[gis_info] JOB OPENING: GIS and Data Coordinator, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA

[Craig_Dalby at nps.gov]

----- Forwarded by Craig Dalby/Seattle/NPS on 2011/01/11 10:01 AM -----

Hello!

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks is looking for a GIS and Data
Management Coordinator (GS-12). This is a permanent position with the
National Park Service!
We are looking for someone who has solid GIS and data management skills,
but also has the management excellence and big thinking ability to lead a
successful program.
The position is advertised as both open to all US citizens and nationals as
well as merit promotion for existing federal employees.
It's based in Three Rivers, CA, which is a lovely small town in the
foothills of the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. The city of Visalia is
30 minutes away.

Please forward this message widely. The closing date is January 24.

For full announcements and instructions on how to apply, go to:
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/search.aspx?q=SEKI+423711&where=&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&x=38&y=14


Job Title: GIS Specialist (Interdisciplinary)
Department: Department Of The Interior
Agency: National Park Service
Job Announcement Number: SEKI 423711

Job Summary:
This position serves as the Geographic Information System (GIS) and Data
Management
Coordinator/Section Chief in the Science and Data Integration Branch of the
Division of Resource
Management and Science at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI).

This is an interdisciplinary position that may be filled by candidates who
meet the requirements for Biologist
GS-401, Geographer GS-150, or Physical Scientist GS 1301
.
The interdisciplinary nature of this position requires expertise in three
areas: a) integrated knowledge of physical, biological, and
social sciences (e.g., ecology, geography), b) programmatic leadership and
coordination, and c) technical
skills in spatial and non-spatial data management and analysis. The
incumbent works collaboratively within
the parks, as well as with other federal agencies, state agencies, and
non-governmental partners.
SEKI is part of the Southern Sierra Nevada Ecoregion. The Ecoregion
provides many highly valued
ecosystem services, such as recreation, biodiversity, and water for
agricultural, energy production, and
domestic water needs. The Ecoregion is relatively intact, and its
headwaters and middle watersheds are
almost entirely administered for public benefits. However, landscape
changes, including the effects of
global climate change, shifting fire regimes, patterns of human land use,
increasing air pollution, and other
ecosystem agents of change have already affected the integrity of this
ecoregion’s natural, cultural, and
socio-economic resources. All of these agents of change interact with one
another, and affect ecosystems
in complex ways that require effective and efficient data practices to
enhance understanding and
management of public lands. SEKI is collaborating with other federal and
state agencies and nongovernmental
organizations to implement a landscape-scale science strategy called the
“Strategic
Framework for Science in Support of Management in the Southern Sierra
Nevada Ecoregion”. This position
is part of a dynamic, interdisciplinary team that implements this Strategic
Framework by expanding upon
and improving SEKI’s scientific, analytical, data management, and
information-sharing capacity.

Salary Range: $68,809.00 - $89,450.00 /year
Series & Grade: GS-0401-12
Open Period: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 to Monday, January 24, 2011
Position Information: Full Time Career/Career Conditional
Duty Locations: 1 vacancy - Sequoia and Kings Canyon N P, CA

Major Duties:
The incumbent is responsible for the technical and administrative
development, improvement,
management, and implementation of the GIS and data management systems
within the Sequoia and Kings
Canyon National Parks (SEKI). The position is located in the Division of
Resource Management and
Science, but works cross-functionally to support other program areas, such
as fire management and law
enforcement. As a program coordinator, the incumbent performs tasks such as
planning, designing, and
implementing new or improved procedures for meeting the Parks’ GIS and data
management needs, and
training of the Parks’ staff in GIS and other data management technologies.
The incumbent serves as a
technical and administrative supervisor for lower graded GIS and data
management staff. The incumbent is
responsible for implementing specific technical projects as well as
managing the GIS and data
management program as a whole. Project management includes creating
thematic work plans and scopes
of work, soliciting internal funding and external grants to support
implementation of planned work, and
overseeing conceptualization through completion of projects performed,
including the administration of
contracts and agreements and management of budgets. The incumbent works
with the science coordinator
to establish a regional science information clearinghouse and website that
supports the goals of the
“Strategic Framework for Science in Support of Management in the Southern
Sierra Nevada Ecoregion”.
The incumbent coordinates, facilitates, and supports the application of
spatial and non-spatial data to
develop products, such as resource condition and vulnerability assessments,
that support the Parks’
management decision-making.



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Koren R. Nydick, PhD
Science Coordinator/Ecologist
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Phone:  559-565-4292
FAX:  559-565-4207