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Hey everyone, please help spread the news about these job opportunities in Alaska.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska Region (Region) is in a unique situation in that much of the Region is remains relatively free of invasive species.  However, the threat of the impacts of invasive species in Alaska is urgent and a high priority for all the Service programs here.  Our cross-programmatic efforts are increasing each year as we collaborate with other Federal, State, Tribal, and non-governmental agencies to eradicate and contain species like Elodea, Northern Pike, Rats, and Orange Hawkweed, while initiating efforts to prevent the introduction of new species (e.g., quagga or zebra mussels) to the Region.  To help us reach our goals, the Region is hiring two full time biologist at the GS-11/12 grade that will be focused on prevention, early detection and rapid response efforts throughout the Region. The two individuals will report to the Regional Office with possible duty stations in Anchorage, Fairbanks, or on the Kenai Peninsula (i.e., Soldotna or Homer) to help with our localized efforts in those areas.

As the Service and DOI shifts to doing national batch hiring, we were anticipating a more general job announcement for these Fish and Wildlife Biologist positions.  The position description (and some of the application questions) for this announcement ended up being more specific to staff focused on endangered species efforts. However, many of the knowledge, skills and abilities are similar to what we are looking for such as:

  *   Conduct on-site ecological investigations;
  *   Conduct specie status surveys;
  *   Ensuring project compliance with governing regulations such as National Environmental Policy Act;
  *   Assess, select, and make optimum use of data, methods, field observations and other information to draw sound conclusions which result in effective recommended action plans;
  *   Participate in multi-disciplinary planning efforts with a variety of public and private groups, state, local, or Federal agencies; and,
  *   Prepare responses to inquiries from Congressional staff, the public, the news media, etc..
Please note this is being flown as a merit promotion and the announcement closes on October 29, 2019.

Interested individuals with questions about the positions should call me on my cell phone, 907-378-0568.

Thanks for the help distributing this.

Aaron and the rest of the Alaska Regional Invasive Species Team.

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From: Jillian Strycharz <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 1:00 PM
Subject: Fish and Wildlife Biologist GS-0401-11/12 Coordinated Advertisement Now Open

Good Afternoon,
The Fish and Wildlife Biologist GS-0401-11/12 Coordinated Advertisement is now open and posted on usajobs.gov.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__usajobs.gov&d=DwMFaQ&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=Znw7vQJ85zwmeBWJKUyE3A&m=hDfaLokGyvI-Dj33uz5nU9CbZUvfaC0Alf9LRvrMS7I&s=mYjOkeVrRneQvz-EEu0P70zAb2z35LpSA-fa0TO677U&e=> Please see additional information and active link below for distribution.

Fish and Wildlife Biologist

Open & closing dates:  10/15/2019 to 10/29/2019
Pay scale & grade: GS-0401-11/12
Announcement number: MR-20-10620098-JLS-MP https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/548811700<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.usajobs.gov_GetJob_ViewDetails_548811700&d=DwMFaQ&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=Znw7vQJ85zwmeBWJKUyE3A&m=hDfaLokGyvI-Dj33uz5nU9CbZUvfaC0Alf9LRvrMS7I&s=0rmOzTkbRMN967ioKn-RiaFGweMfvOysKJ-MAVrbnRs&e=>


Jillian Strycharz
Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Staffing)
Joint Administrative Operations | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Mission:  To deliver innovative administrative services that advance the mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.



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Aaron E. Martin
Invasive Species Program Coordinator
Alaska Region
1011 E. Tudor Road, MS361
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone #: Office: 907-786-3510
                  Cell: 907-378-0568
                  Fax: 907-786-3848

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