Biological Science Technician

You will serve as a Biological Science Technician with National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Park, located in Porter, Indiana. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work for approximately 6 months and will be placed in a non-pay status from approximately April 1st through September 30th unless other work exists that can be assigned to you. Major duties: Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Collaborates with a variety of workgroups/agencies having different disciplines to accomplish restoration objectives. Follow standard operational procedures to perform in-vitro transformation of unionid mussels in support of restoration objectives. Maintain scientific databases by collecting, entering, and analyzing data and preparing reports and presentations on restoration activities. Organizes, conducts, trains, and leads others in field surveys/site preparations, in remote locations to document and assess fish and wildlife presence, absence, abundance, reproduction, management issues, and population dynamics using established standard protocols and scientific equipment. Researches scientific literature as background material to prepare technical reports, wildlife management plans, presentations, manuscripts or summaries of wildlife resource projects. Qualifications: Requirements Continued...Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/16/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Specialized Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: conducting wildlife inventory and monitoring activities for a variety of wildlife species. For example, leading, training or supervising others in the performance of one or more of the following: wildlife management or research activities; collecting scientific data on wildlife; implementing/assisting with wildlife monitoring programs; testing and/or assessing wildlife; conducting field surveys in remote locations to document and assess animal presence, abundance, reproduction, management issues, and population dynamics using established protocols and standard scientific equipment, or other related work. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of one full year of graduate level education from an accredited educational institution concentrated in a field that is directly related to the work of the position to be filled, such as biology, wildlife biology, fisheries, zoology, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, or other directly related subject matter. You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above. You must include hours per week and transcripts. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.