AVADS: FISHERY BIOLOGIST, AHSAHKA, ID (GS-05)
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
**TERM APPOINTMENT** **TERM APPOINTMENT**
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
POSITION: FISHERY BIOLOGIST GS-0482-05 ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: FWS1-98-397
OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 FULL PERFORMANCE LEVEL: GS-0482-09
CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 01, 1998 AREA OF CONSIDERATION: ALL QUALIFIED PERSONS
LOCATION: US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DWORSHAK FISHERIES
COMPLEX,
AHSAHKA, IDAHO
CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER: (206) 553-0888
OPM SERVICING OFFICE: OPM
U.S. OPM, EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION CENTER
700 5TH AVENUE SUITE 5950
SEATTLE, WA 98104-5012
** PLEASE REFER TO VACANCY NUMBER: FWS-FWS1-98-397 **
** APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN OUR APPLICATION GUIDELINES DOCUMENT. **
**** SPECIAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING CTAP PROCEDURES ****
Department of the Interior (DOI) Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
procedures apply in filling this vacancy. 5 CFR 330, Career Transition
Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Federal Employees, requires the
following order of selection for this position:
a) Personnel actions listed in 5 CFR 330.606(d);
b) The selection of an employee from within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) and the same local commuting area after eligible SSP
applicants within the Service and local commuting area have been given
selection priority;
c) Any well-qualified SSP candidate who applies within the local commuting
area (surplus and displaced employees will be given equal consideration);
d) At the Service's option, personnel actions not subject to RPL;
e) Qualified RPL candidates in the local commuting area;
f) At the Service's discretion, any other former displaced well-qualified
DOI employee;
g) Well-qualified ICTAP applicants in the local commuting area;
h) Other outside applicants (other agencies, nonstatus - only if the area
of consideration is "All Qualified Applicants".)
Promotion potential exists to the GS-9 level. Positions are term
appointments not to exceed 366 days, that may be extended for up to four
years without further competition. Position requires wearing an official
USFWS uniform.
STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
Incumbent serves as a fishery biologist participating in formal training
courses and workshops designed to improve technical and leadership skills;
assisting in leading field crews collecting scientific data for various
fishery management and habitat resource projects; assisting in the
planning, development, scheduling and execution of fishery resource
programs including surveys, census, and habitat work; collecting data for
various fishery management and habitat resource projects; assisting in
assimilating and uploading data to PTAGIS database and data input into
other formats for storage and utilization; working with hatchery personnel
and other resource agencies to implement fishery studies; and preparing
graphs and charts and organizing data using microcomputers.
KNOWLEDGES, ABILITIES, SKILLS AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS (KASOCS):
1. For KSA's and full text of this announcement see OPM's web site at
www.usajobs.opm.gov or call USAJOBS by phone in Seattle at (206) 553-0888
for forms to be mailed to you.
** DISPLACED EMPLOYEES REQUESTING SPECIAL CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ICTAP **
If you are a displaced Federal employee you may be entitled to receive
special selection priority under the ICTAP. To receive this priority con-
sideration you must:
1. Be a displaced Federal employee. You MUST submit a copy of the appro-
priate documentation showing your priority consideration status with your
application package. The following categories of candidates are con-
sidered displaced employees:
A. Current or former career or career-conditional (tenure group I or II)
competitive service employees who: (1) received a specific RIF separation
notice or notice of proposed removal for declining a directed reassignment
or transfer of function outside of the local commuting area (you must
provide appropriate supporting documentation); (2) were separated because
of a compensable injury, whose compensation has been terminated, and whose
former agency certifies that it is unable to place you; (3) retired with a
disability and whose disability annuity has been or is being terminated; or
(4) upon receipt of a RIF separation notice retired on the effective date
of the RIF; or (5) retired under the discontinued service option; or (6)
were separated because you declined a transfer of function or directed
reassignment to another commuting area OR
B. A former Military Reserve or National Guard Technician who is receiving
a special Office of Personnel Management (OPM) disability retirement
annuity under section 8337(h) or 8456 of title 5 United States Code.
Include a copy of your eligibility letter from the National Guard or
Military Reserve. OR
C. A current Executive Branch employee in the excepted service, on a non-
temporary appointment, who has been given noncompetitive appointment eli-
gibility and selection priority by statute for positions in the competitive
service, and who has received a separation notice or notice of proposed
removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment out-
side the local commuting area; OR
D. A former Executive Branch agency employee in the excepted service, who
has been given noncompetitive appointment eligibility and selection
priority by statute for positions in the competitive service, and who has
been separated through RIF or removed for declining a transfer of function
or directed reassignment outside the local commuting area.
2. Be applying for a position at or below the grade level of the position
from which you have been separated. The position must not have greater
promotion potential than the position from which you were separated.
3. Have a current (or last) performance rating of record of at least
fully successful, results achieved, or equivalent. A copy of this
performance rating MUST be submitted with your application package (this
requirement does not apply to candidates who are eligible due to compen-
sable injury or disability retirement).
4. Occupy or be displaced from a position in the same local commuting area
as the position for which you are requested priority consideration.
5. File your application by the vacancy announcement closing date and meet
all the application criteria (eg., submit all required documentation, etc.)
6. Be rated well-qualified for the position. An eligible ICTAP applicant
is determined to be well-qualified if he/she meets the following: OPM
qualification standards for the position; is phyically qualified with
reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the
duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at at
least the middle level of a 3-level rating system on all quality ranking
factors. In addition to the above, well-qualified also generally means
those applicants whose knowledge, skills and abilities clearly exceed the
the minimum qualification requirements as identified in this vacancy
announcement, but who would not necessarily meet the definition of highly
or best qualified.