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Position Title
Supervisory Geographer (GIS)/Civil Engineer/Cartographer/Land Surveyor/Data Scientist
Agency
Bonneville Power Administration
Announcement Number
24-BPA-39202-12348052-DE Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, March 25, 2024 to Wednesday, April 3, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a SURPLUS or DISPLACED federal employee (e.g., Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP))?

If yes, confirm:

--you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy;
--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;
--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 equivalent.

For more information on eligibility visit:  https://www.usajobs.gov/help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
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3. Are you the spouse of:

--a member of the armed forces serving on active duty;
--a 100 percent disabled service member injured while on active duty; OR
--a service member who was killed while performing active duty (un-remarried widow or widower)?

For more information on eligibility visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/military-spouses/

Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
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Preferences
1. Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location. (limit characters)
2. Select the series you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one series. (limit characters)
3. Do any of your relatives work for the agency to which you are applying? If so, please list any applicable names below. Please enter N/A in the text box, if not Applicable. (Include: father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, and half sister). (limit characters)
4. Instructions: To provide the hiring manager an opportunity to consider your accomplishments, you may submit/attach copies of your performance appraisals and/or incentive award justification as part of your application by uploading these documents into USA Staffing.


All current Federal employees must have at least a fully successful or equivalent performance rating or higher, to be considered for competitive placement. Competitive Federal employees who have a current unacceptable performance rating will be excluded from consideration.
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5. Have you received awards or been recognized as part of your annual performance appraisal for work that was based on one or more of the competencies described in this vacancy announcement? (limit characters)
6. Are you currently serving or have served in the last five (5) years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government? (limit characters)
7. Please list the title, agency and dates of the appointments (limit characters)
Assessment 1
1. BASIC REQUIREMENT - You must meet the minimum basic education and/or experience requirements for 0150, Geographer (Geospatial Information Systems), positions in the Federal government. Select the response that best describes your education and/or experience.
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2. BASIC REQUIREMENT - You must meet the minimum basic education and/or experience requirements for 0800, Engineer positions in the Federal government. Select the response that best describes your education and/or experience.
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3. BASIC REQUIREMENT - You must meet the minimum basic education and/or experience requirements for 1560, Data Scientist positions in the Federal government. Select the response that best describes your education and/or experience.
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4. BASIC REQUIREMENT - You must meet the minimum basic education and/or experience requirements for 1370, Cartographer positions in the Federal government. Select the response that best describes your education and/or experience.
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5. BASIC REQUIREMENT - You must meet the minimum basic education and/or experience requirements for 1373, Land Surveyor positions in the Federal government. Select the response that best describes your education and/or experience.
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6. In addition to the basic requirement, choose one answer that best describes your experience.
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For the following task statements, please select the option that best describes your training or experience. You must ensure that the level of training or experience claimed is reflected in your resume. If the information cannot be found in your resume, your self-rating will be adjusted accordingly. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
7. Oversee areas of rapidly developing geospatial science, technology, policy, and data management to address complex scientific and management issues.
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8. Create optimal geomatics organizational structure for a highly complex power transmission organization with a large and diverse user community for leverage of projects.
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9. Ensure a geomatics program is fully compliant with all applicable directives and initiatives dealing with geospatial issues.
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10. Provide strategic planning for the development and execution of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to enable the sharing and usage of geographic information by standardizing formats and protocols for access and interoperability.
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11. Lead special studies on the implementation of Spatial Data Infrastructure concepts and strategies to determine processes and resource requirements necessary to facilitate the implementation of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) concepts and strategies.
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12. Develop a comprehensive policy, standards, procedures, guidance, and initiatives to support coordinated development, use, alignment, integration, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial activities.
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13. Serve as the supervisor or lead of a diverse management team with responsibility for planning, supervising, leading the programs, systems, and work processes necessary to perform critical mission and support activities required of the group supervised.
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14. Provide strategic planning and visioning geomatics programs, products and services, driving the effective integration of geospatial technology for tools and reporting data.
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15. Represent a Geomatics programs and services across a variety of Agency groups, including public and private partnerships to advance Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).
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16. Promote cooperation amongst a variety of programs, Federal, State, Tribal and local government agencies, academic institutions, and the private sector to develop, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data.
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17. If you selected E in response to any question above, indicate where in your resume the information can be found to support your answer (identify by job title and dates). In order to receive credit, please be sure that your resume provides adequate details to support your answer or your response will be adjusted accordingly. (Maximum length of 250 characters):
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