with the USBG leadership and communications teams to develop internal
and external communications highlighting the USBG's partnership accomplishments.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Prepares or contributes to communications materials including memos, letters, briefings,
emails, articles, and presentations. Audiences include a diversity of internal and external stakeholders and customers including USBG employees, USBG visitors, collaborators, external colleagues, other AOC jurisdictions and offices, congressional members and
staffers, foreign officials, and the general public.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Performs other related duties as assigned.</span></li></ul>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">For more information and to apply see the posting at:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/784478100?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" id="OWAef53d7b2-eb72-df36-fa3a-a982185ddb6b" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.usajobs.gov/job/784478100?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=</a></span></p>
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pronouns</a></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black;">)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black;">Partnerships and Conservation Specialist</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black;">United States Botanic Garden</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="http://www.usbg.gov/cultivate" id="OWA44ee86af-caf8-7f74-e5a9-35e27f404647" class="OWAAutoLink" title="http://www.usbg.gov/cultivate" shash="GkSuKEmQNQh07Osa2fLvEadGbM8C1jIUkjr6Hvt8RrJwmEKuNysU8THt2I1sfL30HeQq6WupEcoahVHLLB/HUMh8DMafx1D8gB8VoJGFFyvTERcx/LXdxX9DwZoamyBqt+u7dcn493QEgS8z5GXS+fX/dIaF3IGQB9p1YDAgjq8=" originalsrc="http://www.usbg.gov/cultivate" data-auth="Verified" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">âCultivate:
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