Outreach NoticeUSDA Forest Service, Washington Office, Business Operations

Enterprise Program

Position/Title: Ecologist (Fire)

Position Series/Grade: GS-0408-11/12

Tour of Duty: Permanent Full Time. The position may be filled, competitively, non-competitively, through merit promotion, lateral reassignment or other hiring authority.

Duty Station: Virtual / TBD. This position has a flexible duty station location preferably within 1 ½ hours of a major airport, and within commuting distance of a Forest Service office location. This position requires extensive travel.

About the Enterprise Program: The Enterprise Program operates in a fee-for-service business model as an agile branch of the Forest Service delivering highly skilled on-demand services supporting land and resource management activities. Enterprise is a national program organized under Washington Office, Business Operations. The Program was created to support increased productivity and effectiveness through applying business practices within the Forest Service infrastructure. Enterprise employees are nimble and able to supply rapid response services across all levels of the Forest Service. This is particularly advantageous to the agency when specialized skills are not otherwise available or when workload exceeds capacity, which also greatly benefits the taxpaying public. The program is currently comprised of over 250 employees stationed nationwide, and is growing. Enterprise strives to deliver a ‘best value’ by consistently monitoring national and regional strategic objectives and the evolution of the Forest Service workforce composition to offer targeted, timely and cost effective services in alignment with what is emerging on the agency’s horizon.

The program provides: Agency managers with a highly-skilled workforce that is flexible in supplying on-demand services. A wide variety of services in the areas of Cultural Resources and Heritage, Recreation, Timber,

Engineering, Technology, Communications, Biology, Range, Timber, Watershed, Forest Planning, Special Uses, and Fire, Fuels and Aviation Safety.

Services to all levels of the agency from the field to the Washington Office, in addition to external partners.

If you are interested in a career with Enterprise please visit our opportunities page; http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/enterprise-program/jobs.php

United States Department of Agriculture

About this Position:Simulation ModelingPerforms duties that focus around spatially detailed ecological landscape models. Sets the framework and criteria of the models and calibrates, aligns, regulates, and substantiates the models. Investigates fire-vegetation-climate fuels synergy by employing these landscape models on diverse geographic expanses and employing a sequence of nontraditional and/or unconventional land management events. Is responsible for developing a series of interrelated field and simulation studies aimed at validating model application. Collaborates with unit employees to employ leading statistical analysis methods to execute complicated analyses related to GIS simulations. Assists in technology transfer by presenting research results to users through the following processes: publications, workshops, computer programs, and web sites. Is responsible for documenting all methods in the form of written reports suitable for direct inclusion into publishable manuscripts or NEPA documents, and may occasionally be tasked with the assignment of senior author. Fire Hazard and RiskEmploys remote sensing, image processing, and multivariate statistical analysis to conduct field and data analysis studies of complicated ecological associations, impacts, and aspects. Incorporates the collection, application, and development of spatial data relating to landscape ecology to map fuels, fire regimes, and other fire-related features including severity, hazard, and risk traversing landscapes of the U.S. Devises specifics of field, office, and remote sensing work to bolster remote sensing mapping by combining remotely sensed information yields with gridded climate information, topography, and field information to develop spatial data layer products of fire severity. Intricate examination and determination of spatial data is administered utilizing complicated and advanced statistical analyses to reinforce the amalgamation of spatial ecological data into technology transfer efforts through publications, computer programs and web sites. Wildland FuelWorks in close collaboration with scientists in using remote sensing data to classify fuels and vegetation, which is analyzed and combined with terrain data and is used to predict fire behavior and fire effects. Complicated and advanced statistical analyses are executed to reinforce the amalgamation related to wildland fuel into technology transfer efforts through publications, computer programs, and web sites. Provides leadership in project design and management for original scientific investigations using remote sensing, statistical analysis and comprehensive knowledge of fieldwork to promote wildland fuel sampling ventures, ecological simulation modeling, and fire severity mapping. Field EffortsOversees day-to-day operations of aids and technicians and trains them in processes and procedures for field and office work, including safety training for various work situations. Plans and coordinates work schedules, plans for office and field work, and develops and executes comprehensive quality assurance and quality control procedures. Informs supervisor of anticipated work force needs and takes actions to procure temporary help, supplies, and equipment necessary to assure the requirements of the projects are met.

Maintains expertise on the use of database, statistical, graphic, spreadsheet, and word processing software packages for scientific applications. Manages large amounts of data in an organized and secure manner, using state-of-the-art computer software and hardware. Uses this data in analyses and, upon request, provides other employees with these data. Enterprise Program emphasis is on partnerships and the delivery of seamless customer service to their clients. This position may require extensive travel, working with a large, diverse group of people, and field work in rugged terrain. The incumbent must be flexible to change on a daily basis. Enterprise is funded totally from project work, which can cause priorities to change rapidly, depending on customer needs. While “enterprising” is demanding, it is also exciting. If you have high energy, hard drive and are seriously interested in being a part of improving the business we call “government” then this may be the job for you.

For more information about the duties of this position or to indicate your interest, please submit your resume to Mark McFall, mmcfall@fs.fed.us .

Outreach NoticeEnterprise Program

Ecologist (Fire)GS-0408-11/12

Location: Virtual / TBDRespond By: 03/16/18

Respond to: Mark McFall, mmcfall@fs.fed.us

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Thank you for your interest Learn more about Enterprise at: http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/enterprise-program