Supervisory Interdisciplinary

Summary

About the Position:
Serves as Deputy Director for Cold Regions Research Engineer Laboratory (CRREL) located in Hanover, NH

This position is being filled as a Supervisory Interdisciplinary DB-05 (GS-15), which may be filled under any of the listed Job Family series.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

• Serves as the senior advisor to the Director of the Laboratory.
• Functions as a mentor for Board of Directors, Junior Program, Budget Council, and Business Development Group.
• Provides strategic direction for the laboratory's research across multiple locations.
• Establishes and enforces government policies, processes, and procedures.
• Manages the oversight of laboratory operations.
• Promotes a capable and successful work force.
• Oversees the organization's operating budget and expenditures.
• Builds relationships with internal and external contacts.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Top Secret/SCI security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.
• Detection of the presence of drugs is warranted. This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• Appointment requires a one-year supervisory probationary period unless previously completed.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) 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.

Basic Requirement:

To qualify for this position, you must meet the Basic Requirement for each job series in addition to required experience.

Geographer, 0150 series: Geography Series 0150 (opm.gov)

Biologist, 0401 series
:
Biology Series 0401 (opm.gov)

Ecologist, 0408 series: Ecology Series 0408 (opm.gov)

Engineer, 0801, 0808, 0810, 0819, 0830, 0850 series: all-professional-engineering-positions- (opm.gov)

Physical Scientist, 1301 series
:
General Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov)

Geophysicist, 1313 series: Geophysics Series, 1313 (opm.gov)

Hydrologist, 1315 series: Hydrology Series, 1315 (opm.gov)

Chemist, 1320 series: Chemistry Series, 1320 (opm.gov)

Geologist, 1350 series: Geology Series, 1350 (opm.gov)

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the below experience:

Specialized

Experience:

To qualify for DB-05 (GS-15) grade level or equivalency, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the DB-04 (GS-14) level in Federal service which includes:
1) Providing leadership and accepting responsibility for employees under current supervision;
2) Ensuring business processes are compliant within established regulation;
3) Establishing goals and priorities of technical program development to optimize client support;
4) Developing funding requirements and budget estimates of research and projects; and
5) Executing multidisciplinary research and development programs through peer reviewed publications and/or presentations.

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