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Biologist - Field Unit Local Hiring Authority Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Florida Ecological Services Field Office Summary This position is a Biologist , GS- 0401-9 working in Avon Park or Tyndall AFB, Florida for the R4-Florida Ecological Services Field Office. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is a Biologist , GS- 0401-9 working in Avon Park or Tyndall AFB, Florida for the R4-Florida Ecological Services Field Office. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Avon Park, FL 1 vacancy Tyndall

AFB, FL 1

vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $61,722 - $80,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Term - One Year, with the possibility of agency-determined extensions up to the 10-years. Occupions and job series 0401 General Nural Resources Management And Biological Sciences Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

DE-13026395-26-EP

Control number 879004300 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority and is open to U.S. citizens and nionals who meet all eligibility requirements, including permanent and exclusive residency within the defined vicinity of the field unit as described in this announcement. Under this authority, veterans' preference and traditional ring and ranking procedures do not apply. Videos Duties Help As a Biologist your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following: Oversees and implements long-term conservion actions and daily field work for listed species. Works with partners to improve the stus of federally listed species. Works with Department of War and coopering partners to promote conservion and recovery and meet the needs of the military mission. Implements large-scale management plans, such as the Integred Nural Resources Management Plan.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The work may involve a varied amount of field work. When engaged in field activities, the work is times strenuous, requiring exertion such as walking over wet, rough, uneven or rocky surfaces; bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities. The work requires average agility and dexterity. Travel to remote study sites may be required via bos, small aircraft, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and/or on foot. Extended periods of camping in tents or cabins in remote field camps may occur. Incumbent must be able to cope with the pressure of short time deadlines, responsibilities of logistics to remote areas, cultural conflicts, and adverse weher conditions. The incumbent may be required to lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds. The work requires both office and outdoor work. The office is adequely lighted, heed and ventiled. Frequent travel by various means of surface and air transportion is required to tend meetings and to conduct field work. A variety of temperure and weher extremes may be encountered while in the field. The incumbent may be subject to large numbers of biting insects and may be required to work in close proximity to large animals such as deer, elk, bear and moose. In addition, the incumbent may be exposed to work situions involving hazardous substances, and must comply with Service health and safety policies, including use of approprie safety clothing and equipment. He/she may need to carry a firearm for personal protection from wildlife. The incumbent is expected to conduct duties in a safe and orderly manner so as not to endanger self, fellow workers, or property. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Individuals assigned male birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. To verify registrion SSS.gov. Resume and supporting documents (See How to Apply). Suitability for employment, as determined by background investigion

Driver's License:

Selectees must possess and maintain a valid Ste driver's license all times during their tenure.

Uniform:

Official U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uniform is required. Qualificions In order to qualify for this position you must possess both the Basic Requirement and Minimum Qualificion.

Basic Requirement:

Degree:

biological sciences, agriculture, nural resource management, chemistry, or reled disciplines approprie to the position; OR Combinion of educion and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus approprie experience or additional educion.

Experience:

One year of specialized experience, equivalent to least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service.

Examples of specialized experience include:

Assisting in planning, analyzing, and reporting on fish and wildlife resources of an area; Provide support in development of wildlife management plans to ensure conservion, protection, and enhancement of wildlife; and preparing and delivering presentions. OR Two years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent gradue degree in a discipline directly reled to the position; OR A combinion of specialized experience and gradue educion as described above th, when combined, equals 100% of the total requirement.

Volunteer Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion This position has a mandory educion requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed educion if substituting educion for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and de 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 red not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your educion to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

Foreign Educion:

To receive credit for educion completed outside the United Stes, you must show proof th the educion has been submitted to a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educional credentials and such educion has been deemed least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. educion programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualificions | U.S. Department of Educion.

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//www.ed.gov/about/initiives/internional-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualificion Additional informion Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. Term positions do not convey permanent stus in the Federal service. The agency retains sole discretion and without further competition, the right to extend the durion of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the term appointment regulion(s). No extension to a term appointment shall be granted to a selectee/employee to an amount of time th exceeds the maximum number of years authorized under any present or current regulion, unless such regulion expressly allows such action. the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . If otherwise eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocion incentive. The decision to offer an incentive made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed. For informion : Recruitment Incentive or Relocion Incentive . A continued service agreement may be required if it is determined you are eligible for a permanent change in duty stion (PCS), recruitment, or relocion incentive. Reled Non-Federal experience or reled experience as retired members of the uniformed services may be credited towards computing entitlement to leave accrual, managerial discretion, providing th experience meets certain criteria. This provision allows new employees to earn annual leave a higher re than would otherwise be allowed. (5 Code of Federal Regulions, 630). All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics-prohibitions . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Under this authority, competitive ring, ranking, and veterans' preference procedures do not apply. The Servicing Human Resources Office will determine whether applicants meet the qualificion and eligibility requirements described in this announcement. Applicants who meet these requirements may be referred to the selecting official on a certifice of eligibles for considerion. You must certify th you will maintain a permanent and exclusive residence within the defined vicinity of the field unit(s) listed in this announcement. Upon receipt of a completed applicion package, the Servicing Human Resources Office will review your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificion requirements described in this announcement. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages. Resumes longer than two pages will not be reviewed. Applicants may submit only one resume. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine qualificions and eligibility. If more than one resume is submitted, only the most recent submission reviewed. If your resume is incomplete or does not demonstre th you meet the qualificion requirements or specialized experience described in this announcement, you may be determined ineligible or not qualified for further considerion. Providing false or misleading informion on your resume or supporting documention may result in removal from considerion or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulions. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inapproprie language or informion in their applicion package ineligible for further considerion for this position. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/14/2026: Two Page Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Your 2-page resume must contain informion sufficient to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the specialized experience requirements.

Note:

Current and former Federal employees should include pay plan, series, and grade level for relevant federal experience. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly distinguish the job duties for each grade level and how long you were working in each grade level.

Resume Builder:

https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include Proof of residence (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy). SF-50 cannot be accepted as proof of residence. All college transcript(s) , if qualifying based on educion. Please submit both undergradue and gradue level transcripts, as applicable. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from all documents. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position , you must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. To receive considerion, your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/14/2026. You must provide documention to support your eligibility and qualificion claims. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibility sections to ensure you submit the approprie informion. You will only be considered for eligibilities for which you have provided the required supporting documention. Applicions may be submitted through USAJOBS or through other authorized methods identified by the agency (e.g., third-party plforms or local outreach efforts) to support targeted recruitment under this authority. Applicants submitting merials outside of USAJOBS must: Submit a complete applicion package by the 08/14/2026 of this announcement, and Ensure all merials are formted and consistent with the applicion instructions outlined in this announcement, including resume requirements and supporting documention. All applicions, regardless of submission method, evalued using the same criteria and requirements to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. Applicions received after the closing de, or th do not meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, will not be USAJOBS Applicion Instructions Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13026395 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.

Note:

When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Agency contact informion Eric Panknin eric_panknin@ios.doi.gov Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Capital Management 1875 Century Blvd Suite 370 Atlanta, GA 30345 US Next steps Once your Occupional Questionnaire has been received, you will receive an acknowledgment confirming your submission was successful. Applicants who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under this authority, all applicants determined to be qualified may be referred. If your name is referred, you may be contacted directly by the hiring official for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your applicion key stages in the process, including when candides are referred for considerion and when the selection process has been completed. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/14/2026: Two Page Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Your 2-page resume must contain informion sufficient to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the specialized experience requirements.

Note:

Current and former Federal employees should include pay plan, series, and grade level for relevant federal experience. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly distinguish the job duties for each grade level and how long you were working in each grade level.

Resume Builder:

https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include Proof of residence (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy). SF-50 cannot be accepted as proof of residence. All college transcript(s) , if qualifying based on educion. Please submit both undergradue and gradue level transcripts, as applicable. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from all documents. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position , you must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. To receive considerion, your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/14/2026. You must provide documention to support your eligibility and qualificion claims. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibility sections to ensure you submit the approprie informion. You will only be considered for eligibilities for which you have provided the required supporting documention. Applicions may be submitted through USAJOBS or through other authorized methods identified by the agency (e.g., third-party plforms or local outreach efforts) to support targeted recruitment under this authority. Applicants submitting merials outside of USAJOBS must: Submit a complete applicion package by the 08/14/2026 of this announcement, and Ensure all merials are formted and consistent with the applicion instructions outlined in this announcement, including resume requirements and supporting documention. All applicions, regardless of submission method, evalued using the same criteria and requirements to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. Applicions received after the closing de, or th do not meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, will not be USAJOBS Applicion Instructions Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13026395 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.

Note:

When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Eric Panknin eric_panknin@ios.doi.gov Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Capital Management 1875 Century Blvd Suite 370 Atlanta, GA 30345 US Next steps Once your Occupional Questionnaire has been received, you will receive an acknowledgment confirming your submission was successful. Applicants who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under this authority, all applicants determined to be qualified may be referred. If your name is referred, you may be contacted directly by the hiring official for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your applicion key stages in the process, including when candides are referred for considerion and when the selection process has been completed. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Avon Park, FL 1 vacancy Tyndall

AFB, FL 1

vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $61,722 - $80,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Term - One Year, with the possibility of agency-determined extensions up to the 10-years. Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

DE-13026395-26-EP

Control number 879004300