Serves on the State Conservationist's staff as the State Soil Scientist, providing leadership for developing, managing and directing a comprehensive and integrated technical soil services program for the state; and serves as the state liaison with the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) cooperators.
Responsibilities
- Provide the state leadership role of interdisciplinary technical and resources application teams utilizing soils information.
- Provides leadership and coordination for NCSS policies and procedures with all cooperators in the state.
- Provides supervision and guidance to members of the State Soils Program staff and/or Resource Soil Scientists performing a full range of supervisory functions.
- Works with MLRA regional office and Soil Survey office leaders, NCSS cooperators, state agencies, units of government and others with the state as a member of the MLRA Management Team.
Education
EDUCATION DOES NOT SUBSTITUE FOR EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-13 LEVEL. Must have a Degree: Soil science or a closely related discipline that included 30 semester hours or equivalent in biological, physical, or earth science, with a minimum of 15 semester hours in such subjects as soil genesis, pedology, soil chemistry, soil physics, and soil fertility.; College Transcript: If qualifying based on education, you must submit a copy of your college transcript with course number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours, and grade earned. If a relevant course is not clearly qualifying (e.g., special topic, seminar, research, thesis, obscure or misleading course title, etc.), please submit an official course syllabi and/or detailed course description from the university/college to ensure proper evaluation. Your education must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be credited toward qualifications. You may verify accreditation by visiting the U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs website. We will verify your education accordingly. Foreign Education: You must submit verification that education completed in a foreign institution, was recognized by an accreditation body accepted by the U.S. Department of Education. You must include a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript. There are private organizations that specialize in this evaluation and a fee is normally associated with this service. For a list of private organizations that evaluate education, visit the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website. Your transcripts must be in English or include an English translation. You may submit an unofficial copy of your transcript at the initial phase of the application process. However, if selected, you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Please refer to the "How to Apply" section for instructions on submitting transcripts.
