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Duties

The Primary Duties Of This Position Are:

Serves as planner and study manager with the responsibility for identifying general planning studies, primarily related to water development and management through extensive consultation with federal, state, and local water user groups.
Participates in water supply and quality related studies and investigations involving municipal, industrial, and agricultural water supplies, water reuse and treatment and conservation.
Prepares special reports, study documentation, official correspondence, documentation for meetings and replies to requests and correspondence of others.
Assists in the preparation and review of environmental statements, conservation plans, designs, estimates, construction specifications, and appropriate issues related to specific study efforts or programs as needed.
Plans, coordinates, and participates in comprehensive multi-agency initiatives. Meets with representatives of various federal, state, and local agencies and other water user groups involved and concerned with the development and use of water resources.
Assesses budgetary needs and monitors expenditures and requests funding for Reclamation's involvement in ongoing programs, new initiatives, and activities both from Reclamation's programmatic budget as well as other agencies.
Coordinates with technical and administrative specialists from a wide variety of public interest groups, the public, Reclamation staff, and Federal, State, and local agencies.
Applies an understanding of a wide range of analytical methods and techniques to assess and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of water resource programs.
Reviews and evaluates water resource plans, programs, and agreements with contractors to verify compliance with contracts, policy, and laws.
Prepare scopes of work for cost sharing agreements, grant and cooperative agreements, and contract background information, to establish levels of participation and transfers of funding between parties.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.

You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation.

You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see Required Documents).

You must submit a performance appraisal if you are a current or former federal employee (see Required Documents).

You must submit eligibility documents for veterans consideration (see Required Documents).

You must meet any minimum education and/or experience requirements (see Qualifications).

You must submit transcript(s) to verify education requirements (see Qualifications/Education).

You must maintain a valid State Driver's License at all times as the position requires operation of government vehicles on government and public roads. Failure to maintain a valid State Driver's License at all times will result in removal from the position.

Who May Apply:

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Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the education and/or specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume.

To qualify at the GS-11 grade level: Your resume must reflect that you possess one year of full-time specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-09 grade level in Federal Service having demonstrated experience in budget formulation, conducting and monitoring programs that relate to management of water and related resources (e.g., water conservation and reuse, drought, or improved water efficiency), OR experience administering or participating in multi-agency or multi-basin water supply studies and budget formulation.

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Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related

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Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.

To qualify at the GS-12 grade level: Your resume must reflect that you possess one year of full-time specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 grade level in Federal Service having demonstrated experience with utilizing water resource conservation principles and techniques to analyze specific needs for new or changed water conservation programs and develop innovative strategies and approaches to implement those programs.

You must be clear when describing your experience, human resources may not make assumptions in determining qualifications. If your resume does not clearly reflect all of the above experience, your application will be marked as ineligible.

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.

You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 09/25/2024.

Education

This vacancy announcement allows substituting education for experience at the GS-11 grade level, only. You must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. Non-submission may result in being rated not-qualified for the position.

A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. If a degree is not yet completed but will be by the reporting date, you must in addition to providing transcripts, provide an official letter (on letterhead) from your university's registrar's office indicating your anticipated graduation date. Non-submission may result in being rated not-qualified for the position.

You will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify educational qualifications, if selected. An official transcript must be sent directly from the University's Registrar's office and must be provided from the institution awarding the degree. Academic transcripts certified by notary publics are NOT official. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to reporting to work as a condition of employment. Failure to submit official transcripts may be grounds for dismissal or rescission of the job offer.

Accreditation: Only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For additional info, refer to the U.S. Network for Education Information.

Additional information

Probationary Period: You may be required to serve an initial probationary period.

Telework: Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval. Full time telework or remote work is not available for this position. Selectees must be eligible to telework under the current 2010 Telework Act.

E-Verify: DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including applicant rights and responsibilities, please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/

Background Investigation: This position is designated as a MODERATE RISK Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (T2S or T2RS or equivalent) that is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment.

Selective Service Registration: Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must certify registration with the Selective Service System or that the applicant is exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. Go to: https://www.sss.gov

Valid State Driver's License: As a condition of employment, this position requires a valid State Driver's License at all times as the position requires operation of government vehicles on government and public roads. If selected for this position, a driving history records check is required.

Working Conditions: The work is normally performed in an office setting. The work area is adequately lighted, heated or cooled, and ventilated. Some field visits will be required for the purpose of visual inspections of geographic or environmental conditions. Such site visits encounter normal environmental conditions typical of the area, such as extreme heat and cold, precipitation, plants, and animals. Travel occasionally by fixed wing and rotary aircraft is required. Must use prescribed personal safety equipment.

Bargaining Unit: This is a bargaining unit position represented by a Union.

Promotion Potential: If you are selected at the lower grade, promotions may be made at a later date without further competition. However, identification of promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote you at some future date. Such promotions will depend upon administrative approval, the continuing need for an actual assignment and the demonstrated performance of higher-level duties. Full performance level is GS-12.

Additional Vacancies May Be Filled Using This Job Announcement.

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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.

Category rating and selection procedures will be used to evaluate applications from this announcement. If an applicant meets the basic qualification requirements, his/her on-line responses to the vacancy assessment questionnaire will be used to determine the quality and extent of his/her experience, education, training, etc., for placement in one of the following categories: 1) Best Qualified, 2) Well Qualified, and 3) Qualified. Qualified candidates will be assigned a numerical score on a scale of 70-100. The Category Rating Process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three" but protects the rights of Veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category. Veterans' preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent will be listed in the highest quality category. The assessment questionnaire will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Your Qualifications Will Be Evaluated Based On Your Application Materials, The Responses You Provide To The Application Questionnaire, And The Result Of The Additional Assessments Required For This Position. You Will Be Assessed On The Following Competencies :

Compliance
Planning and Evaluating
Project Management
Strategic Thinking
Technical Competence

The application questionnaire can be previewed here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12536915

Your answers will be verified against information provided in your resume. Your resume must clearly support the responses to all the questions by addressing experience, education, and/or training relevant to this position. You must make a fair and accurate assessment of your qualifications. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than what is apparent in the description of your experience, competencies, skills, and/or education/training (or that your resume/application is incomplete), you could be rated ineligible or your score could be lowered.

For evaluating the quality of candidates for referral to the selecting official, a three-phased process will be used.

Phase 1: Applicant resumes will be reviewed by Human Resources to ensure they meet the basic qualification requirements (see definition of specialized experience). If applicants meet basic qualifications and any education requirements, they will continue on to the second phase.

Phase 2: Candidates who pass the first phase will have their resume reviewed by a subject matter expert against the competencies listed above.

Phase 3: Candidates will be given a final score which combines the scores from the first and second phases. Those candidates who score as best qualified will be referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their application, associated documents and applicable personal information shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies with the same occupational series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic location(s). Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration. You may choose to opt in of having your information shared with other agencies when applying for this position. If an agency requests a copy of a certificate you are on, you will be notified.

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