Microbiologist

**Duties**:

- Selects established methods and procedures and then carrying out the analyses and tests to make determinations for regulatory monitoring and enforcement purposes.
- Independently performs scientific microbiological analyses and tests on a broad range of official samples submitted to the field laboratory.
- Prepares scientific reports identifying the sample and stating the methods and procedures used, any modifications of the method including validation data, and the results.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Citizenship Requirement: You must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for this advertisement unless explicitly stated otherwise.
- FDA participates in e-Verify: All new hires must complete the I-9 form; this information will be processed through e-Verify to determine your employment eligibility. If a discrepancy arises, you must take affirmative steps to resolve the matter.
- You must meet ALL requirements by the closing date of this announcement to be considered. Only education, experience, and qualifications attained by this date will be considered. You must continue to meet all requirements through the hiring process.
- Direct Deposit: You will be required to have all federal salary payments electronically deposited into a bank account with a financial institution of your choice.
- Additional selections may be made from this vacancy, within the same geographical area, by other organizational elements from within FDA, through shared corporate recruiting activities.
- A one year probationary and/or trial period for initial Federal employment may be required.

**Qualifications**:
**The position of Microbiologist falls under the **0403 **occupational series. To qualify for this position at grade **GS-**9, you must meet all requirements by 11:59 pm EST on 05/03/2024.**

**Basic Requirements***

**OR**
- **Combination of education and experience**: courses equivalent to a major in microbiology, biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

**AND**

**Minimum Qualifications**:
Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. The specialized experience must demonstrate one year of full-time work experience, or the equivalent if part-time (for example, an employee working 20 hours per week for a 12-month period should be credited with 6 months of experience.) Experience may have been obtained in either the federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations.
- **GS-09**: You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07, in the Federal service, which includes: experience in gathering and performing analyses of scientific data; preparing reports on scientific/technical study findings, using test results for regulatory monitoring and enforcement purposes; observing and evaluating manufacturing processes.
- **-OR-**

2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree _or_ master's or equivalent graduate degree.
- **-OR-**

A combination of specialized experience and education as described above that, when combined, equal 100% of the total requirement.- **IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.**
- 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**:
**TRANSCRIPTS**:
Positions which are scientific or technical in nature often have very specific educational requirements. You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. **If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities, see the **Foreign Ed