Job Summary

This position is located in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Office of Regulatory Science (ORS) in Jefferson, AR.

Major Duties

Qualifications

The position of Interdisciplinary Scientist (Technology Based Expert) falls under the 0401/0403 occupational series. To qualify for this position at grade GS-13, you must meet all requirements by 11:59 pm EST on 12/18/2019. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the percentage of times the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. If you are applying based on some other qualifying eligibility (i.e. you are not applying as a current Federal employee), you must meet the specific requirements of the eligibility you are claiming, and must have sufficient past experience to demonstrate that you are minimally qualified for this position. See Unique Hiring Paths on USAJOBS for more information about various ways you may be eligible to apply! BASIC REQUIREMENT - Applicants must meet one of the following requirements (Transcripts Required): For GS-0401, Biologist:

A. Degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

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B. A combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. For GS-0403, Microbiologist:

A. Degree in microbiology; or biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included at least 20 semester hours in microbiology and other subjects related to the study of microorganisms, and 20 semester hours in the physical and mathematical sciences combining course work in organic chemistry or biochemistry, physics, and college algebra, or their equivalent.

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B. Combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in microbiology, biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:

GS-13: Applicants must possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is directly related to the position being filled that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, which includes the mastery of the principles, theories, and practices of a specialized instrument that enables the incumbent to serve as an expert in "analytical instrumentation," and professional knowledge of one or more scientific fields operative within a laboratory. Examples of specialized instrumentation include Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Mass Spectrometry (MS) or Electron Microscopy (EM). TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are applying as a current Federal employee, you must meet the time-in-grade requirement.

GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks at the GS-12 grade level or higher in the Federal Service. PHS Commissioned Corps Officers interested in performing the duties of this position within the Commissioned Corps may apply online to this announcement. Candidates will be referred to (CC) personnel and not as candidates for conversion to a permanent career or career-conditional appointment. 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. 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. You must submit supporting documentation to verify your eligibility to apply for this vacancy. For most applicants, an SF-50 will be required. However, if you are applying as a Veteran, individual with a qualifying disability, or a displaced employee, you will be required to provide other supporting documents as applicable. See the Required Documents section for details. Be sure that any files you upload as supporting documentation are free of security or compression features which render such documents unreadable to our system.

Pay Range

$88,704.00 - $115,313.00

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