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 Why Join the NPA?
The Northern Plains Area offers a multitude of interesting and challenging career opportunities in a variety of disciplines as well as temporary employment for students and post-docs. In addition, skilled administrative support jobs are also found at NPA's 14 locations, all of which are located in family-friendly small to mid-sized cities, and most with a college or university nearby.
The home communities of NPA locations provide enviable and affordable lifestyles – friendly neighborhoods, abundant outdoor recreational opportunities, outstanding school systems, and rewarding career possibilities. And the NPA work environment is equally inviting. Consider that our USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska was named one of the “Best places to work, 2006” by Scientist magazine for its sense of mission, collaboration, research resources and freedom, living costs, geographic location and personal fulfillment. (For more detail, see our August 2007 issue of VOICES.) Those same factors are typical of our other NPA locations, as well.
 To learn more about a specific research location and its surrounding community select from the list at right and/or check out our “ Life in the NPA” page for convenient links to key websites providing information on schools, recreation, business climate and more for each of our 14 research locations.
And finally, while we hope you will consider joining us, we realize your personal circumstances may require you to look for job opportunities outside the NPA. If that’s the case we encourage you to visit the ARS Careers website, (linked here) where you’ll find listings for openings at ARS research facilities found all across the nation.
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Current NPA Job Openings:
Below is a list of positions currently vacant in the Northern Plains Area, listed by state and updated weekly. To find out more about each post that interests you, click on the link provided. Additional information may also be available at each NPA location linked above (right-hand navigation bar) and at the ARS Careers website (see “ Additional ARS Job Listings” below).
Colorado
Sorry, we have no openings at this time.
Kansas
Research Molecular Biologist (Research Associate),GS-11/12, Manhattan, KS
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/09020.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Research Entomologist (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Manhattan, KS
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/09014.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Research Agricultural Engineer (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Manhattan, KS
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/08049.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Research Chemist (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Manhattan, KS
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/09013.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Montana
Research Agricultural Engineer/Plant Physiologist/Agronomist (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Sidney, MT
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/09006.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Nebraska
Research Soil Scientist, GS-12/13, Lincoln, NE
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=79904537
Closing Date: Friday, May 08, 2009
Research Geneticist (Animal) (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Clay Center, NE
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/08035.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Research Physiologist (Animal) (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Clay Center, NE
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/09017.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
North Dakota
Administrative Officer, GS-09/12, Fargo, ND
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=80634441
Closing Date: Monday, May 18, 2009
Interdisciplinary: Research Physiologist/Research Nutritionist/Research Biologist, GS-12/14, Grand Forks, ND
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=79866064
Closing Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Research Nutritionist, GS-12/14, Grand Forks, ND
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=79868985
Closing Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Research Geneticist (Plants) (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Fargo, ND
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/07073.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
South Dakota
Agricultural Science Research Technician (Soils), GS-07/09, Brookings, SD
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=80048716
Closing Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Utah
Plant Physiologist/Geneticist/Mycologist (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Logan UT
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/09004.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Research Entomologist (Research Associate), GS-11/12, Logan, UT
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/08040.htm
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Wyoming
Biological Science Laboratory Technician, GS-5/7, Laramie, WY
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=80531699
Closing Date: May 8, 2009
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Additional ARS Job Listings:
To view the complete list of open vacancy announcements for ARS, use the links below:
To learn more about career opportunities with the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, visit the ARS Careers website:
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Applicant Tips and Resources:
(These links take you to the main ARS national site, unless otherwise noted)
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Student/Summer Employment:
ARS research facilities in the Northern Plains regularly hire college and high school students during the busy summer field season. To find out about summer openings at a particular location, please visit that location’s website (links above right) and click on Careers. You may also contact the Administrative Officer at each site for information on application procedures, deadlines, etc. Information on ARS Student Internships are included here, as follows:
Summer Internship (College Students)
- This program offers currently enrolled college students excellent summer paid internships to work with research scientists or other professionals in agriculturally related fields. The rate of pay is generally at the GS-3 level for an eight week internship.
Summer Apprenticeship (High School Students)
- This program is similar to the summer internship program, except that this is for high school students, and the rate of pay is generally at the GS-1 level for an eight week apprenticeship.
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