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**Duties**:

- Provides technical and scientific support to research projects associated with various physical and biological processes in water, soils and sediments in cold regions.
- Incorporates one or more of the following into the models using laboratory and/or field data: math, statistics, data engineering, pattern recognition, advanced computing, visualization, and/or uncertainty modeling.
- Utilizes strong organizational and oral/written communication skills.
- Assists in work execution and technology transfer through scientific report writing, review publications and scientific presentations.
- Performs literature searches and surveys bibliographies.
- Formulates tentative conclusions of test results for review by project leader.
- Maintains professional contacts with other scientific and engineering personnel to exchange information, participate and/or coordinate interrelated phases of projects and experiments.

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

- The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.

**Qualifications**:
**Who May Apply: US Citizens**Basic Requirement for Biologist**
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, fisheries, wildlife or forestry or a discipline appropriate to the position.
- OR
- B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
- In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

- **Specialized Experience**: One year of specialized experience which includes: Preparing reports detailing findings and conclusions; Collecting and organizing data; Maintaining productive relationships with internal and external customers; and Working within a research team to address chemistry, plant sciences or microbiology problems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).
- OR
- **Education**: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: biological sciences, natural resource management, or related disciplines.
- OR
- **Combination of Education and Experience**:A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.
- This announcement may be used to fill like vacancies six months from the closing date.

**Education**:
**Additional information**:

- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- One year trial/probationary period may be required.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
- This is a Career Program (CP) 18 - Professional and Scientific position.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
- Relocation/Recruitment/Retention incentives may be authorized.
- This position is Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Eligible for situational telework only, including emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework".
- Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative.
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