USFS GIS Internships/jobs in Corvalis, OR

U.S. FOREST SERVICE
Caring for the land and serving people
 
The Corvallis Forest Service Data Resources Management (DRM) group will be looking to hire a couple of students at the following event.  If interested please submit an application following the USAJOBS process online (see below).  Locally we are looking to hire students with technical remote sensing and GIS skills along with a strong natural resource background.  You do NOT have to attend the conference in order to apply.
 
Hiring at the Annual Society of American Foresters Conventions https://www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/recruitment_saf/index.shtml
 
The Forest Service will be participating in the 2018 Society of American Foresters (SAF) Annual Convention Hiring Event.  The event will be held in Portland this year from October 3 to October 7, allowing the Forest Service the opportunity to hire local forestry/natural resource students.  The Forest Service has had great success in bringing in high-level, quality employees through previous SAF hiring events.  The following positions are eligible for inclusion in the hiring event:

Intern Indefinites – The student interns (GS-0499) may work in and be converted to a variety of areas, to include forestry, recreation, environmental/natural resource planning, or geographic information systems.
GS-0499-03/04/05/07 (GS-03/04 for current undergraduate or GS-05/07 for graduate students) with planned conversion to 0401-05/07/09 Natural Resource Specialist or 0460-05/07/09 Forester positions.
 
Recent Graduates –
GS-05/07 with conversion to GS-0460-07/09 or 11 Foresters. 
GS-05/07 with conversion to GS-0401-07/09 or 11 Natural Resource Specialists.   
GS-04/05 with conversion to GS-0462-06 or GS-07 Forestry Technicians.

The Forest Service will hold a collective hiring event at the 2018 Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention in Portland, OR, October 3-7. Students and recent graduates will be hired under the Pathways programs. Students attending this conference will be encouraged to apply for vacant agency positions during their attendance at the event.  This event will only accept applications on-line, through USAJOBs (https://www.usajobs.gov/).  A team of Forest Service employees will be available at the convention October 5-6 to assist student with the online application process and or answer questions about the vacant position. Unlike years past, there will not be interviews at the convention. All interviews will be done after the convention (via Skype, VTC). Any questions about the hiring event can be sent to SAF_Hiring@fs.fed.us. 
 
Note: You do NOT have to attend the SAF conference to apply for any of these positions.