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BIOLOGIST 1-3 LAFAYETTE/OIL SPILL

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

Location

Lafayette, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

513-211372-25

Department

Wildlife & Fisheries-Wildlife

Division

Administration

Opening Date

08/01/2025

Closing Date

8/14/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is responsible for managing and protecting the state’s renewable natural resources, including all wildlife and aquatic life. LDWF supports a strong work ethic in its employees and incorporates the use of good science, accurate information and technology.

The incumbent of this position will assist in implementing oil spill and wildlife response efforts state-wide, including wildlife surveys, hazing, capture/rescue, and triage. The incumbent will be on-call on a rotating basis for oil spill response and report monitoring.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in a biological science, marine science, environmental science, wildlife or fisheries, animal science, forestry, or natural resources.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=160700) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

This position serves as a state-wide oil spill response biologist and functions under the direct supervision of a Biologist Supervisor. The incumbent for this position is responsible for assisting and working with Biologist Supervisor, other State and Federal Agency Representatives and Responsible Parties on oil spill response and wildlife response operations throughout the state. The incumbent is responsible for assisting with oil spill response planning and drill activities, coordinating wildlife response operations, conducting wildlife rescue operations, field triage of impacted wildlife, and developing reports on response activities and observations. Incumbent will serve as an Agency point of contact for all oil spills throughout the state and will be required to be on call on a rotating basis for oil spill response activities and report monitoring.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type:

+ Job Appointment (a period that will not exceed four years) may be converted to Probational Appointment should funding become available.

+ Probational appointment

Current permanent status classified state employees may be required to accept a probational appointment if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a probational appointment should funding become available.

This position is located in Lafayette, LA.

-This position requires independent travel throughout the state to remote locations, including last minute overnight travel.

-Physical demands of this position require the incumbent to exert brief periods of heavy muscular or strenuous physical exertion. Examples of this include occasionally listing objects over 50 pounds (i.e., alligators, animal crates with wildlife, propane cannons), and walking for extended periods over rough terrain (i.e., greater than 5 miles through mud, or knee deep water).

-Overnight travel throughout Louisiana, including early departure, night work in boats and airboats and extended workdays is also required.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

-Will have experience operating boats

-Handling wildlife

-The ability to work independently and make on the spot decisions regarding wildlife protection and recovery

Career Progression: This position participates in a Career Progression Group (CPG) and is advertised to be filled as a Biologist 1, 2, or 3. The level at which the vacancy is filled will be determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. Please click on the below links to learn more about this position.

BIOLOGIST 1 (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=160700)

BIOLOGIST 2

BIOLOGIST 3 (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=160720)

A criminal background check will be required of all selected applicants. Any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 must be verified by official documentation prior to hire. Any qualifying experience that is based on college credit/college hours should have an accompanying transcript for verification.

Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

If you are applying for a position which requires a baccalaureate and/or master’s degree you may apply 90 days prior to receipt of your degree, however, the effective date of the appointment cannot be prior to your graduation date.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports the recruitment, hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities.

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.

Wildlife & Fisheries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For further information about the vacancy email below:

Cassandra Louis

Department of Wildlife & Fisheries- Human Resources

Baton Rouge, LA 70898

[email protected]

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Provide the level of degree, major as given on your official transcript, school name, and date earned for each degree you have completed. Example: (Bachelor’s in biology at Louisiana State University May 2012) If you have not completed a degree enter N/A.

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Are you completing a degree within the next 90 days?

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+ No

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Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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