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Recruitment Bulletin
Wildlife Biologist I
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Position ID Number: 11-4009
Application Period: 11/19/2012 through 12/17/2012Position open to: Alaska Residents Only
Department: Fish & GameDivision: Wildlife Conservation
Location: JuneauRegion: Southeast
Salary: $3,626.00 MonthlyRange: 14
Job Status: SeasonalBargaining Unit: GG

Job Description:

The Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation is recruiting for a Wildlife Biologist I position to work in our Douglas office. This position will assist the Regional Wildlife Biologist for the Wildlife Diversity Program with a variety of inventory, monitoring, and research projects involving amphibians, bats, small mammals, birds, and terrestrial invertebrates in Southeast Alaska. Primary duties are to develop and implement Citizen Science projects aimed at synthesizing local knowledge, collecting data as part of a monitoring program, or collecting data to answer specific research questions; conduct visual and acoustic surveys and captures of a variety of wildlife taxa; complete data entry and analysis; assist with research project design and implementation; and oversee project logistics.

This is a permanent seasonal position. A typical work week is Monday–Friday, 8:00-4:30daily, with one hour for lunch (37.5 hours per week); however, substantial evening and weekend work may be required during the field season (April - September). Work may involve exposure to animals, insects, and inclement weather; low-level flying; traveling by boat or skiff; or contact with drugs or chemicals.

The key responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

  • Developing and implementing a robust Citizen Science program in Southeast Alaska.
  • Working cooperatively with state, federal, university, and non-profit partners to enhance conservation of species of greatest conservation need.
  • Assisting the regional wildlife biologist with all aspects of designing and implementing wildlife research projects.
  • Entering, analyzing, and managing data.

The ideal candidate will possess the following desired strengths (A description of these strengths must be documented in your cover letter and applicant profile or you will not receive an interview. If you do not have experience in a particular skill, simply state so in your cover letter.):

  • Experience with public outreach and education, including preparing outreach materials (posters, brochures, educational handouts, and PowerPoint presentations), developing social media and web content, and making presentations to students and the general public.
  • Experience collaborating with multiple agencies or organizations.
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills with an ability to work effectively and respectfully with others from varying backgrounds and perspectives.
  • Experience recruiting, training, and coordinating volunteers.
  • Excellent computer skills, including experience with advanced features of Access, Excel, and Word.
  • Experience with ArcGIS, including importing, manipulating, and summarizing spatial data and creating maps.
  • Experience with developing data collection protocols and forms, data entry, data management and manipulation, and producing data summaries.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience conducting research on wildlife populations, including writing and editing technical reports.
  • Experience conducting aerial, ground, and/or boat-based wildlife surveys, and collecting habitat, environmental, and other scientific data.
  • Experience living and working in remote field locations and working in inclement weather and challenging terrain.
  • Experience managing logistics associated with field research projects, including chartering helicopters, planes and/or vessels; arranging travel; organizing, preparing, packing, and shipping field equipment; and purchasing and organizing food and field supplies.

View Class Specifications for this job:

Special Note:
“Upper division courses” means courses that are specialized, in-depth and advanced. Such courses emphasize problem-solving, analytical thinking skills, and theoretical applications, with depth and rigor in a discipline’s theories and methods; specialization in a particular field or profession; refinement of general education; and/or development of specific intellectual and professional skills. Upper division courses are commonly identified in college catalogs as 300 level and higher.

An individual who will complete the educational requirements and obtain the required bachelor’s degree within six months may apply and be considered for a vacancy. Such applicants may be given a conditional job offer but may not be appointed until receipt of the required degree has been documented.

Minimum Qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in biology, a branch of biology, limnology, biometrics, oceanography, forestry, or natural resource management.

Substitutions:
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college that includes or is supplemented by the following credit hours will substitute for the degree in a specific field:
• at least 24 semester hours (36 quarter hours) in biology, a branch of biology, limnology, biometrics, oceanography, forestry, or natural resource management (excluding courses that focus on agricultural husbandry techniques, human population dynamics, or the design and manipulation of landscapes), of which 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) are upper division courses; and
• at least 12 semester hours (16 quarter hours) in any combination of two or more of the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, geology, hydrology, or GIS.

The following combination of education and experience will substitute for the required bachelor’s degree:
60 semester hours (88 quarter hours) from an accredited college that included at least 20 semester (28 quarter) hours at the 200 level or higher in biology, a branch of biology, limnology, oceanography, ichthyology, mammalogy, or ornithology, fisheries and wildlife technology, aquaculture or hatchery methods, aquatic or terrestrial ecology, statistics, or forestry or natural resource management;
AND
three years of paraprofessional field or laboratory/office work experience at the journey level or higher in fisheries, wildlife, habitat, or subsistence research or management will substitute for the required bachelors degree. The required paraprofessional experience is met by service as a Fish & Wildlife Technician III or higher with the State of Alaska, or the equivalent elsewhere.

Special Notice for Recruitment:

*NOTE* *NOTE* *NOTE* *NOTE* *NOTE*
COVER LETTER
In your cover letter located on the Job Qualification Summary, you must highlight your knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience as they pertain to the key responsibilities and desired traits listed in the job description above. In addition, your application package will be reviewed to determine if you possess the experience and strengths we are seeking in an employee.

Your cover letter will be considered a writing sample and will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your Applicant Profile, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applicant Profiles and Job Qualification Summaries will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

EDUCATION
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education and Training section of the Applicant Profile. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of credit hours earned in the Degrees Obtained field. Copies of transcripts will be required within 48 hours of the close of the recruitment period.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.

CONFIRMATION PAGE
If you have successfully submitted your application online, a confirmation page will appear telling you the date and time your application was submitted, and a confirmation email will be sent to you. If you do not see a confirmation page, or if you do not receive a confirmation email within half hour after submitting your application, call the Division of Personnel and Labor Relations to confirm that it was received successfully. Do make sure that you have the correct email address in your Applicant Profile, and that your spam filter will permit email from the ‘state.ak.us’ and ‘alaska.gov’ domains.

FULL-TIME BENEFITS
Employment with the State of Alaska includes competitive benefits such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance, 11 paid holidays annually, 2 days’ personal leave accrual monthly, 2 retirement plans and other optional benefits. For more information regarding these benefits, please review the following web site:
http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/

This position requires the use or possession of a firearm or ammunition. In accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104-208), if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, you may not hold this position.

A "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" is an offense that is (1) a misdemeanor under Federal or state law; and (2) has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim.

If you have ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, do NOT apply for this position.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education:

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements. You must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.


Additional Required Information:

As part of your application packet, and within 48 hours of the close of this recruitment, please send copies of academic transcript(s) (unofficial copies are acceptable) to the contact person listed below.



At the time of interview applicants must bring the following items:
1) Phone numbers and e-mail addresses of 2-3 professional references that are familiar with your qualifications and would be willing to discuss your suitability for this position.

NOTE: If applying by hard copy, you must follow the directions below.
Contact Person:Karen Blejwas, Regional Wildlife Biologist
Date required by:
E-Mail Address:karen.blejwas@alaska.gov
Mailing Address:PO Box 110024, Juneau, AK 99811
Fax Number:907-465-4272
Phone Number:907-465-4328

To Apply Online:
1.Assure Minimum Qualifications are met. Carefully read the Minimum Qualifications. If you can answer 'yes' to all of the Minimum Qualifications, or answer 'yes' to all parts of a minimum qualifications substitution group (if any such groups are listed), then you may continue on with this process and register. If you cannot, please DO NOT try to register or apply. Your Applicant Profile will NOT be sent to a hiring manager, and it will NOT be reviewed.
2.If you are already registered,
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Register with Workplace Alaska and complete an Applicant Profile
3.
Your Workplace Alaska session will time out after 30 minutes.

It is recommended that you prepare your cover letter in advance in Wordpad or similar text processor. When you are satisfied with it, copy it into memory and apply for the job (step #4).

When you get to part 2 of the application, at the "Applicant Letter" field, simply paste in the text that was saved in memory [Ctrl-V]. This technique will speed up your application submission, and reduce the chances of a time-out.

If you get timed out before submitting your application, the data you entered will be lost. Keep your total submission time to less than 30 minutes.

4.Click here to login Once you are logged in, you may apply for the position by filling out a Job Qualifications Summary form. First-time applicants see step two.

Note: Registering captures data common to all openings with Workplace Alaska, so if you have already filled out an Applicant profile, you do not need to do it again. When you have registered, you will have a user name and password and be allowed to apply for a job with Workplace Alaska.

Your Applicant Profile and Job Qualification Summary must be RECEIVED (not postmarked) or SUBMITTED on-line by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date of recruitment. Submissions after this time are not accepted.

To Apply By Hard Copy:
The State of Alaska will also accept printed (hard) copies of the Applicant Profile and the Job Qualification Summary through the mail or facsimile (fax). Please click on the links above for both the Applicant Profile and the Job Qualification Summary, fill them out and fax to the number listed below, or mail to the address listed below. You may also bring your hard copy application in to the street address listed below. If you need the blank forms mailed or faxed to you, please contact us at voice number(s) listed below and we will mail or fax the Applicant Profile and Job Qualification Summary to you.

Division of Personnel Contact Information:

Mailing Address:
Department of Administration
Division of Personnel
PO Box 110201
Juneau, AK 99811-0201

Street Address:
State Office Building, 10th Floor
333 Willoughby Avenue
Juneau, Alaska

Email: recruitment.services@alaska.gov

Jobs Hot-line and Customer Service:

  • 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday excluding State holidays
  • A recording of vacancies is available 24-hours per day
  • (800) 587-0430 (Statewide toll-free number)
  • (907) 465-4095 (Juneau and out-of-state callers)
  • (907) 465-2576 (fax)

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  • (800) 770-8973 ( TT/TTD )
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