Job Summary

Serves as a Hydrologist in the Water Accounting Division (WAD), Operations Department of the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC). The incumbent contributes to the agency's goal of water conveyance by ensuring the efficient conveyance, utilization, and accurate accounting of boundary and transboundary river waters, in accordance with domestic law and international agreements such as the 1906 Convention and 1944 Water Treaty.

Major Duties

Qualifications

Qualifications must be met by 11/18/2019 Minimum Qualification Requirement - To qualify for this position, you must also have:

A. Degree: 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 physics. Calculus and physics, as described above, are requirements for all grade levels. B. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Evaluation of Experience: Acceptable experience must have included performance of scientific functions related to the study of water resources, based on and requiring a professional knowledge of related sciences and the consistent application of basic scientific principles to the solution of theoretical and practical hydrologic problems. The following is illustrative of acceptable experience: field or laboratory work that would require application of hydrologic theory and related sciences such as geology, gee-chemistry, geophysics, or civil engineering to making observations, taking samples, operating instruments, assembling data from source materials, analyzing and interpreting data, and reporting findings orally and in writing. In some cases, professional scientific experience that is not clearly water resource experience may be acceptable if such experience was preceded by appropriate education in hydrology or by professional hydrology experience. Applicants with related experience in hydrology gained through earlier Federal Government employment might have gained that experience in one or more occupational series. Such series include Soil Conservation, GS-457; Forestry, GS- 460; Soil Science,GS-470; Civil Engineering, GS-810; Chemistry, GS-1320; Meteorology, GS-1340; and Geology, GS-1350.

Comparable non-Federal experience may be given similar credit. In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants must have specialized experience and/or directly related education in the amounts shown below GS-7

Education -1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement

Specialized Experience -1 year equivalent to at least GS-5

GS-9

Education - 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree

Specialized Experience- I year equivalent to at least GS-7

GS-11

Education - 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

Specialized Experience- I year equivalent to at least GS-9

GS-12 and above

Specialized Experience -1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website: http://www.opm.gov/qualificationsYour resume must have complete information: Please ensure your resume accurately reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume states complete information for each job entry (beginning and ending dates of employment stated as MM/YYYY; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough information regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualification determination, your application package may be rendered disqualified and you will no longer be considered for this position. Part-Time or Unpaid Experience: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid work on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.

Pay Range

$42,053.00 - $96,978.00

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