Seasonal Biological Science Technician; Wildlife

These positions are located in Shenandoah National Park, in the Natural and Cultural Resources Division. Do you want the opportunity to utilize your skills and work in a biologically diverse, forested, mountain setting? Does the challenge of protecting the natural resources of a National Park appeal to you? If so, read on...

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-03/06/2026-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.

To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

• At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: conducting wildlife inventory, monitoring, or management activities.
• GS‑5 Level: conducting field surveys to document and assess mammal presence, abundance, reproduction, and/or population dynamics using established protocols and standard scientific equipment; conducting or assisting with nuisance black bear management culvert trapping and/or aversive conditioning; conducting white‑tailed deer management in a professional work or research setting. You must include hours per week worked.
• -OR-
• EDUCATION:
  
  Successful completion of at least a full 4‑year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or 24 semester hours of course work in a related field of scientific or technical study, such as biology, wildlife ecology, wildlife management, zoology, entomology, botany, animal husbandry, wildlife survey techniques, mammalogy, ornithology, dendrology, or natural resources management. At least 6 semester hours of courses must be in wildlife ecology, wildlife management, wildlife survey techniques, mammalogy, or wildlife biology (or other coursework that is directly related to the specialized focus of this position - wildlife management).
  
  You must include transcripts.
• -OR-
• Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above.
  
  NOTE:
  
  Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. For example, I have 6 months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 3 years (90 semester hours) of college study that included at least 12 semester hours of the required courses (50% of the qualifying education/coursework).
  
  The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.

To qualify for this position at the GS-06 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

• At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: conducting field surveys in remote locations to document and assess mammal presence, abundance, reproduction, and/or population dynamics using established protocols and standard scientific equipment; conducting food‑conditioned black bear culvert trapping (or free‑range capture) and habituated black bear aversive conditioning;
  
  conducting white‑tailed deer management including Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance/sampling in a professional work or research setting. You must include hours per week worked.
• -OR-
• EDUCATION:
  
  Successful completion of at least one full year…