SUPERVISORY GEOGRAPHER

Duties

• Perform  technical, administrative and management tasks that involves planning, directing, assigning, leading, and monitoring the work of the unit; hiring or selecting employees; managing and appraising employee and organizational performance; disciplining employees; resolving employee complaints; and supporting the development of employees.
• Make decisions that impact the resources (people, budget, materials) of the work unit, ensure the technical quality and timeliness of the work produced by employees in the unit, and collaborate with supervisors across the organization in unstructured situations.
• Track and provide statistics on production, and develops a yearly budget.
• Oversee the development and implementation of innovative geospatial techniques.
• Develop and secures out-source contracts to further enhance Division geospatial capabilities.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GG-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following duties such as: 1) Manage geospatial data sources to generate custom geospatial products; 2) Develop analysis and plan products for use in support of Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPD); 3) Oversee the development and implementation of innovative geospatial techniques. 

This position requires a positive education requirements, you must list required courses, semester and/or quarter hours on your resume. The absence of this information will result in an ineligible rating.

Basic Requirements for this position is:

A.Degree: geography; or related physical or social science such as geology, meteorology, economics, statistics, sociology, anthropology, political science, history, cartography, computer science, urban studies, or planning that included at least 24 semester hours in geography or related fields.

OR

B.Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in geography, or a related field that included at least 24 semester hours in geography or related fields, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:   https://archive.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs0100/0150.htm

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

As part of the application process, you must complete and submit an occupational questionnaire. To preview this questionnaire and determine if your experience matches the required skills for this position, click the following link: View Assessment Questions

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating and/or appointment eligibility.

Education

 For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.   See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html