Hydrologist

Summary

This announcement is being advertised as a Forest Service National Hiring effort to fill multiple vacancies. Positions may be filled at one or more of the duty locations included in this announcement. Final determination of the duty location will be made at the time of the job offer.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Jason Armbruster bruster.

• Duties are listed at the full performance grade level.
• Develops and orchestrates out-year and current year program of work priorities for the Forest-wide soils and water program.
• Advises Forest Leadership on these priorities, which are based on data collected and reported through the national watershed condition framework, watershed analyses, hydrologic function, soils inventory and assessment, and water quality.
• Works closely with other resource specialists, as well as District/Zone soils scientists and hydrologists on the Forest and in the Regional office to continually assess conditions, and design and implement program of work efforts.
• Provides hydrologic functional and technical support and advice to be used in development of the long and short range program for Watershed Management.
• Through program management guidance to soils and water Forest staff, ensures specialized hydrologic and soils advice to resource planners to enable Forest to meet Watershed constraints while carrying out planned resource activities.
• Provides quality control oversight while coordinating soils and hydrologist staff to review projects or activities on-the-ground to analyze hydrologic and soils impacts as a result of such activities.
• Coordinates riparian and/or in-stream restoration projects with fisheries to ensure whole watershed restoration and maintain water quality standards.
• Proposes local policy and regulation to cover the installation's unique problems which are not covered by state, federal, or higher authority/regulations because regulatory guidance is issued in general terms for command-wide application.
• Strategically develops partnership methods and agreements for watershed restoration and water quality through coordination with state and federal agencies, municipalities and non-government organizations such as watershed councils.
• Serves as an authority preparing reports on a variety of complex projects and or contracts.
• Reports involve analysis of data collected and the environment from which it was collected, and plans for corrective actions.
• Performs supervisory duties 20% or less of the time.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• 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.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government;
  
  and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

Basic Requirement: GS-1315

Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major field of study in physical or natural science, or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in any combination of courses in hydrology, the physical sciences, geophysics, chemistry, engineering science, soils, mathematics, aquatic biology, atmospheric science, meteorology, geology, oceanography, or the management or conservation of water resources.

The course work must have included at least 6 semester hours in calculus (including both differential and integral calculus), and at least 6 semester hours in…