Show Fish and Wildlife Biologist

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Interior and the nation’s oldest conservation agency. Our origins date back to 1871 when Congress established the U.S. Fish Commission to study why the nation’s food fishes were decreasing and recommend ways to reverse that decline.

Fish and Wildlife Biologist (GS-0401-12)

USFWS' Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office is advertising for a permanent GS-0401-12 Fish and Wildlife Biologist for the Maui Nui and Hawaiʻi Island Team.

Opening and closing dates: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 to Tuesday, November 12, 2024 (announcement will close earlier if 50 applications are received prior to closing date).

Duty Station: Honolulu, Hawai‘i 

Salary Range: $90,662 - $117,856 per year

Announcement number: R1-25-12588495-AW-SDHA

To apply & learn more visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/816204300

Tips for Applicants:

• Resume must include hours per week.
• GS experience needs to be separated out by grade on their resume.
• Check transcripts for required info outlined in the announcement before submitting.

Duties
As a Fish and Wildlife Biologist your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Coordinates wide ranging initiatives involving other Federal and state agencies, organizations, and the pubic in fully implementing Endangered Species Act programs.
• Prepares written correspondence, reports, and papers for publication, based on the literature, observations made, and investigations conducted. Reports and papers are used to analyze current conditions and assess implications of future actions on rare, candidate, proposed, threatened, and endangered species and their habitats.
• Inspects projects for compliance with policies, standards, guidelines, agreements, and plans; makes recommendations for action to assure compliance.
• Participates in, facilitates, and negotiates diverse, complex, and multi-disciplinary planning efforts with public and private groups and state, local, and Federal agencies to achieve Service policies, objectives, and goals.
• Prepares complex Biological Opinions and manages the Section 10(a)1(b) process