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Position Title
Supervisory Hydrologist (Deputy Director NY WSC)
Agency
Geological Survey
Announcement Number
USGS-RES-24-12421484-DE-SER Opens in new window
Open Period
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 to Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
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. (limit characters)
2. 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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3. Are you a current or former employee of a Federal agency (other than the Department of the Interior) who meets the definition of displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)?  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 were separated; and
  • This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you were separated; and 
  • This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you were separated; and
  • Your last performance rating of record was at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
  • You were separated from your position of record less than one year ago.    
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Assessment 1
Please select the responses to the questions below that best describes your experience as it relates to this position. (limit characters)
1. 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.
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2. GS-14: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, you must have professional experience. Select the response below that best describes your experience.
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3. Promote and maintain cooperative relations with state, county, and local government agencies concerned with the development and utilization of water resources. Select all that apply. (limit characters)
4. Meet with officials of cooperating agencies to ascertain needs for program adjustments of additional data, and to make presentations that document results of project activities. (limit characters)
5. Participate on interagency, intergovernmental, or interdisciplinary committees or workgroups related to water resources issues. (limit characters)
6. Plan, conduct, and report on complete hydrologic interpretive studies requiring modification of established techniques or procedures and extensive collection, analysis, and interpretation of hydrologic data. (limit characters)
7. Develop complex multidisciplinary scientific proposals that require extensive modification and adaptation of standard procedures, methods, and techniques or the development of new procedures, methods, and techniques to address critical or prominent water-resources issues that affect a large area (watershed, large drainage basin, or entire state). (limit characters)
8. Apply broad and intensive knowledge of hydrologic concepts and skills in planning complex operations. (limit characters)
9. Formulate operational policies; plan, develop, and maintain a program of hydrologic investigations, data collection and analysis, and/or research, including cooperative programs with other Federal, state and local government agencies. (limit characters)
10. Effectively communicate work results and the significance of these results to cooperators, customers, other interested individuals and organizations, the media, and the general public, and prepare material in a timely fashion. (limit characters)
11. Give clear, logical, and effective presentations or briefings before technical and non-technical audiences. (limit characters)
12. Determine the scope and objectives of intermediate and long-range programs to address water problems in a state, developing proposals for such programs that include fiscal estimates, staffing levels, and other requirements. (limit characters)
13. Propose, plan, and conduct comprehensive multidisciplinary investigations of ground water systems. (limit characters)
14. Identify major ground-water problems in multi-county areas or regions of a state and propose, plan, and execute studies that describe, interpret, simulate, and predict the effect of natural and human-induced stresses on the hydrologic system. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
15. 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.
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