Research Associate (Natural Resources Field Team Leader,T,T,T)

Description

Title : Research Associate (Natural Resources Field Team Leader)

Position Number : TTT (3 positions total)

Hiring Unit : Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) Army Natural Resource Program on Oahu (ANRPO)

Location : Schofield Barracks

Date Posted : November 14 2025

Closing Date : November 28 2025 @ 11 : 59pm

Band : Pay Band B (PBB)

Salary : salary schedules and placement information

Additional Salary Information : Commensurate with education and experience

Full Time / Part Time : Full Time

Temporary / Permanent : Temporary

Other Conditions : This position is annually renewable contingent upon satisfactory performance and / or availability of funding.

Duties and Responsibilities

(NOTE :

• denotes Essential Functions)
• Serves as a designated operational lead for a Natural Resource Management (NRM) Field Team assuming full leadership and direction of the team in the NRM Field Supervisors absence.
• Under the direction of a NRM Field Supervisor contributes and supports administrative and personnel management functions including recruitments onboarding professional development performance evaluations promotions disciplinary actions and day-to-day oversight of a NRM field team.
• Supports the NREM Field Supervisor in maintaining high levels of team productivity and operational efficiency and ensures strict compliance with all safety standards.
• Assists with incorporating and enforcing comprehensive safety standards ensuring program-wide adherence to standard operating procedures timely reporting of incidents and appropriate personnel action and training.
• Contributes to the review and revision of NRM Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) ensuring accuracy efficacy and alignment with current regulatory requirements.
• Contributes to professional growth initiatives and education days by providing logistical and instructional support to include hands-on training in field techniques native and invasive species identification and safety practices.
• Assists with the overall direction and task management in overseeing managing and leading the implementation of all office-based tasks and field work for the assigned NRM field team.
• Works under the NRM Field Supervisor to develop plan review and revise field actions in collaboration with program managers coordinators biologists specialists and other field crews.
• Assists with the oversight of all team logistics including scheduling gear inventory vehicle oversight helicopter operations support data collection and management and ensuring successful action completion.
• Under the direction of a NRM Field Supervisor maintains quality control and ensures the timely submission of programmatic deliverables including comprehensive internal / external reports action review management plans presentations permit applications / reports and required pesticide usage documentation. Manages workflows to meet deadlines and stakeholder expectations.
• Under direction of a NRM Field Supervisor engages in interagency collaboration and coordination participates in working groups consultations and meetings to inform innovate and implement shared conservation strategies related to natural resource management.
• Conducts operations in UXO-affected areas supports helicopter missions and may perform other high-risk tasks while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Professional Work Experience :

Knowledge Skills and Abilities :

Supplemental Minimum Qualifications

Desirable Qualifications

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Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Hyperion,Acquisition,Asset,ABAP,Basic,Activex

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1