- Position Title
- Hydrologist
- Agency
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Announcement Number
- BOR-UCB-23-MP-12043460-DA Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, July 13, 2023 to Thursday, July 27, 2023
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
To claim CTAP eligibility, please confirm:
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in The Department of the Interior with CTAP eligibility?
To claim CTAP eligibility, please confirm:
- You are a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? AND
- 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.
- Your agency notice, such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice; AND
- Your most recent annual performance appraisal rating of record; AND
- Your most recent SF-50, or equivalent personnel action, noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in The Department of the Interior with CTAP eligibility?
3.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)
To claim ICTAP eligibility, please confirm:
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than The Department of the Interior?
To claim ICTAP eligibility, please confirm:
- You are a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? AND
- 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.
- Your agency notice, such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice; AND
- Your most recent annual performance appraisal rating of record; AND
- Your most recent SF-50, or equivalent personnel action, noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than The Department of the Interior?
Preferences
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Certificates of Eligible Applicants for this position may be shared with other Federal agencies at their request. This may include other Offices within the Bureau of Reclamation, other Bureaus within the Department of the Interior, and/or other Federal agencies. If your information is shared with another office/bureau/agency, you will be notified. Do you authorize the sharing of your information with other Federal agencies? If you respond "No" to this question, your information will not be shared and you will not be considered for employment by the requesting agency.
2.
If you selected OTHER as your response to the question above, please elaborate on your answer.
Your complete and detailed on-line resume MUST include, at a minimum, the following information for each work experience, including military service (prepare a separate entry for each job): 1) Job Title (including series and grade if Federal job); 2) Hours per week; 3) Salary; 4) Starting and ending dates (month and year); 5) Employer's name and address; 6) Supervisor's name and phone number and whether we may contact your current supervisor; 7) Duties and accomplishments. Also include: 1) High School name, city, state, zip code if known, and date of diploma or GED; 2) College or university names, city, state, and zip code if known, majors and type and year of any degrees received (if no degree, show total credits earned and indicate whether semester or quarter hours); 3) list of job related training courses, skills, certificates and licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, membership in professional or honor societies, etc. Please make sure you read the vacancy announcement thoroughly to see if there is any additional supporting documentation required.
You WILL NOT be considered for this announcement if you fail to submit ALL the applicable required documentation in the announcement (i.e. transcripts,DD-214's, SF-15, VA letter, SF-50's, PE Registration, etc.) by the CLOSING DATE of this announcement. Please call the Human Resources Office phone number listed on this announcement for clarification or further information.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Hydrologist, GS-1315-12, position with the Bureau of Reclamation. We will evaluate your resume and your responses to this assessment questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this questionnaire.
1.
Do you meet the individual Occupational Requirements
Basic Requirements:
Basic Requirements:
- Degree: physical or natural science, or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in any combination of courses in hydrology, the physical sciences, geophysics, chemistry, engineering science, soils, mathematics, aquatic biology, atmospheric science, meteorology, geology, oceanography, or the management or conservation of water resources. The course work must have included at least 6 semester hours in calculus (including both differential and integral calculus), and at least 6 semester hours in physics. Calculus and physics, as described above, are requirements for all grade levels.
or
- Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Evaluation of Experience: Acceptable experience must have included performance of scientific functions related to the study of water resources, based on and requiring a professional knowledge of related sciences and the consistent application of basic scientific principles to the solution of theoretical and practical hydrologic problems. The following is illustrative of acceptable experience: field or laboratory work that would require application of hydrologic theory and related sciences such as geology, geo-chemistry, geophysics, or civil engineering to making observations, taking samples, operating instruments, assembling data from source materials, analyzing and interpreting data, and reporting findings orally and in writing. In some cases, professional scientific experience that is not clearly water resource experience may be acceptable if such experience was preceded by appropriate education in hydrology or by professional hydrology experience.
Applicants with related experience in hydrology gained through earlier Federal Government employment might have gained that experience in one or more occupational series. Such series include Soil Conservation, GS-457; Forestry, GS-460; Soil Science, GS-470; Civil Engineering, GS-810; Chemistry, GS-1320; Meteorology, GS-1340; and Geology, GS-1350. Comparable non-Federal experience may be given similar credit.
2.
(GS-12) Choose one answer that best describes your specialized experience as related to the qualification requirements for this position. To qualify at the GS-12, you must possess one year of specialized experience working with an interdisciplinary team as member or lead implementing programs, projects, policies, and procedures and working as the contract administrator in four of the six following areas.
Project or Program management experience with river hydrology and biological processes or vegetation management.
Developing adaptive management approaches that incorporate new technological or scientific developments and studies.
Working with planning documents, objectives, and schedules.
Implement/administer contracts and resolving problems as the arise.
Leadership, guidance, and direction during complicated implementation processes.
Developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with state, federal, local, or tribal entities.
Project or Program management experience with river hydrology and biological processes or vegetation management.
Developing adaptive management approaches that incorporate new technological or scientific developments and studies.
Working with planning documents, objectives, and schedules.
Implement/administer contracts and resolving problems as the arise.
Leadership, guidance, and direction during complicated implementation processes.
Developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with state, federal, local, or tribal entities.
For each question, select the response that best describes your experience and training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Experience proposing, developing, evaluating and recommending adaptive management projects and activities for environmental, biological or hydrologic projects.
4.
Experience developing and drafting program and project goals and objectives.
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Experience developing budgets and cost estimates.
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Experience implementing programs and adaptive management projects and activity plans, policies and procedures, and agreements.
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Experience providing leadership, guidance, and direction to implementation teams and ensures that project and activity planning documents, objectives, commitments, schedules, etc.
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Experience Proactively implementing and managing adaptive management projects and activities, ensuring that long term productivity, efficiency, and ecologically sustainable objectives are incorporated throughout the implementation process.
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Experience serving as a Contracting and/or Grant Officer's Representative on signed projects and activities.
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Experience implementing and administering a variety of assigned contracts, including construction contracts, service contracts, Indian Self Determination Act contracts, interagency and financial assistance agreements, grants, and cooperative agreements.
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Experience initiating timely action on contract/grant items and ensures that they are carried to completion.
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Experience monitoring projects and activities and using creating thinking to develop innovative solutions as unexpected situations, changes in objectives, or new technology or scientific studies arise.
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Experience monitoring adaptive management projects for effectiveness and efficiency and makes adjustments to plans, protocols and procedures, budget documents, schedules, etc .
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I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.