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Horticulturist
National Park Service · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in Andersonville National Historic Site, in the Natural Resources Division. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and have the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately February to August, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.
What You'll Do
- →As a Horticulturist, you will perform the following duties: Develops sections of the resource management plan dealing with horticulture, landscape, vegetation and soil management.
- →Develops and maintains liaison and working relationships with related individuals, groups, agencies and the public.
- →Responsible for identifying, researching, planning treatment, preservation and maintenance of landscapes.
- →Reviews designs, treats, stewards and monitors landscapes.
- →Provides technical guidance for landscape management.
- →Sets operational priorities, keeps records of maintenance activities, and evaluates effectiveness of landscape maintenance operation.
- →Performs data collection, entry and quality control.
- →Identifies research needs, prepares request proposals, and provides oversight for scientific and historic research proposals.
- →Prepares management and scientific reports.
- →Conducts plant inventories.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship required.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
- ✓Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
- ✓You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required.
- ✓You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record.
- ✓You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
- ✓You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards.
- ✓A uniform allowance will be provided.
- ✓You may be required to work weekends, overtime and holidays.
- ✓You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 14 nights per month.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
- ✓This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.
Personality Fit
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