Seasonal Biological Science Technician

Full Job Description

The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period for Stones River National Battlefield is April - October but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding.

Anticipated Entry on Duty: mid-April. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 03/27/2026 whichever comes first.

All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement 03/27/2026 unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience.

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time).

If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

This experience includes activities such as: research activity or control program work, nursery work that required the growing and maintenance of plants in a controlled environment, work comparable to that with a large dairy farm where production records, animal environment, and sanitary conditions were kept in accordance with modern dairy practice.

Farming experience that was not performed in a controlled environment, or experience as a laborer who was not responsible for planning and scheduling his/her own work, but only performed assigned tasks, would not qualify as specialized experience.

You must include hours per week worked.

-OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany physics, agriculture, or mathematics.

At least six semester hours must have been directly related to the position being filled. You must include transcripts.

-OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.

NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements.

Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to 1 year of specialized experience.

For example, I have 6 months of the specialized experience as described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 3 years of college study from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education) which included at least 12 semester hours of related coursework as specified above (50% of the related coursework required), 3 semester hours of which was related to the work of this position.

You must include transcripts.

Volunteer 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. Major Duties:

The incumbent duties consist of performing cultural and natural resource management type work. Invasive Plant management / eradication.

Lead field crews performing invasive plant management and fence maintenance to protect the natural resources. Conduct seed head removal. Mix and apply herbicides as needed.

Responsible for proper cleaning and maintenance of equipment used during the season. Responsible for keeping a log of any chemical that they apply.

Conduct plant inventories of exotics to be controlled. identify exotic plants.

Area Information The 600-acre National Battlefield includes Stones River National Cemetery, established in 1865, with more than 6,000 Union graves; and the Hazen Brigade Monument, believed to be the oldest, intact Civil War monument still standing in its original location.

Portions of Fortress Rosecrans, a large earthen fort constructed after the battle, still stand and are preserved and interpreted by the National Park Service.

Much of the nearly 4,000-acre battlefield is in private hands. Murfreesboro has plenty of shopping opportunities, great medical facilities, and schools to include Middle Tennessee University.

Summers are generally hot with high humidity, but there is an extensive green belt for walking, hiking & bicycling.

There is plenty of housing to be had in the area however the market is moving quickly. Government housing may be available.