Fish & Wildlife Biologist

You will serve as a Fish & Wildlife Biologist with US Fish and Wildlife Service. This position requires on-site presence. The selected applicant will be expected to report to a Department of the Interior (DOI) Office within the Southeast Region (Region 4). The agency will determine the specific duty station upon selection. Pay will be based on duty location. Atlanta, Georgia Fairhope, Alabama Location Negotiable After Selection in the Southeast Region.

Duties described are at the full performance grade level, some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Lead or support development, implementation, and review of habitat restoration projects by providing technical assistance and conducting feasibility determinations, planning/design, and compliance. Coordinate with cooperators and/or contractors, providing project oversight and monitoring habitat improvements. Develop project plans covering scope, schedule, budget, risks, and quality requirements. Prepare annual work plans and long-range schedules to maximize efficient use of financial resources leading to accomplishment of approved goals and objectives. Develop financial assistance packages and works with various internal and external partners to manage and/or obligate funding. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. 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.