Job Summary

This Direct-Hire position is in the Food and Drug Administration, with multiple locations throughout the U.S. and its territories. See the sections below for more details on the duties & qualifications for this position. Note: Salary figures shown represent the "Rest of U.S." locality pay rate. Salaries may vary based on the actual location you are hired at. You can reference OPM's 2019 General Schedule (GS) Pay Tables site to see the current pay rates adjusted for each locality area.

Major Duties

Qualifications

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

In order be eligible for the position of Biologist (QM), (GS-0401-14), you must meet the following requirements... 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 in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS:

You must possess one year (52-weeks) of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-13 in the Federal service. For the GS-14 level, you must possess one year of experience, equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service, experience includes:Providing scientific and analytical expertise in consulting on a wide variety of scientific topics, process improvement methods and quality management/organizational excellence processes and procedures, leading, evaluating, and improving scientific, regulatory, strategic, and organizational process and procedures using process improvement, quality management and organizational excellence tools, applying scientific and continual improvement approaches to accomplish problem resolution, and improvement of scientific, business and quality management processes of an organization. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login,select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 02/26/2020. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your responses when compared to your background information, you may be deemed ineligible or your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your skills and abilities.

Pay Range

$121,316.00 - $157,709.00

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