Total 4 Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Mather AFB, California

The incumbent serves as the Pacific West Regional Inventory and Monitoring Network Program Manager. The primary focus of the position is coordination and administration of a science program. A strong science background is expected and experience in analysis and publication will strengthen a candidacy. Science skills will be employed in development of project designs and partnerships, peer review, technical consultation with other scientists, and execution of protocol and science program reviews. These coordination and administrative demands do not leave sufficient time to conduct independent research.

The NPS and Inventory and Monitoring Program's goals and objectives include:

• Inventory the status of natural resources under National Park Service stewardship.
• Monitor park ecosystems to better understand their dynamic nature and condition and to provide reference points for comparisons with other, altered environments.
• Communicate inventory and monitoring science findings and accomplishments to inform National Park Service planning, management, and decision-making.

• Active monitoring includes a wide variety of biological and ecological themes ranging from water quality, streamflow, and climate to vegetation, wildlife, invertebrates, landscape dynamics, and habitats.
• Leads, implements, manages, and serves as principal scientific advisor for a complex program of natural resource inventory and monitoring and related activities to address sensitive resource management needs that are affected by a wide variety of issues within and outside the parks.
• Coordinates the Region's I&M program with related programs on adjacent lands, and with appropriate regional and national monitoring policies and programs for the purposes of scientifically monitoring natural resources.
• Ensures that data, reports, and publications are of high quality and are properly managed, secured, preserved, and accessible to park managers and their staff, other agencies and organizations, scientists, and the general public as directed by NPS policy.
• Develops scopes of work and serves as Technical Representative for contracts, cooperative and interagency agreements, and other instruments.
• Coordinates planning with eight networks leads on a collective annual budget of over $8 million annually; prepares, forecasts and projects funding requirements; reviews, analyzes and monitors expenditures of funds.
• Ensures appropriate internal and external peer review of I&M science and publications.
• Determines appropriate study designs, sampling frames, and analyses for developing and implementing protocols to assess status and trends of park natural resources.
• Summarizes information clearly and succinctly for use by scientists, managers, planners, park staff, cooperators, and partners.
• Communicates effectively with park managers and program leadership at the Network, Regional, I&M Division, and Washington levels to apply monitoring and related research results to solving resource management problems.
• Provides: data and expertise for park planning documents and implementation plans as needed; information to park interpretation and education programs; annual accomplishments and summary reports and other reports as required; ensures that technical and professional reports adhere to NPS guidelines.
• Exercises the full range of technical and administrative supervisory responsibilities for a staff of scientists and technicians such that supervision of non-contract employees requires at least 30% of the incumbent's time. Performs overall work planning, establishes work schedules and priorities, assigns and reviews work and timesheets, credit card statements, oversees travel, resolves complaints, grievances, and other personnel problems as they arise. Develops employee performance standards, conducts performance evaluations, ensures compliance with NPS standards and policies, and assists employees with personal development and career opportunities.
• Ensures a positive, productive, safe, and healthy work environment.

• Assisting customers by answering questions such as item price or location, and handling bulky/heavy items.
• Operating an electronic checkout system to record unit price, total customer purchase, and make change.
• Performing a variety of duties in handling, preparing and maintaining stock levels of grocery and produce items.
• Reviewing stock levels and gathering inventory data in order to maintain the Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO) system.
• Preparing and maintaining a variety of documents to order commissary items, reconcile invoices and submit requisitions.
• Maintaining security, safety, and sanitation practices and procedures.

• Operating an electronic checkout system, making change, and verifying the change fund and amount of currency received during an assigned shift.
• Managing change machines and ensuring proper amounts of cash and coins are available.
• Assisting customers by answering questions concerning prices, identification, and location of items.
• Counting cash and negotiable instruments to prepare an accountability report.
• Managing the self-checkout registers assisting customers in the correct processing of their purchases.
• Changing register tape, and clearing routine equipment and scanning jams on registers.

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• Operating an electronic checkout system, making change, and verifying the change fund and amount of currency received during an assigned shift.
• Managing change machines and ensuring proper amounts of cash and coins are available.
• Assisting customers by answering questions concerning prices, identification, and location of items.
• Counting cash and negotiable instruments to prepare an accountability report.
• Managing the self-checkout registers assisting customers in the correct processing of their purchases.
• Changing register tape, and clearing routine equipment and scanning jams on registers.