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Summary
The Bureau of Reclamation, California-Great Basin, is seeking interested internal candidates to be considered for a professional development opportunity with the Directorate of Technical Services! This opportunity is for a detail or temporary promotion and is expected to last 120 days, but may be extended.
Location - Location Negotiable After Selection, United States and Sacramento, California
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Overview
- Hiring complete
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Open & closing dates
01/09/2024 to 01/16/2024
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Salary
$143,736 - $191,900 per year
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Pay scale & grade
GS 15
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Locations
1 vacancy in the following locations:
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Sacramento, CA
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Location Negotiable After Selection,
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Remote job
No
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Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
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Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes— You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
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Appointment type
Multiple Appointment Types - Expected to last 120 days, but may be extended.
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Work schedule
Full-time
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Service
Competitive
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Promotion potential
None
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Job family (Series)
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Supervisory status
Yes
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Security clearance
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Drug test
Yes
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Position sensitivity and risk
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Trust determination process
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Announcement number
BOR-CGB-24-IMP-12270114-AM
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Control number
769572400
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This job is open to
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Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of this agency.
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Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Clarification from the agency
Bureau of Reclamation Employees Only
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Duties
The primary duties of this position are:
- Serves as a Deputy Regional Director sharing in the responsibilities of the Regional Director in the management of assigned programs within the Interior Region 10: California-Great Basin.
- Exercises strategic level supervisory and managerial control and direction over assigned programs.
- Formulates and develops strategic objectives, and courses of action for the Region's work associated with hydro-electric power facilities, water resources, and the land and environmental resources management program.
- Develops and implements innovative Regional policy consistent with the Regional Director's philosophies and Reclamation's priorities.
- Represents and acts for the Regional Director in meetings, conferences, and interactions with representatives of State and Federal agencies, water users, contractors, landowners, media, and other local interests and the public.
- Serves as the Region or Reclamation's representative to a wide range of committees and boards and makes commitments on behalf of the Region and Reclamation.
- Leads the organization to ensure a workplace culture that is free of prohibited personnel practices, honors merit principles, while leveraging diversity; ensures and maintains a workplace culture where decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or any other non-merit factor.
- Serves as second level supervisor of employees engaged in professional, technical, and administrative work.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Candidates may apply to be considered for detail or temporary promotion. This is a temporary assignment and cannot be made permanent without further competition. To be eligible for a temporary promotion, applicants must meet the minimum qualifications requirements outlined below, to include Time-In-Grade restrictions. Applicants that do not meet the requirements for a temporary promotion may be detailed into this position with no change in pay grade.
Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees who have a break in service of less than 1 year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of 1 year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). There is no specialized experience or time-in-grade requirement for applicants interested in the detail opportunity.
Supervisory Endorsement: Current Bureau of Reclamation employees must supply proof of current supervisory endorsement to be considered for this opportunity.
Qualifications
Applicants currently at the GS-14 level may apply to be temporarily promoted into this position. Candidates applying for temporary promotion may qualify on the basis of Specialized Experience.
- Specialized Experience: The candidate's resume must describe specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-14 level in federal service demonstrating experience in a water resources or hydropower operations organization that provided management, oversight, and direction in a variety of professional, technical, and administrative fields; experience performing program management or professional engineering; natural resources or scientific work in support of the operation and maintenance of dams and hydropower facilities, water control systems, and associated facilities; experience in planning, design, construction, operation, or maintenance of complex and difficult civil works projects related to power and/or to the storage and conveyance of water such as canals, dams, pipelines, or tunnels; experience in managing or personally performing complex and difficult work on land and/or water issues that are inherent in overall program management of water resources projects; experience with project/program development, planning, and budgeting; formulation and execution of comprehensive plans covering water resource activities; maintaining contact and collaborative working relationships with state, federal, and local agencies in implementing water resources projects; providing counsel to higher organizational levels concerning sustainable water resources issues; ability to lead and supervise a multi-disciplinary staff. These examples are not all inclusive.
Education
This position does not allow for substituting education for experience.
Additional information
Multiple selectees may be selected from this Interest Announcement.
Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.
Benefits
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
All Bureau of Reclamation employee application packages (see Required Documents) will be reviewed for eligibility and qualifications applicable to temporary assignments.
Benefits
Required Documents
As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
Applicants are required to apply online via USA Jobs and submit all Required Documents appropriate, as outlined below:
- Resume
- Most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action
- Signed Reclamation Interest Announcement Notification Form including Supervisory Endorsement and Employee Statement of Interest
How to Apply
Applications (resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documentation) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on the closing date of this announcement 01/16/2024. To apply, click the blue APPLY ONLINE button at the top of the page.
This vacancy is being announced through Bureau of Reclamation's Hiring System-USA Staffing. For more information, please visit: https://www.usbr.gov/hr/
As part of the on-line application process, applicants may be required to submit supporting documents. Failure to submit the requested supporting documents may result in the applicant not being considered for this position.
Do not submit photographs with the application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc.
Agency contact information
BOR CA Great Basin Human Resources Office
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Office of Regional Director
Bureau of Reclamation
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
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Next steps
Upon successful submission of the application packet, applicants will receive a confirmation email from USAJOBS. If this email confirmation is not received by the applicant, the application has not yet been accepted by the system.
After all application packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) will be reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualifications will be further evaluated on the information provided in the resume, application questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section above. Best-qualified applicants will be referred to the selecting official. After making a tentative job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigation will be conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applications. Applicants should monitor their status for positions with the Bureau of Reclamation by regularly checking their public status notifications in the USAJOBS profile.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
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Required Documents
Applicants are required to apply online via USA Jobs and submit all Required Documents appropriate, as outlined below:
- Resume
- Most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action
- Signed Reclamation Interest Announcement Notification Form including Supervisory Endorsement and Employee Statement of Interest
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How to Apply
Applications (resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documentation) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on the closing date of this announcement 01/16/2024. To apply, click the blue APPLY ONLINE button at the top of the page.
This vacancy is being announced through Bureau of Reclamation's Hiring System-USA Staffing. For more information, please visit: https://www.usbr.gov/hr/
As part of the on-line application process, applicants may be required to submit supporting documents. Failure to submit the requested supporting documents may result in the applicant not being considered for this position.
Do not submit photographs with the application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc.
Agency contact information
BOR CA Great Basin Human Resources Office
- Address
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Office of Regional Director
Bureau of Reclamation
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
US
Next steps
Upon successful submission of the application packet, applicants will receive a confirmation email from USAJOBS. If this email confirmation is not received by the applicant, the application has not yet been accepted by the system.
After all application packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) will be reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualifications will be further evaluated on the information provided in the resume, application questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section above. Best-qualified applicants will be referred to the selecting official. After making a tentative job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigation will be conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applications. Applicants should monitor their status for positions with the Bureau of Reclamation by regularly checking their public status notifications in the USAJOBS profile.
Fair & Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
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Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation is a contemporary water management agency best known for constructing dams, powerplants, and canals in the 17 western United States, having constructed more than 600 dams and reservoirs. We are the largest wholesaler of water and the second-largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States.
Our mission is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. We place great emphasis on fulfilling our water delivery obligations, water conservation, water recycling and reuse, and developing partnerships with our customers, states, and Native American Tribes. We also find ways to bring together various interests to address the competing needs for limited water resources.
Our core values are professional excellence, safety, and respect. We are results-oriented. We share a personal commitment to protecting the safety of each other, contractors, customers, as well as the people and communities served by our projects. We embrace a culture of respectfor people through our ethical behavior and with clear, effective communication.
The Department of the Interior places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission.
Agency contact information
BOR CA Great Basin Human Resources Office
- Address
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Office of Regional Director
Bureau of Reclamation
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
US