Description:
What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position?Salary: $142,488 (Step 01) to $185,234 (Step 10)
Requirements:
Definitions:
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION : A year of undergraduate education is 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours or the equivalent of college study. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent was a prerequisite.
GRADUATE EDUCATION : In the absence of specific graduate program information, a year of graduate education is 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours of graduate level college course work, or the number of credit hours the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full time study. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.
BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT : Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Biologist, all grade levels.
A. 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--courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above (24 semester hours or the equivalent in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position), plus appropriate experience and/or additional education for a total of 4 years. The education or combined education and experience must be comparable in type, scope and thoroughness to that acquired through successful completion of a 4-year course of study as described in "A" above. (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO COMBINE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE)
For GS-14:
In addition to the basic education requirement as stated above, applicants must have one year of appropriate professional experience in ecology that is equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service.
Examples of GS-13 level work may include: 1) planning and leading biology projects of substantial depth and/or breadth that are compliant with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and the U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training (Principles); 2) obtaining and analyzing appropriate data to assess compliance with regulatory requirements; 3) preparing summary reports and briefing materials for governmental officials; 4) providing advisory, planning, or reviewing services as a technical specialist on a biological issue.
For examples 1-4, the work provided wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment to perform scientific work of marked difficulty and responsibility. The complexity of this work typically required extensive modification and adaptation of standard procedures, methods, and techniques, and the development of new methods and techniques to address ecological problems for which guidelines or precedents were not applicable, along with experience coordinating with external partners on applied research. The applicant must have demonstrated knowledge and technical ability to conduct animal welfare inspections of laboratories and animal holding facilities; develop and implement workflows or policies to assure compliance with the AWA and Principles across multiple facilities; lead an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee; and effectively lead teams without formal management authority.