Supervisory Biologist

The Supervisory Biologist is responsible for managing animal collections that may include exotic rare endangered and native species; ensuring excellence in animal care and welfare; supervising animal keeper staff responsible for husbandry and daily animal management; leading research programs; conducting assisted reproductive technologies; and mentoring students interns and research staff.

In this position you will:

• Supervises assistant curators animal keepers volunteers and contractors and plans organizes and directs personnel and work activities.
• Oversees the daily care and husbandry of assigned animal collections ensuring appropriate housing nutrition pest control capture and restraint procedures transportation breeding management and animal welfare standards.
• Prepares and manages annual budgets for routine operations and emergency requirements monitoring expenditures to ensure compliance with approved funding levels.
• Develops and implements management disease surveillance and breeding programs for endangered and threatened species.

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• May need to complete a Probationary Period
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionson OPM website.

Basic Qualifications:

Degree:Biological Sciences Agriculture Natural resource management chemistry or relateddisciplines appropriate to the position.

OR

Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major as shown in above plusappropriate experience or additional education

In addition to the basic qualification requirement above:

Experience:You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal Service. For this position specialized experience is defined assupervising staff including hiring and performance management; overseeing animal care and welfare in an accredited zoo; managing budgets and administrative operations; working with exotic animals; and collaborating on facility design and construction projects.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead provide detailed descriptive information about your actual experience.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community student social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.