National Park Service

The job announcement for our Natural Resource Specialist (Inventory
Program) position has just opened. This position is responsible for
overseeing the land cover, soils, and digital orthophotography programs for
the National Park Service Alaska Region’s Inventory and Monitoring Program.
The position is located in Anchorage, and will be supervised by the
Regional Inventory and Monitoring Coordinator. This position will
collaborate within NPS and with other agencies and vendors to develop and
distribute products from these programs to Alaskan park units. These
programs include oversight of field data acquisition and analysis;
evaluation of remotely sensed imagery options, tasking, and analysis of
imagery; and development of final maps, databases, documentation, and other
products useful to park managers. This includes developing user needs,
providing technology transfer to users, and consultation to NPS staff in
developing inventory and monitoring projects involving remote sensing and
mapping methods. This position is responsible for the administrative
management of the inventory program budget, contract management, work plan
formulation, and accountability reporting.

This is a permanent position, GS-401-11/12, based in Anchorage and is open
to all sources.

The announcement closes MARCH 21, 2008.

Go to www.usajobs.opm.gov and search on announcement number PH174595 or use
the link below
jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=68531880&aid=33907077%2D338&WT.mc_n=MKT000125&TabNum=1&rc=3


Please call Sara Wesser if you have any questions!

Sara Wesser
Inventory and Monitoring Coordinator, Alaska Region
National Park Service
240 West 5th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501

Phone: 907/644-3558
Fax: 907/644-3806
email: sara_wesser@nps.gov