- Position Title
- Supv Fish and Wildlife Biologist
- Agency
- Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Announcement Number
- R1-19-10490627-RR-MP Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 to Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position?
If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
3.
Do you meet one of the following Competitive Merit Promotion eligibilities:
- Current or Former Federal Employee who has held or currently holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service and has never held the full performance level of the position being announced.
- Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA)
- Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA)
4.
Have you successfully completed the Directorate Resource Assistant Fellows Program (DFP) and are within a two-year period of eligibility beginning on the date you completed your undergraduate or graduate degree?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your certificate of completion of the program and transcripts as proof of non-competitive eligibility.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your certificate of completion of the program and transcripts as proof of non-competitive eligibility.
5.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
6.
Were you formerly employed as a Federal civilian employee on a permanent competitive appointment or did you obtain career-conditional status (and are within 3 years of the date of separation or are a preference eligible) at the same grade level as this position or higher with the same or higher promotion potential?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your separation SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your separation SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
7.
Do you meet one of the following Non-Competitive eligibilities:
- Current or Former Federal Employee who has held or currently holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service and has held a permanent (non-temporary) position in the competitive service at the same or higher full performance level as the position being announced
- Veterans who have a service connected disability of 30% or more
- Certain Military Spouses (Relocating with your spouse under Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders / a spouse of a service member who is 100% disabled due to a service-connected injury / a spouse of a service member killed while on active duty)
- Certain Overseas Family Members (A family member of a federal employee, or uniformed service member, who has completed 52 weeks of service in a federal position overseas.)
- Peace Corps/VISTA
- Foreign Service Employees
- Miscellaneous Authorities not regulated by OPM (Postal Career Service Employee; Postal Rate Commission Employee; Government Accountability Office (GAO) Employee; Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Employee)
- DOI or FWS Authorities not regulated by OPM
- Individuals with a Disability: Schedule A Disability appointments (Severe Physical, Psychiatric, Mental Disability)
- Interchange agreement with other merit systems
8.
Are you currently employed as a Federal civilian employee in the Competitive Service and have never held the grade or full performance level of this position?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your latest SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your latest SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
9.
Were you formerly employed as a Federal civilian employee on a permanent competitive appointment or did you obtain career-conditional status (and are within 3 years of the date of separation or are a preference eligible) and have you never held the full performance level of this position?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your separation SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your separation SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
Assessment 1
Basic Education Requirement
For each question, choose the response that best describes your experience and training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
1.
There is a basic requirement for the 0401 job series. To meet this requirement, you must possess one of the following:
Additional Qualification
For each question, choose the response that best describes your experience and training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
2.
In addition to the basic requirement for the 0401 job series, the must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal Government performing all of the following: 1) Manage/lead staff of biological/natural resource professionals; 2) Evaluate invasive species response and control strategies and develop collaborative solutions for resource management problems; 3) Write scientific papers and technical reports; and 4) Mentor lower-level employees on response and control of invasive species as well as their impact on endangered species recovery and habitat conservation.
Professional knowledge of the latest theories, principles, and methods of fish and wildlife biology, their
application, and general knowledge of a wide range of related disciplines.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Act as a representative at interagency planning sessions and other meetings to present technical information pertaining to land resources, endangered species, wetlands, and other natural resources issues to a variety of audiences
4.
Address complex and controversial natural resource issues with federal, state, local, and international agencies and other interest groups
5.
Analyze the results of investigations assessing the effects of prevention, control and management activities on invasive species to make recommendations to a higher level superior
Ability to evaluate and explain biological information and recommendations in terms that are understandable by fish and wildlife resource professionals, professionals in other disciplines, and laypersons.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
6.
Address public concerns and explain the basis of decisions
7.
Advise employees, supervisors and managers on laws, policies, and guidelines relevant to fish and wildlife conservation programs
8.
Analyze and develop written recommendations concerning conservation policy implications for senior staff and high level officials
9.
Apply principles of pest and/or invasive species management to wildlife and/or habitat restoration
10.
Apply sound biological and ecological knowledge, techniques, and methods to complex natural resource and environmental problems
Skill in communicating effectively both orally and in writing to prepare and present completed staff work, correspondence, reports and recommendations, and to communicate effectively in interagency and public forums.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
11.
Assist in collaborative efforts with other agencies, public user groups, or other constituencies to minimize the impacts of human activities to fish or wildlife resources
12.
Build coalitions with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, and international organizations on conservation issues.
13.
Collaborate with other agencies, partners, and special interest groups on invasive species or pest management issues
14.
Communicate scientific concepts and agency policies with clarity and logic to a variety of audiences with differing knowledge levels, priorities and interests
Skill in the use of diplomacy and sound judgment when working with people of state and Federal agencies, tribes, private individuals and organizations, and the news media.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
15.
Interact effectively with individuals and groups on controversial and complex issues relating to fish, wildlife, plant and other natural resources
16.
Interact effectively with local, state, and federal agencies and the general public
17.
Interact with individuals/groups on controversial, complex, and often politically charged program issues and land and water programs
18.
Lead and/or work with groups or people on task forces, special study groups, etc., where participants come from diverse organizations with competing interests at a high level of complexity and over an extended period of time
19.
Liaise with federal, state, and local agency personnel, tribes, native organizations, private groups, and individuals who have conflicting conservation and resource management views
Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships KSA with individuals and groups from varying backgrounds and with varying interests, including the ability to lead multi-disciplinary and multi-agency natural resource trustee groups.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
20.
Collaborate with other professionals regarding complex and controversial natural resource issues and activities to interact, convey, and obtain pertinent information needed to effectively manage natural resource conservation programs
21.
Coordinate and/or participate in interdisciplinary approaches and task forces to examine natural resource problems and issues, develop solutions, and plan future activities to conserve fish and wildlife resources
22.
Establish and maintain communications with federal, state, and local agency personnel, tribes, native organizations, private groups, and individuals who have conflicting conservation and resource management views
23.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Hawaiian public interest groups, community planners, private landowners, tribal, and state and local agencies participating in invasive species control and mitigation programs
Ability to supervise, motivate; and plan, organize and· direct the work of others in accomplishing the mission work.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
24.
Manage natural resource programs using a high degree of individual initiative and judgment for solving problems and exerting technical program leadership
25.
Mentor subordinate employees or peers concerning their professional growth
26.
Model professional behavior while at work
27.
Motivate employees and supporting staff in the pursuit of program excellence