Summary
You will serve as a Dive Safety Officer with U.S. Geological Survey. This position serves as the Senior Bureau-level Scientific Diving Program Manager providing direction for the Scientific Diving Program. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. Salary reflected is based on General Schedule (RUS) pay table. For locality pay information, click here. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
Duties
This is not a remote position. Duty station location is negotiable after selection. The duty station of this position may be any USGS office location that is agreed upon by the selecting official and the selectee. Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses are not authorized. Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Prepares new or revised standards, policies, guidance, training, and procedures in support of USGS scientific diving missions. Develops training to address the needs of the missions of USGS scientific divers. Provides technical scientific diving expertise and assistance in support of underwater scientific research. Works with regional dive leads, dive groups, and cooperators to ensure safe scientific dive operations. Serves as the senior, lead USGS Dive Safety Officer, is an authorized USGS diver, and serves as the Dive Safety Board Chair. Performs independent external safety audits of dive safety programs and documents results. Conditions of Employment for this Position: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: - your performance and conduct; - the needs and interests of the agency; - whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Requirements
Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. Pre-employment and random drug testing is required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received. A physical examination will be required, or a statement regarding physical ability will need to be completed. You must maintain physical fitness standards throughout employment. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. Must have a current or obtain within 5 years of hiring the following certifications: 1) Dry Suit - Instructor; 2) Diving First- Aid - Instructor; 3) USGS Swift Water Awareness; 4) Hyperbaric Medicine and Diving Physiology; 5) Recognizing and diagnosing Otic barotrauma while in the field; 6) Dive Injury Recognition and Management - Instructor; 7) Altitude Diving; 8) Contaminated Water OPS Technician; 9) OSHA Recordkeeping; 10) Diver Fatality Investigations and Incident Prevention (DOI Serious Accident Investigation course); 11) Nitrox Diver; 12) Full face mask - Instructor.
Education
This position does not allow substituting education for experience.
How you will be evaluated
Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Safety and Occupational Health Knowledge Problem Solving Interpersonal Communication Program and Project Management Leadership and Supervision Customer Service Management Advisory To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment(s), including a structured resume review.These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. DUE WEIGHT: Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, you must submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level.