Biologist

National Park Service; Arizona; On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

You will serve as a Biologist with the National Park Service at Grand Canyon National Park, working on study, inventory, monitoring, restoration, and management of a broad range of natural resources.

Key duties include leading fieldwork in front country and backcountry settings, training crew members in data collection and verification, and collaborating on invasive plant management. You will use GIS tools (ArcGIS, ArcPro, AGOL, or R) to process vegetation data and support park managers.

Qualifications

• Leading fieldwork in front country and remote backcountry settings in challenging conditions.
• Training crew members in data collection, entry, and verification methods.
• Leading collaborations with partners on invasive plant management and habitat restoration.
• Use of GIS and data tools to interpret vegetation data and trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead fieldwork and supervise crews under various field conditions.
• Train team members in data collection and quality control methods.
• Collaborate with partners on invasive plant management and habitat restoration.
• Prepare reports and interpret monitoring results for resource managers.
• Utilize NEPA, Wilderness Act and Endangered Species Act in field activities.

Skills

Fieldwork leadership

Data collection

GIS

Verbal briefings

Tools

ArcGIS

ArcPro

AGOL

R

Job description

• Schedule: You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.

You will serve as a Biologist with the National Park Service at Grand Canyon National Park. The biologist is engaged in the study, inventory, monitoring, restoration, and management of a broad range of natural resources.

Key Responsibilities

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 January through mid-December, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year. Non-pay status 12/18-12/31.

Some of the major duties you will perform at the GS-07/09 include but are not limited to the following: Leading fieldwork in front country and remote backcountry settings and under challenging conditions in a safe and efficient manner. Training crew members in appropriate data collection, entry, and verification methods. Leads and/or collaborates with partners on projects to manage invasive plants and restore native plant communities.

Uses chainsaws, water pumps, herbicide application equipment, and a variety of hand tools to manage invasive plants and/or restore native plant communities. Write reports and interpret monitoring results for natural resource managers. Some of the major duties you will perform at the GS-09 include but are not limited to the following: Provide verbal briefings to others to convey information related to habitat restoration including invasive plant management.

Utilize technical methods and procedures and management of biological resources practices with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Wilderness Act, and the Endangered Species Act, to design, coordinate, and execute field work. Use field, geospatial, and other data (e.g., environmental variables) to interpret vegetation data, trends and interrelationships and review scientific literature to put those results into context.

Download, enter, and process vegetation data from mobile data collection units into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) such as ArcGIS, ArcPro, ArcGIS online (AGOL), and/or R (or similar systems). Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements & Education

This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted.

Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs.

For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $50460 – $80243/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-30.

What is the work schedule?

This is a You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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