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Position Title
Hydrologist
Agency
Bureau of Reclamation
Announcement Number
BOR-LCB-24-DE-12420483-NW Opens in new window
Open Period
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 to Tuesday, June 25, 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. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)

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.
To verify CTAP eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation with your application to include:
  • 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.
Additional supporting documentation requirements are listed in the Required Documents section of this announcement. For more information, visit the USAJOBS Help Center or review The Employee's Guide to Career Transition.

Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in The Department of the Interior with CTAP eligibility?
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3. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)

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.
To verify ICTAP eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation with your application to include:
  • 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.
Additional supporting documentation requirements are listed in the Required Documents section of this announcement. For more information, visit the USAJOBS Help Center or review The Employee's Guide to Career Transition.

Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than The Department of the Interior?
(limit characters)
Preferences
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
2. 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. (limit characters)
You are applying under the Delegated Examining announcement. If you want to be considered under the concurrent Merit Promotion announcement, you must submit a separate application under that announcement. Please call the Human Resources Office phone number listed on this announcement for clarification or further information. (limit characters)
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. (limit characters)
3. This position is designated as a Non-Sensitive/Moderate Risk position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (T2S or T2RS or equivalent) that is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment.

Are you willing to undergo a comprehensive background investigation which includes, but is not limited to, contact with all references, employers, co-workers, personal associates, and a review of your driving record, credit history, criminal history, and military service?
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To verify your claimed eligibility to apply for this position vacancy, you must submit all supporting documentations outlined in the Required Documents section of this job announcement. (limit characters)
Conditions of Employment
If selected, you will be subject to an initial suitability review, determined by a background investigation. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
1. Minimum Education: Select the response that best describes your education and experience as it relates to the basic requirements for this position.
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2. GS-11 In addition to meeting the basic requirements for this position, select the response that describes your experience, education, or combination of education and professional experience as described as specialized experience in the vacancy announcement.
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3. GS-12 In addition to meeting the basic requirements for this position, select the response that describes your experience, education, or combination of education and professional experience as described as specialized experience in the vacancy announcement.
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4. Select the statement that best describes your experience in collecting groundwater, surface water, hydrologic, and climatic data and providing analyses that lead to scientifically defensible interpretations. (limit characters)
5. Select the statement that best describes your experience analyzing and interpreting results from water quality data and performing hydrologic quantitative and qualitative analysis. (limit characters)
6. Select the statement that best describes your knowledge of the theories, principles and concepts related to hydrology and other natural resources sufficient to evaluate potential impacts and to recommend mitigation to maintain or restore water quality and hydrologic function. (limit characters)
7. Select the statement below that best describes your experience in preparing oral and written scientific documents for scientific conferences, reports, and peer-reviewed publications. (limit characters)
8. Select the statements that identify your experience coordinating, communicating, and interacting with others. (limit characters)
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below. (limit characters)
9. Select the response that best describes your experience utilizing hydrologic or hydraulic modeling systems for forecasting.
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10. Select the response that best describes your experience with the hydrologic forecast process and techniques used to predict river levels.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
11.

Select the statement that reflects your experience directing the scientific and administrative planning, development, and quality assurance/quality control of state-wide or basin-wide data-base functions.

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12.

Select the statement that reflects your experience participating in the quality assurance of surface water field operations.

 

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13. Select the statement that reflects your experience reviewing data bases and reports for technical content, adequacy of author responses to reviewers' comments, adherence to policy, organization of material, clarity of expression, and suitability for final approval. (limit characters)
14. 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.
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