Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ecology / Botany Program Manager

GS-0408-12

Everett, Washington

 

Are you excited about working in a challenging, highly diverse, dynamic, urban environment?  Are you looking for opportunities to engage a variety of people and partners to explore creative ways of accomplishing and communicating the mission of the Forest Service?  Are you looking for challenges across a complex and diverse landscape?   If yes, then we have the job for you!

 

Located in stunning Northwest Washington, the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (MBS) places a high value on its relationships with our public and visitors/users, other government agencies, Tribal governments, partners, and local communities.  The MBS is looking for an individual with strong ecology and botany skills to support a diverse program of work.  The forest would like someone who can help with landscape level analysis to support our vegetation management program as well as prepare the forest for forest plan revision.  In addition, the position would manage the MBS botany and invasive plant program.  Botanical skills would be a definite plus.

 

Major duties would include serving as the Program Manager and Staff Specialist for the Ecology and Botanical program areas with responsibility for leadership, coordination, planning, and implementation of these areas. These responsibilities include providing expert advice to Interdisciplinary Team members, Forest Supervisor, Resource Staff Officers, and District Rangers; serving as liaison between the Forest and the Regional Office; formulating and recommending local policy; representing the Forest at meetings and workshops; developing program budgets for out-year planning; serving as internal and external Forest contact for ecology and botany activities; and developing and implementing in-service training for Forest personnel.

 

To Show Your Interest in This Position

 

This is an outreach notice for a permanent, full-time position that serves as the ecologist/botanist for the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.  The duty station is in Everett, Washington and the job series is GS-0408-12.  You cannot apply for this position yet.  When ready, the vacancy announcement to apply for the position will be posted on usajobs.gov.  If you respond to this outreach, we will email you the USAJOBS link to the vacancy announcement when it is posted open for applications.

 

The responses to this outreach will give us an idea of interest in the position and help us determine the grade level of the position.  Please email your outreach response (see attached form) by July 14, 2014.  If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact:

  • Peter Forbes, acting Ecosystem and Planning Staff Officer, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest at pforbes@fs.fed.us or 425-783-6030 or
  • David Kendrick, Vegetation Program Manager, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest at dkendrick@fs.fed.us or 425-783-6036.