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The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s Ecosystems Staff is recruiting for a Temporary NTE 1039 hours, GS-0430-09 Botanist position with responsibility to perform a variety of botanical support functions. This is an exciting opportunity and will provide the applicant with a challenging and rewarding experience in one of the most beautiful locations in the nation. This notification is being circulated to inform prospective applicants of this opportunity and to determine interest in the position.

Applicants are encouraged to apply to this announcement by going through the USAJobs.gov website and applying to the vacancy number; TEMPOCR-0430-9-BOT-DT and selecting South Lake Tahoe, CA as the duty station. The Unit is looking to request a certificate list on Monday, November 18, 2013.

About The Position

The position is located on the LTBMU, within the Ecosystem Conservation Department – Biology Group and will be supervised by the Biological Program Leader. The position will serve as a Botanist and include botanical project support work (including writing biological documents for botanical species) on various programs and projects on the LTBMU and would be the primary crew supervisor of botanical field crews (e.g. invasive plants, rare plants, and general plant inventories). As a crew supervisor the position is expected to plan, organize, lead, train, hire and supervise crews, and conduct botanical inventories and monitoring for the LTBMU.

If you have further questions about the position, please feel free to contact Holly Eddinger at 530-543-2633, or by email at heddinger@fs.fed.us.