Geologist

Summary

This position is located in HQ/Washington, DC. Information about Washington, DC and the surrounding area can be found here.

We expect to fill 1 vacancy at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.

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Overview

* Accepting applications

* Open & closing dates

11/01/2024 to 11/15/2024

This job will close when we have received 75 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more

* Salary

$55,924 - $88,926 per year

* Pay scale & grade

GS 7 - 9

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Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

* Washington, DC

* Remote job

No

* Telework eligible

Yes-as determined by the agency policy.

* Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

* Relocation expenses reimbursed

Yes-Travel and relocation expenses will be paid consistent with the Federal Travel Regulation, Chapter 302, and Departmental policy. Selectee will be responsible for tax obligations related to payments for moving expenses - 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act, Public Law 115-97. See "Other" section for additional information on 2017 Tax Cuts as related to PCS.

* Appointment type

Recent Graduates - Recent Graduates who in the previous 2 years have completed a degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution. Veterans precluded by a military service obligation have up to 6 years after completion of degree or certificate to apply.

* Work schedule

Full-time

* Service

Excepted

* Promotion potential

12

* Job family (Series)

* 1350 Geology

* Supervisory status

No

* Security clearance

Not Required

* Drug test

No

* Position sensitivity and risk

High Risk (HR)

* Trust determination process

* Credentialing

* Suitability/Fitness

* Financial disclosure

No

* Bargaining unit status

Yes

* Announcement number

HQ-PTHWYS-25-12594789-EC

* Control number

817135800

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This job is open to

* Recent graduates

Individuals who have graduated from an accredited educational institute or certificate program within the last 2 years or 6 years for Veterans.

Clarification from the agency

All U. S. Citizens - No previous Federal service is required. Recent Graduates who in the previous 2 years have completed a degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution. Veterans precluded by a military service obligation have up to 6 years after completion of degree or certificate to apply.

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Duties

* Develops policy, guidelines, technical standards and procedures for fluid minerals industry use of public lands. Includes new concepts, methods, and techniques for program guidance, program evaluation and oversight, and training and resource needs.

* Provides policy recommendations on issues specific to the compliance and operations program, i. e. , technical discussions for oil and gas measurement, well control, production record reviews, drilling and production, and protection of the environment.

* Provides technical support for critical review and oversight of reports generated by the states, ensure compliance with the BLM manuals, procedures and practices.

* Translates these findings into recommendations, identify trends, and potential risks. Guide recommendations for presentations by senior leaders to the Hill, the DOI and other offices.

* Represents the BLM in meetings and conferences with other agencies, governments, special interest groups, private industry and the public to obtain viewpoints and offer information and advice regard national level compliance program initiatives.

* Assesses the performance, achievements and effectiveness of the compliance program to ensure program objectives are being met and whether major changes are needed in the program to meet future demands.

* Developments and maintains of performance measures through the use of workload assignments and priority issues

* Develops and prepares regulations to implement requirements of statutes that affect the fluid minerals program. Reviews and recommends revisions to existing regulations to ensure conformance with new or existing statutes.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

* The BLM will require the selected applicant to complete a Participant Agreement in which it shall document the anticipated start and end dates for this developmental appointment.

* U. S. Citizenship is required upon conversion.

* Be sure to read the How to Apply and Required Documents Sections.

* You cannot hold an active real estate license; nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Land.

* Direct Deposit Required.

* Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.

* Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.

Qualifications

To be eligible, an applicant must be:

A Recent Graduate who has obtained a qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution within the previous 2 years or other applicable period.

Other applicable period may include: (1) Certain veterans precluded from applying within the timeframe described above due to a military service obligation, shall have a full 2-year period of eligibility upon his/her release or discharge from active duty. However, in no event, may the individual's eligibility period extend beyond 6 years from the date on which the individual completed the requirements of an academic course of study; and (2) Applicants who completed their educational program requirements after December 27, 2010 will have a full 2 years of eligibility beginning on the date the final regulations became effective, July 10, 2012.

In order to assess you meet a qualified status for this position and to refer you to the hiring manager, the agency must be able to determine that you meet the qualifications based on completed education, specialized experience, and/or both - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade (GS-05 for GS-07 or GS-07 for GS-09) of the position to be filled.

FOR GS-07: You must meet the basic requirement AND have at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the Federal GS-05 level or higher, that will allow successful performance of the duties of this position.

Specialized experience is further defined as: making geological observations, computations, measurements or participating in range of data collection activities following instructions from a senior staff; contributing to study reports on geologic phenomena, utilizing data interpretation software to input, display, and organize geological date for retrieval and evaluation.

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You must meet the basic requ.