Job Summary
This is a Supervisory Interdisciplinary GS-13 position with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Regional Planning & Environmental Center (RPEC). This position may be filled in: Fort Worth, TX; Galveston, TX; Little Rock, AR; or Tulsa, OK. The duty location chosen for the position is at the discretion of management and will be determined at the time of selection. Please see note in qualifications section below regarding appointment.
Major Duties
- Serves as Chief of the Compliance Section under the Environmental Branch of the Regional Planning and Environmental Center (RPEC).
- Furnishes technical advice, assistance, and recommendations on environmental and cultural resources issues related to the Center's various programs.
- Attends and participates in planning conferences with representatives of higher headquarters and other Federal agencies.
- Supervises all aspects of work.
- Plans, organizes, and directs environmental and cultural resources studies.
- Participates in the development of Branch policies, methods, and procedures.
- Conducts independent technical review of technical products produced by subordinate staff.
- Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative, if assigned.
Qualifications
NOTE: This position may be filled as a temporary promotion/reassignment Not to Exceed 1 year by a current permanent Army employee. Temporary promotions/reassignments maybe extended up to 5 years, and may be made permanent without further competition. Current Army employees will have return rights COORDINATED back to their permanent position BEFORE being placed into the position. Non-Army applicants are not eligible for a temporary promotion/reassignment but would be placed on a temporary appointment if selected. Temporary appointments cannot be made permanent. Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and education requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience performing the following duties: 1) conducting civil works water resources studies among multidisciplinary teams; AND 2) preparing detailed environmental or cultural resources reports for flood risk management, navigation, or ecosystem restoration studies; AND 3) conducting senior technical reviews of environmental or cultural resources compliance documents; AND 4) successfully resolving complex issues with local, state or federal resources agencies or other stakeholders. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12 or above). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Oral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical CompetenceTechnical Credibility Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the basic education requirement listed below: BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: For the 0193 series (Supervisory Archaeologist):
A. Education - Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: (1) history of archeology; (2) archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; (3) regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; (4) theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques; (5) archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work; AND six semester hours of related course work in: (1) geography, geology, or cultural geography; (2) history, historiography, or historical archeology; (3) environmental studies; (4) scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or (5) surveying; AND archeological field school.
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B. Education - Related Curriculum: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements listed in A above (including archeological field school).
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C. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education.
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D. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project. For the 0401 series (Supervisory Biologist/Supervisory Limnologist/Supervisory Environmental Resources Planner):
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher 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, plus appropriate experience or additional education. For the 0408 series (Supervisory Ecologist):
Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biology, or a related field of science underlying ecological research that included at least 30 semester hours in basic and applied biological sciences. These hours must have included at least 9 semester hours in ecology, and 12 semester hours in physical and mathematical sciences. For the 0486 series (Supervisory Wildlife Biologist):
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in 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.
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B. 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 in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Pay Range
$88,704.00 - $132,130.00