[ES_JOBS_NET] Research Social Scientist (DEU-PEM-AG), USGS, Ft. Collins

[Christine Wiedinmyer]

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Duties
Summary

Are you interested in conducting social science in areas relevant to USGS mission, including but not limited to: the human dimensions of wildlife, recreational access to public lands, energy development, or natural hazards? If you answered yes, this is the job for you! Join the USGS and start doing the job you've always dreamed of!

Why Is It Great To Work For The USGS?
Embark on an exciting future! From the peaks of the highest mountains to the depths of the deepest seas, the U.S. Geological Survey has career opportunities that make a difference in both the lives of others and in the environment. Would you like to join the more than 10,000 scientists, technicians, and support staff of the USGS who are working in more than 400 locations throughout the United States? Apply today! As the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. The diversity of our scientific expertise enables us to carry out large-scale, multi-disciplinary investigations and provide impartial, timely, and relevant scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers related to: the health of our ecosystems and environment; natural hazards that threaten us; natural resources we rely on, and; the impact of climate and land-use changes. For more information about the USGS please visit http://www.usgs.gov.<http://www.usgs.gov/>

What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position?

Salary: $94,890 (Step 01) to $123,358 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.
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Responsibilities

As a Research Social Scientist within the Fort Collins Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

- Publish original social science research in high impact journals
- Address complex natural resource management issues
- Work on interdisciplinary science teams to address complex natural resource management issues
- Design data collection methods and apply statistical analysis techniques to conduct social science
investigations

Travel Required

Occasional travel - 2 nights of travel per month may be required.

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

15

Who May Apply
This job is open to...
U.S. Citizens

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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
o    Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
o    Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation.
o    Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period.
o    More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information.
o    Selectee must provide a valid state driver's license & safe driving record.

Are There Any Special Requirements For This Position?
o    Because this position requires travel for official business, the selectee will be required to apply for a charge card within 30 calendar days of appointment. Individuals who have delinquent account balances from a previous Government charge card will be required to satisfy their existing obligation before a new card can be issued.
o    You will be required to operate a government-owned or -leased vehicle in the performance of your official duties. Applicants for this position must meet the following requirements: (1) possess a valid State license, and (2) possess a safe driving record. If selected, you will be required to provide proof of a valid State license and a copy of your driving record.
o    A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
o    Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.
Qualifications
Basic Education Requirement:

Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

OR

Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.

OR

Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.

In addition to the basic education requirements, you must have 1-year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Examples include:

-Designing social science research projects; conducting social science data collection; quantitative data analysis; and producing written reports and peer reviewed publications.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.
Education
o    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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
o    Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/oars/quals/foreign.html.
Additional information
o    Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position.
o    The full performance level for a Research position is GS-15; however, promotion eligibility is dependent upon the scientific contributions of the incumbent as evaluated by a peer panel.
o    Under Executive Order 11935, only United States citizens and nationals (residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) may compete for civil service jobs. Agencies are permitted to hire non-citizens only in very limited circumstances where there are no qualified citizens available for the position.
o    USGS employees are subject to Title 43, USC Section 31(a) and may not: (a) have any personal, private, direct or indirect interest in lands or mineral wealth of lands under survey; (b) have any substantial personal, private, direct or indirect interests in any private mining or mineral enterprise doing business with the United States; or (c) execute surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations.
o    The application contains information subject to the Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579, 5 USC 552a). The information is used to determine qualifications for employment, and is authorized under Title 5, USC, Section 3302 and 3361.
o    DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify<http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify>.
o    THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

--Basis of Rating: Category rating will be used in the ranking and selection process for this position. The quality categories are Best Qualified, Well Qualified, and Qualified. If you meet the basic qualification and eligibility requirements of this position, you will be contacted via email after the vacancy announcement closes and given 5 calendar days to submit narrative responses that address the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) required to perform the duties of this position. You will be rated and ranked based on the information you provide in your resume as well as the responses you submit to the required KSAs. Veterans' preference rules for category rating will be applied. The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this position are as follows:

1. Knowledge of social science in the context of natural resource management sufficient to conduct research investigations on the human dimensions of natural resource management including contexts such as: human behavioral change, attitudes, demographics, communication, decision sciences,
institutional analyses.
2. Ability to apply research methods, tools, principles including statistical analysis or analytical-modeling techniques to conduct social or economic science investigations applying a social-ecological systems approach to natural resource management and decision making; in contexts relevant to the
USGS mission including but not limited to the human dimensions of wildlife, recreational access to public lands, energy development, or natural hazards.
3. Ability to develop proposals for the development, implementation, and management of research projects using initiative and judgment in planning the approach to the study, the methods to be used, data collection, interpretation of data, and publication of results.
4. The ability to develop a research program, bringing together multi-disciplinary teams and thinking across discipline boundaries (e.g., a discipline outside of applicant's primary one) to develop new research directions and tools to conduct research to answer management needs.
5. Demonstrated skill in communicating technical results in writing through peer reviewed publication of journal articles and verbally through lectures and presentations.

--NOTE: If it is determined that you have rated yourself higher than is supported in your description of experience and/or education as described in your resume/application, or that your resume or application is incomplete, you may be rated ineligible, not qualified, or your score may be lowered.
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Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance

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