Job Description
Summary
If selected, you will be responsible for program analysis of oral rabies vaccination (ORV) bait distribution data as well as wildlife rabies-related data collected by Wildlife Services (WS) operations and cooperators. You will assist in ORV flight planning; monitoring data from ORV flights; modifying flight operations in response to local and regional needs; staffing the ORV command center; and monitoring data obtained to comply with regulations.
Duties Help
- The duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Assists the National Rabies Coordinator in planning and analyzing aerial ORV bait distribution.
- Assists with developing and updating wildlife rabies-specific software to plan, implement and tract ORV program activities.
- Prepares planning, management, scientific and administrative program reports to support the National Rabies Program.
- Provides the National Rabies Coordinator with recommendations to enhance rabies program administration.
- Serves as liaison with counterparts in Canada conducting cooperative programs with different software, systems, and data collection capability.
- Travels in conjunction with aerial ORV activities around the US, attends training sessions, represents the Rabies Program at professional meetings, conferences.
Requirements Help
Conditions of employment - You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Individuals who were born male 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.
- 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 .
- All USDA employees are required to be enrolled in Continuous Vetting, which authorizes government agencies to receive notifications of criminal activity on individuals who hold low risk, public trust, or national security positions.
- Will require some air and auto travel to other states.
- The work requires agility and dexterity.
Qualifications Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.
TIME-IN-GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.
BASIC REQUIREMENT: Degree: biological science that included:
- At least 9 semester hours in such wildlife subjects as mammalogy, ornithology, animal ecology, wildlife management, or research courses in the field of wildlife biology; and
- At least 12 semester hours in zoology in such subjects as general zoology, invertebrate zoology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy, physiology, genetics, ecology, cellular biology, parasitology, entomology, or research courses in such subjects (Excess courses in wildlife biology may be used to meet the zoology requirements where appropriate.); and
- At least 9 semester hours in botany or the related plant sciences.
OR
Combination of education and experience: equivalent to a major in biological science (i.e., at least 30 semester hours), with at least 9 semester hours in wildlife subjects, 12 semester hours in zoology, and 9 semester hours in botany or related plant science, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
In addition to the basic requirement above, applicants must also meet the following:
FOR THE GS-12 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-11 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates:
- Experience with operations and research activities involving rabies, rabies impacts and rabies management strategies.
- Experience communicating, orally and in writing, rabies and other disease related programmatic information through reports and participating in wildlife conferences/workshops and stakeholder meetings.
- Experience organizing, reviewing, error checking, querying, analyzing, and reporting findings from metadata sets and databases using the Wildlife Services Management Information System and/or Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Experience working with internal and external partners to cooperatively implement all aspects of wildlife rabies management programs (e.g., communication and coordination, surveillance, vaccine-bait distribution, monitoring through sample collection, and research).
- Experience building and maintaining coalitions and working to accomplish mutually agreed upon goals as part of an interdisciplinary team and showing leadership particularly in situations without being a formal supervisor.
Note: There is no education substitution for this grade level.
TRANSCRIPTS are required if:
- This position requires specific coursework or a degree in a specific field to be basically qualified.
- You are qualifying for the position based on education.
- You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education.
- This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university
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 Please see above for education qualification requirement information.
Additional information - Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or : Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.
- First time hires to the federal government normally start at the lowest rate of the salary range for the grade selected.
- Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will not be paid. Any travel, transportation, and relocation expense associated with reporting for duty will be the responsibility of the selected employee.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits Help
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