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Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary, requiring long periods of sitting in one position, intense concentration, and working for several hours at a time. Stress may be experienced on a regular basis in attempting to respond to conflicting objectives and in working against right tight deadlines with limited resources
Work Environment: The work is primarily in an office/computer room environment. Occasional fieldwork may be required. Fieldwork is in support of resource mapping projects and involves extended days of travel, sometimes in poor weather conditions. The incumbent must be comforable with less than ideal conditions in remote settings in the accomplishment of mapping projects.
07/27/2017 to 08/09/2017
$49,765 - $78,270 per year
GS 09 - 11
Few vacancies in the following locations:
Occasional travel - Occasional Travel
Yes—Travel and relocation expenses will be paid consistent with the Federal Travel Regulation, Chapter 302, and Departmental policy. The use of a relocation service company and home marketing incentive will not be offered. If offered, there is no assurance that you will receive a guaranteed offer for the sale of your home.
Permanent - This is a permanent position.
Full-time - Work Schedule is Full Time.
11
No
OR-DEU-2017-0077
475527100
The incumbent at the GS-09 level implements analytical techniques needed to solves various procedural and factual geospatial and GIS issues, digitizes geographic information by translating raw land-based data into code, analyzes cumulative impacts of frequently measured environmental factors and conducts 3/D spatial analysis and geospatial modeling, carry out geospatial databases and implements quality control for geospatial data projects, provides user support and troubleshooting assistance for problems related to GIS hardware and application software, collaborates with a diverse group of local resources specialists, planners, and managers to coordinate and implement local GIS activities, coordinates with managers, resources specialist/technicians and IT staff to schedule geospatial hardware and software processing needs and implements required upgrades, promotes an integrated training program to teach basic skills in geospatial software, data acquisition, and retrieval and analysis.
The incumbent at the GS-11 level defines data need parameters for specific geospatial projects, implements advanced analytical techniques necessary to solve complex geospatial and GIS issues, calculates cumulative impacts of various environmental factors (i.e threatened and endangered species), conducts 3D/spatial analysis and geospatial modeling to measure and predict various environmental impacts, designs, develops and manages geospatial databases, develops quality control and assurance guidelines for projects, represents the local office manager when working with other internal and external organizations, recommends changes GIS procedures and methods.
For GS-09: One year of specialized experience equivalent to a GS-07 in the federal service, or a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B or J.D., if related.
For GS-11: One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 in the federal service, or a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related
SELECTIVE SERVICE: Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must certify that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. To register or verify your registration go to the Selective Service System website.
May require completion of a 1 year probationary period.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. Information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility is available from OPM's Career Transition Resources website at CTAP or ICTAP. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration or that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) This vacancy is within your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility; 2) You apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) You are found well qualified for this vacancy. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, or a copy of your separation personnel action form.
CTAP and ICTAP eligibles will be considered well qualified if they fall within the Well or Best Qualified categories on the rating criteria for this position.
This announcement is being advertised concurrently under Announcement# OR Merit-2017-0175 for current and former federal employees serving under a competitive service career or career-conditional appointment or reinstatement eligible. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Upon receipt of your complete application package, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. Your rating will be based on your responses to the Job Specific Questionnaire and the information stated in your resume. If qualified, your score may range from 70-100 points. In addition, interviews may be conducted for this position. The interviews may be conducted on a pass/fail basis or may be scored. The job specific questions relate to the following knowledge, skills and abilities required to do the work of this position.
1) In depth knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and rleated technology (GPS) in order to use seasoned judgement and advanced analytical techniques to solve complex geospatial and GIS issues and recommend changes to established geospatial procedures and methods.
2) Knowledge of geographic/cartographic sciences, interdisciplinary resource management, and database management in order to design, develop and manage geospatial databases.
3) Knowledge of interrelationships between various natural and cultural resources (i.e. range, wildlife, soil, water, minerals) programs in order to work with a diverse group of resources specialists, planners and managers to coordinate and implement geospatial applications
4) Ability to effectively communicate with diverse audiences both orally and in writing
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In addition to the online application (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following forms:
Copy of Transcripts or a list of college courses that include hours and grades from an accredited U.S. college/university. If your degree is from a Foreign Institution, See Foreign Education.
Former PLC Member: Submit a copy of your “Certificate of Eligibility for Noncompetitive Hiring” along with a copy of your “PLC Participant Verification Work Hours Sheet.”
Applicants eligible under PL-114-47, Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) must submit documentation verifying (a) initial selection under competitive examining procedures to a land management agency under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service , (b) service under this initial appointment, or in conjunction with subsequent competitive service time-limited appointments, to a land management agency was for a period of 24 months without a break in service of two or more years, and (c) performance was evaluated as being at an acceptable level for the entire applicable period(s). “Required documentation includes first and last SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) for each appointment verifying the Position Occupied code (Block 34) is 1-Competitive Service, AND documentation of successful performance for each appointment. Applicants are encouraged to combine all required documents into one or more files and scan for uploading into the application. Each file must not exceed 3MB. Grouping documents into files will simplify the application process. Failure to submit required documentation will result in loss of consideration.
Veterans' Preference: If you are entitled to veterans' preference, you should indicate the level of veterans' preference you are claiming on your resume. Your veterans' preference entitlement will be adjudicated (verified) by the employing agency using the documents you provide.
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. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To receive consideration for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package, which includes ALL of the following items: 1. Your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire; 2. Your resume; and 3. Applicable supporting documents specified in the Required Documents section of this job announcement.
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