Job Announcement: Summer small-mammal trapping field technicians
GS – 4, 5, 6, 7
Duty Station: Alta, Sacramento, Placerville, CA
Reply Due: April 12, 2017
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Temporary Biological Sciences Technician (Wildlife) with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: Series 0404, Grade 4, 5, 6 and 7. Duty station: Alta, Sacramento or Placerville, California.
Start and end dates: At least three contiguous month period between May 2017 to end of September 2017
Salary: Approximately $2,500 – $3,500/month depending on GS grade (4, 5, 6 or 7)
Project description: Project focuses on wildlife movement in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California (study area falls in the general area of Auburn, Cisco and Nevada City, CA) with a duty station in Alta, Sacramento or Placerville CA (dependent on project needs). Understanding how roads isolate wildlife populations is critical to guide future mitigation efforts. This work aims at developing a better understanding of how structures that provide safe passage across the road (e.g. culverts) help connect wildlife populations on opposite sides of the road. We use small mammal traps, along with road-kill surveys, to examine the effects of roads broadly across the landscape.
Duties: Lead a team responsible for monitoring wildlife. Applicant should be responsible, organized and motivated. Field teams will predominantly be working with small-mammal traps but may also assist in road-kill surveys, camera-traps (remotely-triggered wildlife-cameras), and assessing underpasses for wildlife suitability. Field work will involve navigating and hiking across rugged terrain to field sites while carrying heavy equipment. Field work may also be largely focused on the road verges and will likely require extensive work on the road-side. During periods without field work, efforts will be focused on data entry and identifying wildlife species in camera-trap photos. Small-mammal trapping occurs in the early morning (6:00 AM – 10:00 AM) and again in the early evening (4:00 PM – 8:00 PM) to ensure small mammal safety.
Requirements: Must have experience handling small-mammals, working with small-mammal live-traps and California small-mammal identification. Applicant should have previous supervisory experience and be comfortable managing conflict. Applicant should be detail oriented with the ability to take careful notes in field and office settings (Microsoft Excel experience). Applicant should be in good physical condition with the ability to hike at high elevation and in rugged terrain while carrying equipment. Applicant should be comfortable working outdoors and in challenging field conditions (e.g. hot/cold) including along roadsides. Applicant should have basic competency using GPS/maps to locate field sites. Available to work full-time (40 hours/week).
Desired qualifications (not required): Driver license; experience with camera-traps, possibility to work alternative schedules (e.g. 4 days on with 3 days off; 40 hr/week average) & an interest in ecology and wildlife biology.
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