Description

Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Hydrologist.

You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 3 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.

First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

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Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Oversees restoration project planning, implementation, and interagency coordination: Directs and manages the planning, coordination, and execution of Everglades National Park and large-scale interagency restoration projects, ensuring collaboration with internal and external partners and timely completion of deliverables.
• Directs ecosystem restoration modeling and applied science programs: Maintains oversight of scientific hydrologic, ecological and water quality modeling and data analysis to systematically evaluate restoration alternatives, briefs Department of the Interior leadership, and prepares documentation supporting National Park Service positions.
• Supervises the design, implementation, and quality of applied research and environmental assessment projects, ensuring alignment with annual science planning, organizational priorities, and scientific standards.
• Represents the South Florida Natural Resources Center (SFNRC) and the National Park Service, as needed, at DOI and/or interagency meetings and hearings, where his/her experience or expertise would be beneficial to the Service.
• Leads and manages Branch Staff while ensuring that employees execute work efficiently and to high standards: Handles administrative and technical supervision, including assigning staff work, recruiting and hiring, and overseeing career development, training, and performance evaluations for branch staff.
• Sets guidelines for technical reporting and publication standards, reviews manuscripts for accuracy, and maintains professional contacts and credentials with scientific organizations.
• Manages branch finances, operations, and compliance: Develops and manages annual and long-term budgets, staffing plans, equipment inventories, and procurement processes while ensuring compliance with National Park Service integrity requirements.
• Evaluates water management and operational changes affecting NPS Resources: Monitors and analyzes operational changes to the C&SF system and related land-use, water-use, and development activities to assess impacts on NPS and DOI resources, including restoration initiatives.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/.

• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
• An OGE 450 financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment.
• You must be at least 18 years of age or older to operate government vehicles.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

*Additional Requirements located under qualifications*

Qualifications

Qualifications:

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/10/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:

Basic Educational Requirements: In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position, you must meet at least one of the following:

• A. Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in physical or natural science, or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours or the equivalent in any combination of courses in hydrology, the physical sciences, geophysics, chemistry, engineering science, soils, mathematics, aquatic biology, atmospheric science, meteorology, geology, oceanography, or the management or conservation of water resources. The course work must have included at least 6 semester hours or the equivalent in calculus (including both differential and integral calculus), and at least 6 semester hours or the equivalent in physics. You must submit transcripts. -OR-
• Combination of education and experience: Course work as described in A above, plus appropriate experience and/or additional education. The combination of education and experience must demonstrate knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above.

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To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level:

Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: (Must meet all)

• Managing large-scale restoration science programs supervising interdisciplinary teams of scientists, modelers, and planners and coordinating with multiple entities/stakeholders;
• Conducting strategic planning, directing, and overseeing advanced eco-hydrology modeling and research and multidisciplinary investigations;
• Performing data analysis, hydrologic and water resources modeling, and ecosystem restoration modeling using various hydrologic and ecological modeling systems; and
• Presenting clear and compelling complex scientific information supporting natural resources protection and restoration to leadership. You must include hours per week worked.

Volunteer Experience: 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.

Requirements Continued...

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.

Education

This position has a mandatory education requirement.

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education. https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification

Additional information

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.

If otherwise eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive. The decision to offer an incentive will be made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed. For information visit: Recruitment Incentive or Relocation Incentive. A continued service agreement may be required if it is determined you are eligible for a permanent change in duty station (PCS), recruitment, or relocation incentive.

Physical Demands:

Work generally involves working in an office or attending meetings at public and private institutions. Occasional field projects may require exposure to potentially dangerous conditions.

Work Environment:

For work conducted in the office environment, the risks include those typically found in an office environment. Normal safety precautions typical of such places should be observed (e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls,). The work area is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated.

All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics-prohibitions.

The duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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