• Job Description

  Req#: 827587600

  This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.
  
  This position is located in National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS);Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC);Fish Research & Monitoring Division (FRMD); 1 vacancy, in Honolulu, HI.
  
  This is also announced under vacancy # NMFS PIFSC -25-12661491-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements to be considered for both.

  
  

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  Qualifications

  
  

  Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy.
  
  POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • This position requires the operation of a Federal motor vehicle.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license to operate a government vehicle in completion of assigned tasks i.e. deployed site visits, field research, etc.

  To qualify for the 0482 series:
  BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience OR substitution of education for experience OR combination in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet one of the following basic education requirements:
  
  A. Degree: major in biological science that included:

  • At least 6 semester hours in aquatic subjects such as limnology, ichthyology, fishery biology, aquatic botany, aquatic fauna, oceanography, fish culture, or related courses in the field of fishery biology; and
  • At least 12 semester hours in the animal sciences in such subjects as general zoology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy, physiology, entomology, parasitology, ecology, cellular biology, genetics, or research in these fields. (Excess course work in aquatic subjects may be used to meet this requirement when appropriate.)

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  B. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in biological science (i.e., at least 30 semester hours), of which a minimum of 6 semester hours were in aquatic subjects and 12 semester hours were in the animal sciences, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
  

  To qualify at the ZP-3 or GS-11 level:
  SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-2 or GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

  • Planning and conducting life history research on fish ecologies to include collecting and analyzing biological samples and complex data acquisition;
  • Writing scientific publications based on findings; and
  • Managing lab activities to include planning, managing, and storing biological collections, lab and survey supply inventories, chemical management and lab safety.

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  SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D degree or Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree.
  
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  COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and professional experience. Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
  (Note: Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience.)

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