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Summary This position is located in Natural Resources Stewardship and Science, in the Water Rights Branch Division and has the responsibility of leading or participating on hydrologic studies of considerable scope and complexity or serving as a project leader or member of an interdisciplinary team. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 10/07/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. Responsibilities The major duties of the Hydrologist position include, but are not limited to, the following: Leads, designs, and conducts comprehensive hydrologic investigations including quantitative analyses of complex issues involving the effects of watershed activities, proposed surface water development, and surface water-groundwater interactions on park surface water resources and ecosystems, and water rights. Provides service-wide expertise and leadership in surface water hydrology, river hydraulics, sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology, river restoration, and hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in support of managing and protecting park water resources and water rights. Acts as a liaison between the NPS other agencies such as the US Geological Survey, US Bureau of Reclamation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor, US Department of Justice, and experts in academia, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector. Makes recommendations to WRD management for dealing with unique and important river, floodplain, water supply, and water rights issues of local, regional, or national significance. Assists with WRB/WRD responses to requests for input on policy development. Proposes, develops, and interprets NPS water policy, reviews proposed laws and regulations that may affect NPS water resources and water rights and prepares comments that shape the NPS response to and position on such proposals. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period 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. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. Qualifications All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/07/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. To qualify for the Hydrologist position at the GS-12 grade, you must meet the following basic requirements by the closing date of this announcement: Basic Requirement Degree: physical or natural science, or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in any combination of courses in hydrology, the physical sciences, geophysics, chemistry, engineering science, soils, mathematics, aquatic biology, atmospheric science, meteorology, geology, oceanography, or the management or conservation of water resources. The course work must have included at least 6 semester hours in calculus (including both differential and integral calculus), and at least 6 semester hours in physics. Calculus and physics, as described above, are requirements for all grade levels. You must include your transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. You must include your resume with hours worked per week, as well as transcripts. In addition to the basic requirements listed above, one full year of specialized experience must be met. EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: (1) Provides expert technical advice regarding surface water, surface water-groundwater interaction, and water rights (2) providing expertise and leadership in surface water hydrology and hydraulics, sediment transport, geomorphology, and hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in support of river management and river dependent ecosystems, (3) leading and conducting comprehensive hydrologic investigations, including quantitative analyses of complex issues related to floodplain management, proposed water resource projects, and interactions between surface water and groundwater, (4) experience acquiring, managing, documenting, or protecting state appropriative water rights or federal reserved water rights, and (5) making recommendations to management for dealing with unique and important water supply, water rights, river, and floodplain issues of national significance. You must include hours per week worked. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week. Volunteer Experience: 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. Education To meet the basic requirement, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Additional Information A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR §575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive. A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate. Working Conditions: The work is usually performed in an office setting. However, work may also be performed in the field which involves periods of walking, bending, climbing or driving motor vehicles to worksites. The work may also involve some overnight travel for training, meeting, and site visits. Physical Demands: The work regularly combines both office and field assignments. Field work requires physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, or recurring and considerable walking, stooping, bending, crouching, crawling, and climbing such as in regular and periodic construction activities and field inspections. Work may also include frequent lifting of moderately heavy items weighing less than 50 pounds. Field assignments may involve operating small watercraft, driving motor vehicles to work sites, some of which may be remote, and include overnight stays in remote locations. The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.