Vacancy Announcement: Interdisciplinary Cave and Karst Program Manager

[barney00]

Job Title: Interdisciplinary Cave and Karst Program Manager
Department: Department Of The Interior
Agency: National Park Service
Job Announcement Number: WO-COAB-12-597718-MP

SALARY RANGE: $73,848.00 to $114,158.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 to Wednesday, February 15, 2012
SERIES & GRADE: GS-0401/1301/1315/1350-12/13
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time - Permanent

DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy(s) - Lakewood, Colorado
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: United States Citizens

This is a TERM appointment not to exceed 13 months, may be extended up to 4 years.
U.S. Citizenship Required
Background and/or security investigation is required.

DUTIES:
Directs, coordinates and oversees the Servicewide Cave and Karst Management Program, and serves as the Servicewide expert authority on National Park Service (NPS) cave and karst resources management. Incumbent formulates goals and objectives and provides direction for the NPS cave and karst management program, including workload identification, problem definition, formulation of budget initiatives, and resource inventory, monitoring, assessment, protection, restoration and interpretation.

Plays a pivotal role in the development of National policy, research, maintenance, protection, interpretation, and public use and understanding of caves and associated resources. Provides liaison with the Washington Office, regional offices, other Federal, State, and local agencies, field areas, the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI), international cave and karst conservation organizations, academic organizations regarding a host of issues, including, e.g., research and management of national, regional and individual park cave and karst issues

Provides expert technical assistance to field areas and other agencies in the inventorying of cave and karst resources, development of comprehensive maps, cave classification, legal description, photographs, etc. Develops cave and karst management materials and assists with cave and karst management planning with state and other Federal agencies. Assists NPS areas and other agencies in the exploration of caves and karst areas, which may include submerged cave systems.

Facilitates Servicewide cave and karst research. Plans or coordinates contracts and cooperative geologic/scientific research programs or technical evaluations involving other agencies, organizations, institutions and individuals to describe cave features, cave and karst processes and other natural or human caused phenomena.

Physical demands:In addition to sedentary office duties, the position requires frequent travel to nationwide geographic locals for the purpose of gathering data, attending meetings and onsite evaluation of proposed or ongoing projects. Performance of these duties may require hiking and climbing over rough and or steep mountainous terrain in adverse weather conditions with heavy packs and equipment. In addition incumbent must be in good physical condition and be able to pass prescribed SCUBA physical if this duty is to be performed. Caving, rescue, and SCUBA activities may require periods of extremely strenuous activity. Office duties are sedentary.

Work environment: Majority of incumbents duties are sedentary in an office environment. however, field investigations may require hiking, riding horses, operating vehicles over rough mountain terrain, steep roads and trails, or flying in fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft over hazardous terrain. Outdoor assignments expose incumbent to snow, ice, desert temperatures exceeding 100 degrees F. swift flowing rivers, spiny/poisonous flora and fauna, and extremely high humidity. Caving duties may require extensive periods of underground work, often in extremely cramped, maze passage, vertical exposure exceeding 300-feet, and may expose incumbent to airborne viruses and dangerous diseases such as rabies. SCUBA operations require extended exposure to waters which may approach near-freezing temperatures.


http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/307778000


Cheers,
Mike

[SuPrBuGmAn]

If I weren't so afraid of the cold... this looks awesome.

[Dark Eternal]

Oh man and I would love to move to Colorado, too bad I am tied down to Houston for a few more years...

[JamesK]

Dream Job. Well except for the fact that I hate the cold.

[jj1987]

Colorado is one of the few states I'd tolerate the cold for!

[wingman]

Yea, i actually went through the questions, i do pretty well...if i was 10 years younger i'd apply.

[Sludge]

They had me until the last paragraph - "...extensive periods of underground work, often in extremely cramped, maze passage..."

[Jax]

Cool.

If anyone wants any tips on how to get through the system, PM me.

[wingman]

They had me until the last paragraph - "...extensive periods of underground work, often in extremely cramped, maze passage..."

I think it is how you do on this part that is going to count:

https://applicationmanager.gov/Quest...ype=Assessment

[Sludge]

B. I am not a United States