Biological Science Technician (Temporary)

National Park Service; Sitka (AK); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service in Sitka, Alaska seeks an ecologist for field data collection and biological analysis. This is an excepted service appointment with no competitive status, normally lasting one year and potentially extended to two years based on funding.

Duties include collecting data from field investigations, preparing maps and charts, analyzing reports, and supporting planning of ecological studies that affect park ecosystems, wildlife, and habitats.

Responsibilities

• Collect data from field investigations and make observations of ecological and habitat conditions.
• Analyze data, review reports, and draft portions or full reports.
• Prepare maps, graphs, and charts representing collected data.
• Assist in planning and implementing biological investigations affecting ecology, wildlife, and habitat.

Job description

This listing is a summary.

Open: August 31, 2026 — Closes: September 14, 2026

Summary

This is an excepted service appointment, that remains in the excepted service indefinitely. These positions do not confer competitive status. This is a temporary position expected to last one year, but may be extended up to a maximum of two years based on agency needs and potential funding. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Major Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Performs assignments in collecting data from field investigations and making observations in which biological conditions are readily identifiable for the park's ecology, wildlife, fishery, and/or habitat conditions. Analyzes data and reviews biological reports in an office and drafts reports, assigned portions of reports, or full reports. Prepares maps, graphs, and charts representing data. Participates in phases of planning, organizing, and implementing of biological investigations that affect ecology, wildlife, fishery, and/or habitat conditions. Performs progressively more complex duties supporting the investigations of the organization including gathering, organizing, and interpreting biological, ecological, pathological, public use data, or other information pertinent to the research studies and/or scientific investigations.