Seasonal Fish Biologist

Description:

You would serve as a staff or technical advisor in fishery biology at either Glacier Bay or Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserves. You would be responsible for program development and implementation dealing with the management and protection of aquatic and fishery resources and their habitat requirements.

Requirements:

APPLICANT LIMIT; CLARIFICATION FROM AGENCY - Open to the first 150 applicants or until the close date whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-02/09/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

In order to be qualified for this position, you must meet one of the following basic requirements:

Bachelor's Degree or higher with a major in biological science that included:

• At least 6 semester hours in aquatic subjects such as limnology, ichthyology, fishery biology, aquatic botany, aquatic fauna, oceanography, fish culture, or related courses in the field of fishery biology;

and

• At least 12 semester hours in the animal sciences in such subjects as general zoology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy, physiology, entomology, parasitology, ecology, cellular biology, genetics, or research in these fields. (Excess course work in aquatic subjects may be used to meet this requirement when appropriate.)

or

Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in biological science (i.e., at least 30 semester hours), of which a minimum of 6 semester hours were in aquatic subjects and 12 semester hours were in the animal sciences, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in Federal Service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) which is in or related to the position to be filled and which provided the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies to successfully perform the duties of Fish Biologist.

Specialized Experience: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience includes activities such as:

• conducts fisheries field inventories and monitoring studies
• analyzes and evaluates habitat conditions of fish and aquatic resources
• assist in preparing fisheries or fisheries resource management plans
• compiles and interprets biological data
• writes reports in which technical accuracy is critical

or

EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degreein biological science or related field of study. You must include transcripts.

or

Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.