What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? Salary: $99,800 (Step 01) to $129,742 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. This vacancy is being advertised concurrently with the following announcement: USGS-DEN-26-12932782-ST-FS (open to current or former Federal employees)
Responsibilities
- As a Developmental Physical Scientist within the Geologic Hazards Science Center, some of your specific duties will include: Conducts developmental work to deliver operational products related to landslide hazard science. Automates reproducible landslide hazard workflows. Develops scientific software and adapts existing or new computing technologies to solve problems in hazards science. Investigates landslide hazard and risk scientific problems using principles of geology, geophysics, geomorphology, engineering geology, hydrology, remote sensing, meteorology, or climatology. Presents developmental products and research results orally and in published peer review scientific journals.
Education
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 completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit:https://www.usgs.gov/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs
