- Position Title
- Physical Scientist (AML/HML Program Lead)
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Announcement Number
- OR-24-MP-12535024-WDS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, September 17, 2024 to Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Eligibilities
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. YOUR RESPONSES WILL AFFECT YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS POSITION. The following questions address if you are eligible to apply to this job opportunity announcement through Merit Promotion procedures. You will only be considered under the options you have selected. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. If you respond that you do not meet any of the following criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. Please refer to the announcement for additional information. You must submit a complete application by the close of the announcement to be considered.
1.
Current Bureau of Land Management Competitive Merit Promotion
Are you a current career/career-conditional Bureau of Land Management Federal employee and meet the following Competitive Merit Promotion Eligibility:
Current Department of the Bureau of Land Management Federal employee with a career or career- conditional appointment in the competitive service that holds, or have held a career or career-conditional position at a lower grade level as the position being announced.
To verify your eligibility as a current Bureau of Land Management Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting your competitive status showing that you are a current Bureau of Land Management Federal employee. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect: • career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND, • status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
Are you a current, permanent Bureau of Land Management employee applying for Competitive Merit Promotion?
Are you a current career/career-conditional Bureau of Land Management Federal employee and meet the following Competitive Merit Promotion Eligibility:
Current Department of the Bureau of Land Management Federal employee with a career or career- conditional appointment in the competitive service that holds, or have held a career or career-conditional position at a lower grade level as the position being announced.
To verify your eligibility as a current Bureau of Land Management Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting your competitive status showing that you are a current Bureau of Land Management Federal employee. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect: • career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND, • status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
Are you a current, permanent Bureau of Land Management employee applying for Competitive Merit Promotion?
2.
Current Bureau of Land Management Non-Competitive Merit Promotion
Are you a current career/career-conditional Bureau of Land Management Federal employee and meet the following Non-competitive Merit Promotion Eligibility:
Current Bureau of Land Management employee with a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service that hold, or have previously held a career or career-conditional position at the same or higher grade level with the same or higher promotion potential as the position being announced.
To verify your eligibility as a current Bureau of Land Management Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting your competitive status showing that you are a current Bureau of Land Management Federal employee. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect: • career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND, • status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
Are you a current, permanent Bureau of Land Management employee applying for Non-Competitive Merit promotion?
Are you a current career/career-conditional Bureau of Land Management Federal employee and meet the following Non-competitive Merit Promotion Eligibility:
Current Bureau of Land Management employee with a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service that hold, or have previously held a career or career-conditional position at the same or higher grade level with the same or higher promotion potential as the position being announced.
To verify your eligibility as a current Bureau of Land Management Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting your competitive status showing that you are a current Bureau of Land Management Federal employee. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect: • career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND, • status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
Are you a current, permanent Bureau of Land Management employee applying for Non-Competitive Merit promotion?
3.
Are you a current, permanent Bureau of Land Management employee?
To verify your eligibility as a current Bureau of Land Management employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
To verify your eligibility as a current Bureau of Land Management employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
4.
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA)
Are you a current or former term or temporary employee of a Land Management Agency (The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Reclamation) 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. For more information review, https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/land-management-workforce-flexibility-act.htm
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 which includes ALL Appointment AND Termination SF-50s for EACH appointment as well as ALL performance evaluations or references from supervisors (if employed for periods of time too short to require an appraisal) for each qualifying period of temporary employment claimed.
Are you a current or former employee of a Land Management Agency with LMWFA eligibility?
Are you a current or former term or temporary employee of a Land Management Agency (The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Reclamation) 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. For more information review, https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/land-management-workforce-flexibility-act.htm
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 which includes ALL Appointment AND Termination SF-50s for EACH appointment as well as ALL performance evaluations or references from supervisors (if employed for periods of time too short to require an appraisal) for each qualifying period of temporary employment claimed.
Are you a current or former employee of a Land Management Agency with LMWFA eligibility?
5.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
Are you a current federal employee who is considered surplus or displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
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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.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in the agency posting this job announcement with CTAP eligibility?
Are you a current federal employee who is considered surplus or 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 your current position; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than your current position; 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.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in the agency posting this job announcement with CTAP eligibility?
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
- A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
- A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
- A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
3.
I have a satisfactory or better rating on my last performance appraisal. I will provide a copy of my performance appraisal, if requested.
4.
I have received recruitment incentive awards during the last two years and have listed them on my resume.
Assessment 1
Your responses to this questionnaire, in conjunction with the other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated in determining your eligibility to be considered for this position. Choose the response that best represents your education, experience, and/or training. Do not overstate or understate your level of experience and demonstrated capability. It is important to note that all your responses are subject to review and verification against the information you provided in your resume and/or supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation a determination is made that you have overstated your qualifications and/or experience, you will be rated ineligible, or your score will be lowered.
1.
From the description below, select the best response that best describes how you meet the Basic Requirements for the Physical Scientist position, GS-1301.
2.
From the descriptions below, please select the response that best describes your specialized experience to perform the duties of Physical Scientist, GS-1301-12 in order to meet the Additional Qualification Requirement for this position.
3.
From the descriptions below, please select the response that best describes your specialized experience to perform the duties of Physical Scientist (AML/HML Program Lead), GS-1301-13 in order to meet the Additional Qualification Requirement for this position.
For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience, education and/or training carrying out each task using the scale provided. Please select only one letter for each item.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Reduce or eliminate risk associated with physical and/or environmental hazards.
5.
Review options for health risks or hazard mitigation actions to provide sound recommendations to management.
6.
Analyze data to assess the efficiency of hazardous materials incident response actions for hazardous materials sites.
7.
Interpret environmental laws, regulations, or directives for management of hazardous materials relative to all programs.
8.
Evaluate hazardous material sites according to level of threat posed to human health and environment to prioritize remediation efforts.
9.
Maintain inventories of potentially contaminated sites for compliance with site and/or incident reporting, notification laws, regulations, or procedures.
10.
Assist in the preparation of annual planning target allocations or annual work plan corresponding with program needs.
11.
Oversee the development or maintenance of Abandoned Mine Lands/Hazardous Materials Management program database inventories to ensure effective data tracking and analysis.
12.
Develop program policies, plans, or procedural guidance to direct the management and staff in achieving program objectives.
13.
Advise environmental leaders on current developments of complex Abandoned Mine Lands/Hazardous Materials Management program topics or significant issues requiring resolution.
14.
Negotiate with potentially responsible parties to secure voluntary performance of remediation as an alternative to a federal action.
15.
Make presentations at meetings, conferences, workshops, or symposiums to convey information related to Abandoned Mine Lands/Hazardous Materials Management program.
16.
Advise environmental project managers and/or program coordinators on investigations, inspections, or oversight activities.
17.
Present findings or recommendations of subject audits to appropriate levels of management.
18.
Provide technical assistance in the completion of required documents related to the Abandoned Mine Lands/Hazardous Materials Management program (i.e., reports, planning documents, staffing studies, technical program/project reviews, manuals, and/or correspondence) for dissemination to cooperating agencies, industry, or private sectors.
19.
Conduct technical reviews of program investigation to ensure timely resolution of environmental compliance problems.
20.
Train staff and/or managers on laws, regulations, Executive Orders, directives, or program investigations to ensure proper application with program objectives.
21.
Perform environmental site assessments to determine need for remediation of public lands.
22.
Adapt scientific practices to solve complex problems involving diverse aspects of environmental protection and/or response.
23.
Lead efforts to reduce liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in land acquisitions and/or disposals.
24.
Develop strategies to resolve key resource management issues.
25.
Monitor the status of corrective actions taken resulting from cited shortfalls and/or deficiencies detected during the reviews.
26.
Manage environmental issues to prevent interference with program mission.
As previously explained, your ratings in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the resume and documents you submit. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your ratings. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, for rating you ineligible, for lowering your score, or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probationary period, or other disciplinary action, including termination. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: understand this warning; have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and verified that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and demonstrated capability.
27.
Failure to agree or respond to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position. Select the most appropriate response below.