Position Advertisement-Plant Systematist

[J S Peterson]

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Area of Consideration:  ALL

BOTANIST (PLANT SYSTEMATIST)
GS430-12/13
($42,000-51,000, depending upon qualifications)
Vacancy Number 96-067

Issuance Date:  29JAN96
Closing Date:  16FEB96

The incumbent provides national and international leadership
and professional technical assistance to the USDA, Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), other federal
agencies, international organizations, and the public.
Responsibilities include providing botanical technical
assistance and data to the NRCS and all federal agencies
through the PLANTS database (http://plants.usda.gov) and the
Interagency Taxonomy Information System (ITIS).

Responsibilities include 1) serving as the agency's key
plant systematist; 2) working closely with the Information
Technology Center (ITC) to provide plant data for agency
automated conservation tools for the field; 3) providing
technical assistance to the agency in the plant sciences; 4)
providing botanical assistance and data to NRCS and all
federal agencies through the PLANTS database; 5) ensuring
integration of NRCS plant data with other agencies; and 6)
developing a working relationship with botanical
institutions and specialists nationally and internationally.

This position is located at the USDA, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, National Plant Data Center (NPDC) and
is affiliated with the Deputy Chief of Soil Science and
Resource Assessment, Biological Conservation Sciences
Division, Washington, DC.  The NPDC is situated on the
campus of Southern University, associated with the College
of Agriculture and Home Economics, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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INTERDISCIPLINARY
GS-430/435/460/471-12/13
($42,000-51,000, depending upon qualifications)
Vacancy Number 96-066

Issuance Date:  29JAN96
Closing Date:  16FEB96

The incumbent provides national leadership and professional
plant physiology technical assistance to the Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).  Responsibilities
include 1) serving as the primary plant physiologist for the
agency; 2) providing plant physiology and morphology, and
other plant based technical assistance and data to NRCS and
indirectly to all federal agencies using NRCS databases; 3)
the identification, acquisition, verification, and quality
control of all standard plant physiological and
morphological data utilized in NRCS automation; 4)
interdisciplinary coordination with technical and program
specialists at NHQ, other agencies, universities, and
institutes; and 5) developing data sources and establishing
agreements with the sources.  The primary focus of this
position is national in scope and actions of the incumbent
directly impact on Service-wide operations.

This position is at the USDA, Natural Resources Service,
National Plant Data Center, located on the campus of
Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  The NPDC is an
office of the USDA, NRCS, Deputy Chief for Soil Science and
Resource Assessment, Biological Conservation Sciences
Division, Washington, D.C.

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Manager, Operations Branch
Natural Resources Conservation Service
P.O. Box 2890, Rm. 6218S
Washington, DC 20013
Telephone:  202-720-2631