- Position Title
- Geographer
- Agency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Announcement Number
- R9-23-11962365-SG-MP Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, May 11, 2023 to Wednesday, June 7, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
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.
Please select YES to this eligibility if you meet the criteria below:
Are you a Department of Interior employee who 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.
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 with the Department of Interior. 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).
Are you a Department of Interior employee who 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.
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 with the Department of Interior. 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).
4.
Are you a current or former employee of a Land Management Agency and are serving or served under a time-limited competitive service appointment? You may be eligible to compete under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act, P.L. 114-47.
Current land management agency appointees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service.
Former land management agency employees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service; must have been separated (with respect to their most recent separation) for reasons other than misconduct or performance, and must apply for a position covered by these provisions within two years of their most recent date of separation.
You must provide documentation showing all required periods of service (All SF-50s) and acceptable performance (performance appraisal ratings or references from supervisors if employed for periods of time too short to require an appraisal.)
Current land management agency appointees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service.
Former land management agency employees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service; must have been separated (with respect to their most recent separation) for reasons other than misconduct or performance, and must apply for a position covered by these provisions within two years of their most recent date of separation.
You must provide documentation showing all required periods of service (All SF-50s) and acceptable performance (performance appraisal ratings or references from supervisors if employed for periods of time too short to require an appraisal.)
5.
Please select YES to this Eligibility if you meet the criteria below:
Are you a U.S. Department of the Interior employee who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service and has held a permanent (non-temporary) position at the same or higher full performance level as the position being announced?
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 with the U.S. Department of the Interior. 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)
Are you a U.S. Department of the Interior employee who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service and has held a permanent (non-temporary) position at the same or higher full performance level as the position being announced?
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 with the U.S. Department of the Interior. 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)
6.
Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?
Assessment 1
Basic 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.
Basic Requirement
Minimum Qualifications GS-0150-13
2.
Minimum Qualification GS-0150-13
Ability to apply systems analysis concepts and techniques; cost-benefit analysis methods; and the translation of functional requirements into design specifications in order to evaluate the feasibility of proposed new systems development projects.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Develop functional requirements for new IT systems that incorporate geospatial workflows.
4.
Translate business and data requirements into conceptual and logical data models.
5.
Facilitate meetings to elicit business and technical requirements from stakeholders.
6.
Examine existing IT systems to assess the feasibility of incorporating geospatial workflows.
Skills applying GIS utility software (such as ArcGIS Desktop, ArcSDE, SQL, Python scripting, Model Builder and others) in order to create, manipulate, organize and disseminate spatial data.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
7.
Utilize scripting tools (e.g., FME, Python, T-SQL) to automate data management tasks.
8.
Utilize REST APIs to retrieve and compile datasets.
9.
Prepare schema crosswalk tables to facilitate extract, transform and load (ETL) transactions.
10.
Document and diagram data models using tools such as Microsoft Visio.
11.
Develop extract, transform and load (ETL) processes for integrating data into a data warehouse environment.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
12.
Document and publish spatial datasets to cloud platforms such as ArcGIS Online.
Ability to apply the concepts and principles of ecology, biological science, geography and/or natural resource disciplines especially as it relates to land management and species conservation in order to design, develop and maintain biological, ecological and geospatial databases.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
13.
Design relational database management systems for natural resource applications using SQLServer or ArcGIS
14.
Design and develop spatial data applications for natural resource applications.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
15.
Develop mobile field data collection tools for capturing biotic and abiotic data.
16.
Create and manage domain values used in the collection of biotic observations.
Skills to communicate orally sufficient to negotiate controversial issues and persuade others regarding the validity of findings, recommendations and decision-making activities; and to establish positive working relationships with people who have widely varying backgrounds, objectives, and goals, including persons and groups with diverse cultural backgrounds.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
17.
Communicate effectively with diverse audiences such as contractors, staff, peers, management,
partners, and the general public.
partners, and the general public.
18.
Deliver presentations on technical topics to non-technical audiences.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
19.
Apply interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate within small teams.
20.
Design and deliver training sessions on how to utilize geospatial software for data acquisition.
Skills working with scientific data acquisition and analysis standards, methods, and recording techniques to efficiently manage the collection and summation of data, and accomplish ecological analysis in a way that is highly credible and meets scientifically acceptable standards.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
21.
Build online dashboards using business intelligence software to summarize natural resource data.
22.
Implement validation routines for data collected by field biologists.
23.
Implement quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) procedures to improve the quality and integrity of datasets.
24.
Develop data dictionaries and metadata to document and describe spatial and non-spatial ecological datasets.