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This position is part of the R2-Division of Water Resources as a Hydrologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Southwest Regional Office in Albuquerque, NM.
This announcement is being advertised concurrently under R2-20-10692963-CS-MP for current and former federal employees serving under a competitive service career or career-conditional appointment or reinstatement eligible. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.
01/09/2020 to 01/23/2020
$108,486 - $141,029 per year
GS 14
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position to attend water-related meetings, coordination meetings, or meetings with partners and landowners. Travel will include visits to work sites and national wildlife refuges for the purpose of conducting and overseeing field work.
Yes—A PCS move is authorized as follows: Travel and relocation expenses including reimbursable real estate expenses will be authorized in accordance with the Federal travel regulations EXCLUDING contractor-provided home sale. ALL moving expenses are taxable.
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
None
Yes
No
R2-20-10694006-CS-DE
556189900
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
U.S. Citizens, CTAP, ICTAP
This position serves Interior Regions 6, 7, and 8 as the Division of Water Resources Chief. This position serves a key role in the use of water in managing habitat on lands, easements, and rights-of-way, for lands within and adjacent to the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS). The leadership provided by this position serves to represent the Service in the obtainment of water-related funding and development of projects and partnerships for leveraging use of water for habitat management and protection of infrastructure. Without this position, the NWRS may be dramatically less successful in reaching its natural resource goals and objectives. As the Division of Water Resources Chief, duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
PROOF OF EDUCATION: All applicants who are using education or a combination of education and experience to qualify must submit copies of official or unofficial transcripts which include grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, institution name, and student name. If any required coursework is not easily recognizable on transcripts, or if you believe a portion of a particular course can be credited toward meeting an educational requirement, you must also provide a memorandum on letterhead from the institution's registrar, dean, or other appropriate official stating the percentage of the course that should be considered to meet the requirement and the equivalent number of units. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, if you are selected for the position, you will be required to produce the original official transcripts.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION: To register or verify your registration go to the Selective Service System at https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/ wfRegistration.aspx.
TELEWORK: FWS has determined that the duties of this position are not suitable for telework.
ADDITIONAL VACANCIES: More than one position may be filled from this announcement.
SUPERVISORY PROBATIONARY PERIOD: If you have not previously completed a supervisory probationary period, you will be required to serve a one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period for this position.
ALTERNATE APPLICATION INFORMATION: If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, navigate to https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Alternate_Application_Information for information on an alternate application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, a review of the application package will determine whether an applicant meets the basic qualification requirements listed in the announcement. If basic qualifications are met, the application package will be compared against the applicant's assessment questionnaire to determine level of experience. Should a determination be made, after reviewing the application package, that an applicant inflated their qualifications or experience to result in a higher rating, the application package may be thrown out or the applicant may be assigned to a lower quality category. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying as errors or omissions may affect eligibility.
Applicants will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):
To apply for this position, applicants must submit a complete APPLICATION PACKAGE, which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/556189900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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