- Position Title
- Supervisory Hydrologist
- Agency
- Geological Survey
- Announcement Number
- USGS-DEN-23-11928019-IMP-MW Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, May 17, 2023 to Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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Eligibilities
Please mark "YES" to all eligibility options below for which you wish to be considered. We can only verify eligibility options for which you claim and provide proper documentation. Please see the "Required Documents" section of the announcement for specific requirements.
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Are you a current Department of the Interior employee who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
- This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- You have a current performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
- You have not yet been separated.
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Are you a current USGS employee who holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service?
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Are you a current USGS employee who 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?
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Are you a current USGS employee, regardless of status, who is eligible for consideration under a noncompetitive authority such as those specific to veterans, individuals with disabilities, Pathways Interns, Recent Graduates, and Presidential Management Fellows who are eligible for noncompetitive conversion, etc.; or current or former employees of a land management agency who is serving or previously served on a temporary or term appointment?
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What is the highest grade you have held on a permanent basis in the federal service?
(limit 2 characters)
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What is the highest full performance level of a position you've held on a permanent basis in the Federal service?
(limit 2 characters)
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What was the date of the promotion/appointment for the highest grade held above? Your response will assist in verifying the time-in-grade requirement. If not applicable, enter N/A.
8.
If your response to the preceding question is yes, please identify the authority for which you claim eligibility below. If your response is no, enter N/A.
(limit 250 characters)
9.
My performance is at an acceptable level and I am not serving under a Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance (NODAP).
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
Assessment 1
Please select the responses to the questions below that best describes your experience as it relates to this position.
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Basic Requirements for GS-1315: Choose the one answer that best describes your education and experience as it pertains to the mandatory basic requirements for Hydrologist.
2.
In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, you must have professional experience. Select the response below that best describes your experience.
3.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience establishing long range and short term program goals and scientific priorities that integrate organizational priorities.
4.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience formulating operational policies; planning, developing, and maintaining a program of hydrologic investigations, data collection and analysis, and/or research, including cooperative programs with other Federal, state and local government agencies.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience leading or participating in interdisciplinary groups, teams, or committees appointed to develop long term planning documents for program or policy development.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience working in a high-level office with complex assignments of a widely varying nature, under short deadlines, and with competing demands for attention and a constant need to reorganize priorities.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience working with internal program coordinators, team managers and outside funding agencies to obtain funds for and produce results of scientific studies.
8.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience applying principles and applications of organizational assessments, management intervention and change management, management indicators, effectiveness and efficiency measures and measurement system design techniques to organizational problems.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience assessing need for policy and procedure changes to improve the effectiveness and responsiveness of the scientific programs.
10.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience evaluating budgetary and fiscal data for consistency with previous projections, current level of program operations, and anticipated changes in mission, staffing, and/or funding levels.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience supporting diversity initiatives and the value of differences.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience leading, convincing and motivating groups or individuals in the achievement of project goals and objectives.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience communicating with peers and subordinates to obtain their ideas, transmit management's views, identify potential problems, and propose solutions.
14.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience serving as mentor and advisor to field managers in providing advice and counsel on program formulation, management, administration, and all phases of operations.
15.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience providing leadership to assure that the priorities and goals of the organization stay abreast of national policies and emerging issues, changing conditions and other influences that may affect science programs at the local, regional, national or international level.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience resolving problems in an appropriate manner that may arise between employees you supervise or between an employee and a scientific collaborator or customer.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience representing the organization at scientific meetings and conferences, interagency meetings, legislative conferences, meetings with elected officials and private research foundations and universities.
18.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience developing cooperative relations with Federal, State and local government agencies.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience participating on interagency, intergovernmental, or interdisciplinary committees or workgroups related to water-resources science and/or monitoring, working cooperatively, effectively, and cordially with key officials, scientists, managers, and technical personnel.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience integrating day-to-day operations with overall mission objectives.
21.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience developing and implementing innovative and measurably effective products to communicate work results and the significance of these results to customers, other interested individual and organizations, and the general public.
22.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience reviewing reports for technical content, adequacy of authors' responses to technical reviewers' comments, adherence to policy, organization of material, clarity of expression, and suitability for processing for final approval.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience reviewing project proposals, scientific and technical reports, and related program materials for technical and editorial adequacy and policy, and mentor inexperienced authors in the preparation of such documents.
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Which of the following statements best describes your experience writing and publishing USGS reports and articles in professional, industrial, or scientific journals and give presentations at scientific conferences.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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I certify, to the best of my knowledge that all the information in my application is true, and that I have truthfully and accurately represented my work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education. I understand that providing false or fraudulent information may be grounds for not hiring me or for firing me after I begin work. I also certify that I have read the entire vacancy announcement; that I have reviewed my answers to the eligibility questions for accuracy; and that I understand what supporting documentation, if any, is required for submission and when it's due.