What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervisory Biologist position at US Department of the Interior?
For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week.
Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following Basic Education Requirement and Specialized Experience Requirement:
Basic Educational Requirement: You must meet at least one of the following:
- Degree: Biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. You must submit transcripts. -OR-
- Combination of education and experience: course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Specialized Experience Requirement: In addition to the Basic Education Requirement, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as the following: providing administrative, scientific, and technical leadership for a scientific program or project, including leadership and problem solving in supervising and planning, organizing, and directing natural resource professionals to achieve defined goals; dealing with complex and controversial natural resources management issues within defined project timelines and schedules, negotiating with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders to resolve conflicts and establishing partnerships; developing and executing budgets from multiple funding sources, and administering or negotiating grants and cooperative agreements to accomplish program objectives; and applying knowledge of appropriate Federal statutes and regulations governing fish and wildlife conservation and interagency or interdepartmental coordination. All of this experience must be clearly demonstrated in your resume. You must include hours per week worked.
Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.Education:You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualificationsEmployment Type: OTHER
Salary : $106,437