This position is a Biologist, GS- 0401-11/12 working in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia for the R9-Div of Conservation and Classification.

Duties

As a Biologist your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Reviews or prepares or performs senior scientific reviews of briefing materials in their areas of expertise. The incumbent in considered an expert in primarily sections 4, 7 or 10 of the Endangered Species Act or one or more of the following: 1) species assessment and petition/correspondence management; 2 ) listing endangered and threatened species; 3) critical habitat; 4) recovery and candidate conservation planning; 5) consultation; 6) Habitat Conservation Planning (HCP); 7) Safe Harbor Agreements (SHAs) and Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs); and 8) general implementation of the Endangered Species Act. Recommends subsequent Agency action and furnishes advice and guidance to the Service's Director, Deputy Director (s), Regional Directors and Assistant Directors. Analyzes complex biological data, reports or findings submitted to the Washington Office for review, evaluating or writing biological and policy arguments and ensuring conformance to establish scientific and policy standards and reviewing the quality of the biological, ecological, and other information. Develops scientific data standards and reviews biological and commercial data to ensure that the data used by the Service to implement the Endangered Species Act is reliable, credible, and represents the best scientific and commercial data available.Participates in developing overall program goals, objectives, policies and strategies necessary to direct the program. Evaluates and monitors the program's accomplishments against stated goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Resume (See "Required Documents"). Failure to provide ALL required information on your resume will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all information is provided on resume.
• Eligibility and Supporting documents - You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities that you select "yes" to AND submit the required supporting documentation, as listed in the Required Documents section.
• Suitability for employment, as determined by background investigation.
• Probationary Period: Selectees may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Individuals assigned male at birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registration visit SSS.gov.

Qualifications

Only experience and education obtained by 08/18/2023 will be considered. In order to qualify for this position you must possess both the Basic Requirement and Minimum Qualification. Basic Requirement: Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Minimum Qualification [GS-11] One year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility equivalent to grade GS-09 in the Federal service. Experience includes 1) preparing species summaries, species status assessments, listing packages, recovery plans, recovery outlines, conservation plans, environmental assessment or other scientific documents related to management of endangered, threatened or at risk species; 2) participating in teams reviewing biological and commercial data to ensure reliability, credibility, or overall quality; 3) applying the principles and regulations which govern the management of natural resources and at risk species; 4) applying the principles and regulations which govern natural resources management statutes such as the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act or the National Environmental Policy Act. OR 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR A combination of education and experience as described in 1 and 2 above which together equals 100% of the requirement Minimum Qualification [GS-12] One year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility equivalent to grade GS-11 in the Federal service. Experience includes 1) preparing Endangered Species Act (ESA) related documents; 2) participating in teams reviewing biological and commercial data to ensure reliability, credibility, or overall quality; 3) applying the principles and regulations which govern the ESA and other pertinent natural resources management statutes; 4) applying the principles and regulations which govern the ESA and other pertinent natural resources management statutes such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act or National Environmental Policy Act. 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, knowledge, and skills 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

PROOF OF EDUCATION: All applicants who are using education or a combination of education and experience to qualify must submit copies of official or unofficial transcripts which include grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, institution name, and student name. If any required coursework is not easily recognizable on transcripts, or if you believe a portion of a particular course can be credited toward meeting an educational requirement, you must also provide a memorandum on letterhead from the institution's registrar, dean, or other appropriate official stating the percentage of the course that should be considered to meet the requirement and the equivalent number of units. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, if you are selected for the position, you will be required to produce the original official transcripts.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Resources 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS-BPHC Falls Church, VA 22041 US
• Name: Human Resources Staffing Division
• Email: [email protected]