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Responsibilities
The National Geospatial Program (NGP) provides leadership for USGS geospatial coordination, production and service activities. The Program engages partners to develop standards and produce consistent and accurate data. These and other Program activities that are essential to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) are managed as a unified portfolio that benefits geospatial information users throughout the Nation.
The National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is the primary operational component within the NGP. The NGTOC provides world-class geospatial technical expertise and customer service for the USGS and the Nation. It is responsible for the acquisition, assessment, and integration of geospatial data in support of The National Map (TNM) (https://viewer.nationalmap.gov), quality assurance and quality control of products and data produced via contract or by other entities outside of the NGTOC, development of national standards and data models to support TNM and the Geospatial Platform, providing technical assistance to USGS Geospatial liaisons and state, local and private sector partners, and management and delivery of data that are part of TNM, including the National Hydrography and Watershed Boundary Datasets and elevation data that are part of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP). The NGTOC also produces derived products and services from TNM data, including US Topo map products.
This position serves as the Map Production Unit Supervisor. The primary duties of this position are the supervision and management of approximately 5-15 geographers, cartographer, and student contracts in the production and quality assurance of US Topo map products. Supervision includes tracking performance metrics to monitor production rates. The incumbent exercises direction over the production, maintenance, and distribution of products to The National Map. The Unit Supervisor reports to a Section Chief.
The incumbent directs cartographic operations to include the production and quality assurance of US Topo maps. A key responsibility of this position is to work with the Section Chief and NGTOC managers to plan and coordinate production activities critical to the success of The National Map and associated programs. The incumbent serves as a technical lead for geospatial data and represents the organization in technical and program management meetings with NGP and other agency leaders.
As a Supervisory Cartographer or Geographer within the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center, some of your specific duties will include:
- Supervises a work unit consisting of approximately 5-15 geospatial professionals and students, focusing on US Topo map production. Exercises supervisory responsibilities over the work unit. Plans the work of the group, establishes work standards and provides job priorities. Ensures timely performance and evaluates the performance of subordinates.
- Identifies requirements for production and spatial data management. Evaluates current production processes and workflows to improve production efficiencies and prepares documentation supporting production operations.
- Continually assess NGTOC products, systems, and procedures; and recommend improvements, new technologies, and/or capabilities to achieve program goals.
- Direct, train, and monitor the work of a professional workforce performing quality assurance, editing, and data processing of TNM geospatial datasets.
Qualifications
For information on basic qualifications, which includes information on whether you may substitute education for specialized experience, please click on the following: https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/browse-usgs-qualifications.Geographer, GS-0150
BASICEDUCATIONREQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Geographer, all grade levels.
Degree in geography; or related physical or social science such as geology, meteorology, economics, statistics, sociology, anthropology, political science, history, cartography, computer science, urban studies, or planning that included at least 24 semester hours in geography or related fields.A combination of education and experience-- courses equivalent to a major in geography, or a related field that included at least 24 semesters hours in geography or related fields, as shown in "A" above, plus appropriate experience and/or additional education. 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.(CLICKHEREFOR DETAILS ON HOW TO COMBINE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE).
In addition to the basic education requirement as stated above, applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-12 level:
**One year of appropriate professional experience in geography that is equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service.
Examples of such experience may include: 1) assembling information concerning the location and nomenclature of physical and cultural phenomena covering an area the size of Canada, and making determinations in the more difficult cases regarding location and nomenclature to appear on a map, etc. to insure standardization of such information; 2) compiling and synthesizing geographic data to show and compare the distribution of various features and events; 3) performing analytic and interpretive work concerned with determining and explaining the interrelationships existing between or among two or three varieties of phenomen; 4) Experience withgeography and producing maps in a production environment; 5) Experience using ArcGIS; 6) Experience developing technical requirements and providing technical support. Examples 1 & 2 required a high degree of independence in planning and carrying out the assignments, selecting the approach or methodology to be used, resolving most of the conflicts that arose, and coordinating the work with others as necessary. The work usually involved established methods and conventional techniques and involved assisting in or partial responsibility for changing and modifying established procedures and precedents. Example 3 required independence in the execution of the research process, except for conferring with the supervisor at intermediate stages to assure that the approaches taken were effective and sound.
Catrographer, GS-1370
BASICEDUCATIONREQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Cartographer, all grade levels. A. Degree: cartography; or a major that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in cartography and/or directly related science, and related mathematics. Such course work includes, but is not limited to, cartography, astronomy, geodesy, photogrammetry, physical and geological oceanography, computer science, land surveying, geophysics, physical geography, and remote sensing. The 30 semester hours must have included at least 6, but no more than 15, semester hours of college level, non-business mathematics or statistics (i.e. college-level algebra, trigonometry, calculus, or scientific mathematics or statistics requiring equivalent college-level courses as prerequisites).
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B. Combination of education and experience-courses equivalent to a major in cartography, or a minor that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in cartography, and/or directly related science, and related mathematics, as shown in "A" above, 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.(CLICKHEREFOR DETAILS ON HOW TO COMBINE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE).
In addition to the basic education requirement as stated above, applicants must have one year of appropriate professional experience in cartography that is equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service.
Examples of such experience may include: 1) assembling information concerning the location and nomenclature of physical and cultural phenomena covering an area the size of Canada, and making determinations in the more difficult cases regarding location and nomenclature to appear on a map, etc. to insure standardization of such information; 2) compiling and synthesizing geographic data to show and compare the distribution of various features and events; 3) performing analytic and interpretive work concerned with determining and explaining the interrelationships existing between or among two or three varieties of phenomen; 4) Experience withgeography and producing maps in a production environment; 5) Experience using ArcGIS; 6) Experience developing technical requirements and providing technical support. Examples 1 & 2 required a high degree of independence in planning and carrying out the assignments, selecting the approach or methodology to be used, resolving most of the conflicts that arose, and coordinating the work with others as necessary. The work usually involved established methods and conventional techniques and involved assisting in or partial responsibility for changing and modifying established procedures and precedents. Example 3 required independence in the execution of the research process, except for conferring with the supervisor at intermediate stages to assure that the approaches taken were effective and sound..
You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.
Pay Range
$84,118.00 - $109,358.00