Overview
- Accepting applications
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Open & closing dates
05/12/2021 to 05/19/2021
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Service
Competitive
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Pay scale & grade
GS 13 – 14
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Salary
$92,143 to $141,548 per year
Salary range is an approximation and dependent upon location selection.
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Appointment type
Permanent
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Work schedule
Full-time
- Apply Here: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/601143300
Duties
Summary
This position is on the staff of the Science and Technology Deputy Area, Ecological Sciences Division, USDA, NRCS in National Headquarter (NHQ).
This position serves as the Wetland and Highly Erodible Land Conservation Specialist. The purpose is to support the national discipline leader with implementing the wetland conservation (WC) and highly erodible land conservation (HELC) provision of the Food Security Act of 1985 along with relevant NRCS policies and procedures pertaining to WC & HELC.
Responsibilities
- Manages the annual WC/HELC compliance status review process.
- Drafts new or revised policy and procedures for implementation of the compliance status reviews and WC/HELC quality assurance strategies and methods.
- Compiles WC/HELC data for use in budget estimates, briefing documents, or external inquiries and formulates new methodologies for collecting, tracking, and managing WC/HELC data and workload.
- Assists with drafting formal rules, regulations, and policies to implement WC/HELC initiatives.
- Maintains or revises regulations, policies, and procedures related to measuring and predicting soil erosion calculations for implementation of HELC.
- Provides direct assistance to states on implementation of WC/HELC policies and procedures.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
- Subject to one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
- Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- Must possess and maintain a valid state motor vehicle operator’s license for the type of vehicle(s) operated to perform the duties of this position.
Qualifications
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
A. Degree: Bachelor’s or higher degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
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B. Combination of Education and Experience: This includes courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
In addition to meeting one of the Basic Requirements listed above, applicants must meet the following Minimum Qualifications Requirement in order to be considered:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience for the respective grade level(s) in which you are applying:
GS-13 Specialized Experience: One or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties:
- Assisting in drafting policies to implement WC/HELC activities;
- Developing and maintaining WC/HELC quality assurance strategies and methods;
- Assisting in the evaluation of processes necessary to implement WC/HELC initiatives;
- Interpreting and applying theories, principles and concepts of soil and natural resources conservation or related fields (agronomy, soil science, wetland science, forestry, grazing land ecology) as they relate to WC/HELC for addressing compliance issues; and
- Assisting in the drafting of responses to requests for information from other agencies or public.
(Your resume must CLEARLY demonstrate this experience)
GS-14 Specialized Experience: One or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties:
- Providing leadership and managerial guidance to reconcile or resolve operation issues to execute WC and HELC activities;
- Drafting policies and procedures to implement WC/HELC activities;
- Compiling WC/HELC data for use in briefing documents or external inquiries;
- Developing and maintaining WC/HELC quality assurance strategies and methods;
- Maintaining or revising procedures related to soil erosion identification or prediction for implementation of HELC;
- Developing internal and external communication products regarding WC and HELC; and
- Participating in conferences and meeting concerning policies and procedures, technical HEL or wetland issues.
(Your resume must CLEARLY demonstrate this experience) IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
You must submit a copy of your college transcripts or a list of college courses with credit hours, dates completed, and grades received to verify all education requirements (i.e. substitution of education and/or basic education requirement). If a relevant course is not clearly qualifying (e.g. special topic, seminar, research, thesis, obscure or misleading course title, etc.), please submit an official course syllabi and/or detailed course description from the university/college for that particular course to ensure you are properly evaluated. Please note that qualifications determinations are based solely on the information submitted for each particular vacancy announcement. You must document all requirements on every vacancy; we cannot use previous determinations as a basis for rating. All required information must be received by the closing date of this announcement, and non-submission of all required documents/documentation will result in non-consideration. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted. This information must be received by the closing date of this announcement. Non-submission of these documents will result in non-consideration. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.
Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html