Recovery Planning Biologist #5 (Remote) ID: FW5004-VA-005 Location: Falls Church Program: FWS Wage/Hr: $49.00 Hours/Week: 25 - 29 hours per week Minimum Age: 55 For over 25 years, National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions) has specialized in connecting experienced workers (ages 55+) with full-time and part-time job opportunities that support the critical missions of Federal Agencies across the United States. NEW Solutions connects experienced workers (ages 55+) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). These experienced professionals provide administrative, scientific, technical, and operational support to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Experienced Services Program (ESP). Positions listed here do not guarantee employment for any definite period. Enrollment in the Experienced Worker Programs administered by NEW Solutions is temporary. The enrollment relationship between NEW Solutions and the Enrollee is an at-will relationship. This means that an Enrollee is free to terminate enrollment at any time during the enrollment period, and NEW Solutions and the Agency have the right to terminate the relationship with the Enrollee. PLEASE NOTE: An Enrollee is not a federal employee, nor an employee of NEW Solutions. An Enrollee is a participant in a grant program established through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the agency and administered by NEW Solutions. This opportunity applies to applicants legally eligible to work in the United States. Qualifications: - Minimum of 5 year(s) of experience OR BA/BS Degree in Biological sciences, natural resource management or related disciplines appropriate to the position. - Extensive experience with listing or recovery planning under the ESA, specifically SSAs, RPs, or similar. - Examples of experience may include: - preparing rapid data assessments, SSAs, listing/delisting packages, recovery outlines, RPs, and Recovery Implementation Strategies; - participating in teams reviewing biological and commercial data to ensure reliability, credibility, or overall quality; - applying the principles and regulations which govern the ESA and other pertinent natural resource management statutes. - Ability to work both within a team setting, but also independently. - Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing. - Self-motivated with ability to maintain a positive attitude. - Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint. Duties: - The Recovery Planning Biologist(s) will work with Service staff and partners to meet statutory obligations and provide effective recovery roadmaps for species listed as Endangered or Threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). - Duties will include drafting initial Species Status Assessments (SSAs), Recovery Plans (RPs), and Recovery Implementation Strategies (RISs) for listed species that do not have these documents or updating existing documents when new information has become available. - Drafting and completion of Species Status Assessments and Recovery Plans: works collaboratively with Service staff and partners to complete SSAs and RPs for listed species. Organizes, produces, and delivers the final administrative file upon project completion. - Organizes, maintains, and helps address peer, technical, and public review comments, and ensures final incorporation of substantive comments into deliverables. - 60% Data collection, compilation, testing, and analysis: collects and cleans available/relevant data and literature on the species, develops suggestions for analytical methods and/or recovery strategies. Analyzes data for inclusion in current and future condition assessments. - 25% Communication/representation/liaison/outreach: maintains contact and communication with Service staff and partners to complete SSAs and/or RPs. - 15% Other: - Physical requirements: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. NEW Solutions is committed to promoting equal opportunity and to an environment free from discrimination and harassment in any form administering Experienced Worker Programs under cooperative agreements with federal agencies. It is NEW Solutions' policy to comply with all applicable laws that provide equal opportunity and to prohibit unlawful discrimination in enrolling participants in the federal programs.