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As a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (COMPENSATION/R&P) at the GS-0201-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Providing staff-level technical advisory service and the development of policy interpretation/guidance in the assigned HR functional areas within Compensation and Recruitment and Placement.
• Analyzing legislation, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulatory changes, court decisions, and other external developments for impact on DoD HR operations to develop detailed guidance to assure timely and effective implementation within DoD.
• Providing policy interpretation and guidance to DoD Components and agencies to resolve complex problems and provide solutions which ensure no adverse impact on the organizational mission.
• Serving as a subject-matter expert in advising DoD management and the field establishment on varied and complex issues such as pay administration, premium pay, hours of work, leave, special salary rates, travel reimbursement, qualifications, hiring authorities, employment incentives, and other pay/employment related issues.
• Conducting special projects in response to critical issues or subjects of intense interest by the DoD Components/agencies or top DCPAS management.
• Preparing briefings, information papers, action memos, and other documentation outlining the results of studies/analyses of specific issues options and recommendations for action.
• Developing and updating training materials related to the assigned areas or pertaining to special interest or emerging issues for HR staff throughout DoD and presents training as needed.

• Plant, cultivate, and inoculate plants with diverse plant pathogens.
• Maintain, calibrate, or modify equipment for test and evaluation procedures.
• Collect, prepare, evaluate, or analyze plant and plant pathogen samples.
• Perform plant disease surveys.

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• Performs a variety of tasks in support of projects assigned to higher level analysts.
• Performs special research tasks designed to utilize and enhance knowledge of work processes and techniques, and to afford an opportunity to apply the fundamentals of associated disciplines
• Identifies sources of data and performs data acquisition and reduction.
• Develops reports which summarize accomplishments and results of assignments, and presents findings within own organization.
• Keeps abreast of emerging technologies and professional developments to remain current in the field and for application to work assignments.

• Plans own work procedures to be applied in support of projects assigned to higher grade operations research analysts.
• Performs general operations research assignments consisting of a series of interrelated tasks or problems screened by a higher grade operations analyst.
• Assists higher grade analysts in finding solutions to problems requiring a variety of data sources and operations research disciplines.
• Develops written summaries and reports to be used by higher level analysts, contractors and/or customers.
• Keeps abreast of emerging techniques and professional developments to remain current in the field and for application to work assignments.

• Perform a full range of laboratory testing to include but not limited to Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, or Blood Bank section.
• Resolve technical problems and ensures remedial actions are taken whenever test results deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
• Ensure the quality control system is at the appropriate level to properly monitor testing performed by laboratory personnel.
• Evaluate reports by analyzing facts and performing appropriate research and prepares detailed responses.
• Compare new methods or instrumentation with existing ones to determine performance characteristics suitability.
• Perform various tests that may stand alone or in an algorithm of other laboratory testing to diagnosis and assess the prognosis of patients.

• Plans, organizes, directs, and reviews security management, security countermeasures, facilities management from a security standpoint, and emergency preparedness for NBAF.
• Provides physical security recommendations for storage of classified information, materials and equipment, and ensures visitors are notified and briefed on all security requirements during the visits.
• Conducts inspections of the SCIF and any Temporary Secure Working Areas (TSWAs).
• Oversees access control beginning with the campus entry control points, perimeter fencing, transshipping facility, central utility plant, visitor's center and main laboratory.
• Prepares intelligence briefings and documents for the Security Director and other NBAF senior staff members.
• As a supervisor, responsible for developing and/or editing position descriptions, making candidate selections for positions, assigning duties, reviewing work, approving/disapproving leave and evaluating performance.

• Plans, organizes, directs, and reviews security management, security countermeasures, facilities management from a security standpoint, and emergency preparedness for NBAF.
• Provides physical security recommendations for storage of classified information, materials and equipment, and ensures visitors are notified and briefed on all security requirements during the visits.
• Conducts inspections of the SCIF and any Temporary Secure Working Areas (TSWAs).
• Oversees access control beginning with the campus entry control points, perimeter fencing, transshipping facility, central utility plant, visitor's center and main laboratory.
• Prepares intelligence briefings and documents for the Security Director and other NBAF senior staff members.
• As a supervisor, responsible for developing and/or editing position descriptions, making candidate selections for positions, assigning duties, reviewing work, approving/ disapproving leave and evaluating performance.

• You will develop scientific methods and techniques in the discovery, review, selection, experimentation, operations analysis and warfighting assessments of current and emerging capabilities.
• You will conduct advanced Information Warfare (IW) warfighting capabilities, readiness, doctrine and training analyses.
• You will assess Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and Independent Deployer (ID) Post Deployment Reports to gain insight into shortfalls in existing doctrine and training for IW mission areas.
• You will manage and develop the command's capability assessment inputs and operational analysis products.
• You will analyze mid and post deployment briefs, C2X Sitreps, and strike group lessons learned and develop associated complex problem-solving methods to identify warfighting gaps.
• You will develop innovative analytical approaches, to be applied in the assessment of emerging capabilities and innovating solutions to IW problem sets.
• You will analyze IW related experiment and exercise data, mission essential tasks, doctrine and disseminate those products.
• You will function as a technical authority for IW related metrics used to evaluate Fleet IW readiness.
• You will represent Naval Information Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC) in all matters pertaining to operations analysis, concept development, wargaming, experimentation, test and evaluation.
• You will conduct Navy-wide tactical level warfighting effectiveness assessments across the range of military operations and threat spectrum.

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• Performs technician work that is supportive of professionals in resource management (i.e. Biologists, Ecologists, etc.). These positions perform routine functions related to resource management projects associated with a variety of emphasis areas such as plant/forest management, wildlife management, fisheries, and/or habitat management. Specific duties will vary by park location.
• Implements natural resource management projects following established procedures. Collects and organizes field data, ensuring quality control of data or collected samples. Provides preliminary assessment and classification of data.
• Assists in the preparation of reports, plans, and guidelines related to resource management projects. Draft project reports may include literature research, description of methods, preparation of graphs and charts, and summary of findings.
• Provides logistical support for resource management projects as well as advice, assistance, and training to students, volunteers or lower graded technicians.
• Uses a variety of computer programs to compile, reduce, store, retrieve, analyze, and report data and other resource management information. Uses a wide variety of specialized equipment to carry out resource management projects.
• Certain positions at Yellowstone National Park will collect fees which requires higher level background investigation including a credit check.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work requires regular physical exertion such as walking or climbing over wet, rough, uneven and/or rocky surfaces; bending, crouching, stooping, or reaching to observe, collect and/or record field data; or in some situations the work may require physical exertion to handle wild animals, prepare soil for planting, camp overnight in backcountry locations, to scuba dive or operate a boat (varies by location). Heavy items, such as equipment packs weighing up to 50 pounds, must be lifted and carried on a regular basis. May be required to hike several miles in a day.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is performed in an office, laboratory, and in a field environment. The work performed in the field involves regular and recurring exposure to extreme weather conditions and terrain, poisonous plants, biting insects and wild animals. Some positions require the use of chemicals (for example, pesticides/herbicides to control invasive plants or chemical treatments for invasive aquatic species). The employee is required to follow all safety procedures based on the task being carried out which may require use protective clothing/gear such as gowns, coats, boots, goggles, gloves, etc.

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• Performs technician work that is supportive of professionals in resource management (i.e. Wildlife Biologists). These positions are primarily concerned with research, conservation, and management of wildlife; the control of wildlife; or determination, establishment, and application of the biological facts, principles, methods, techniques, and procedures necessary for the conservation, management, and control of wildlife.
• Implements natural resource management projects following established procedures. Collects and organizes field data, ensuring quality control of data or collected samples. Provides assessment and classification of data.
• Assists in the preparation of reports, plans, and guidelines related to resource management projects. Draft project reports may include literature research, description of methods, preparation of graphs and charts, and summary of findings.
• Provides logistical support for resource management projects as well as advice, assistance, and training to students, volunteers or lower graded technicians.
• Uses a variety of computer programs to compile, reduce, store, retrieve, analyze, and report data and other resource management information. Uses a wide variety of specialized equipment to carry out resource management projects.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work requires regular physical exertion such as walking or climbing over wet, rough, uneven and/or rocky surfaces; bending, crouching, stooping, or reaching to observe, collect and/or record field data; or in some situations the work may require physical exertion to handle wild animals, prepare soil for planting, camp overnight in backcountry locations, to scuba dive or operate a boat (varies by location). Heavy items, such as equipment packs weighing up to 50 pounds, must be lifted and carried on a regular basis. May be required to hike several miles in a day.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is performed in an office, laboratory, and in a field environment. The work performed in the field involves regular and recurring exposure to extreme weather conditions and terrain, poisonous plants, biting insects and wild animals. Some positions require the use of chemicals (for example, pesticides/herbicides to control invasive plants or chemical treatments for invasive aquatic species). The employee is required to follow all safety procedures based on the task being carried out which may require use protective clothing/gear such as gowns, coats, boots, goggles, gloves, etc.

As a Physical Scientist within the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Coordinates research on wetland processes that drive ecological and geomorphic change of estuaries and salt marshes and associated ecosystem services, including mitigation of coastal hazards.
• Leads teams of scientists and technicians in observational studies of wetland response to restoration.
• Designs and leads appropriate analytical programs for accomplishing research objectives.
• Analyzes geospatial and/or time-series data in estuaries and wetlands. Integrates expertise in wetland processes, including time-series analysis, numerical modeling, and/or geospatial synthesis.
• Prepares peer-reviewed journal articles, data products, and scientific reports discussing the results of multidisciplinary studies and their significance to the fields of coastal change hazards and wetlands evolution.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The primary purpose of this position is to provide field, laboratory, and data management support and leadership for a broad set of research activities on coastal and marine processes. The incumbent uses a broad range of field, laboratory, and data processing expertise to support multidisciplinary research that addresses biogeochemical and sediment transport issues in coastal ecosystems.

As a Biological Science Technician (Plants) within the Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Conducting field studies and surveys to collect a variety botanical data and/or specimens
• Runs computer programs to enter, verify, manage and manipulate data and data files in automated databases and/or geographic information systems.
• Assists in conducting a variety of data analyses and prepares data summaries
• Trains new technicians and field crews in standard field data collection and analytical techniques
• Operates a government motor vehicle as an incidental driver. Operates and maintains power boats
• Compiles, analyzes and summarizes field and lab data for preparation of interim reports. Assists with verification of mathematical, statistical, and spatial computations
• Conducts library searches for literature on research projects

• Serve as a senior Operations Research Analyst and serves as an advisor to the branch chief and division director regarding the performance, operation, and cost of the purchased care system.
• Ensure that the organization’s strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are integrated into the assigned projects’ strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.
• Responsible for development and implementation of complex analytical studies pertaining to existing and proposed programs.
• Lead and conduct quantitative/qualitative analysis of policies, programs, and processes related to health care and resource management.
• Direct and perform very complex research and acquires knowledge and understanding of new or revised programs to improve control of costs within the purchased care system
• Use advanced statistical packages specifically including SAS, SAS data tools, SAS Macro language, Stata, and SQL.
• Utilize business intelligence tools Cognos and Business Objects to manipulate large and complicated health data systems, to conduct business case analyses to track cost, utilization, and compliance across the entire spectrum of TRICARE services.
• Contribute to the development of project plans, operating plans and supporting budgets.

• The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.
• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Prepares study plans for scientific experiments, using the scientist's hypothesis; attends to all the technical/administrative concerns.
• Develops the data required; refines, verifies, justifies, and organizes the data; analyzes and evaluates findings; and writes-up results for review.
• Conducts tests and analyses of studies and evaluations of data on plant pests detected domestically or intercepted at ports of entry from all parts of the world.
• Collects and manages data, evaluates and analyzes data pertaining to risk, diagnosis, mitigation, rearing, control, treatment and quarantine status.
• Manages plant and/or pest samples and resulting data, including receipt, storage, processing, photographing, and archiving while following procedures to ensure sample integrity and custody.

• Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Provide expertise in assessing aerospace flight hardware design and qualification requirements as they relate to NASA's overall strategic goals.
• Apply critical inquiry, problem solving, and scientific methodology to complete assessments, make recommendations, or resolve issues involving aerospace flight systems.
• Provide customer insight to the resolution of issues on all aspects of commercial aerospace flight development/operation, including system performance, configuration, component definition, operational capabilities, reliability, safety, etc.
• Generate and apply practical concepts, processes, and systems related to traditional engineering science disciplines and their applicability to aerospace flight systems.
• Integrate unique aerospace flight systems, customer products, and project and/or program elements to satisfy commercial launch vehicle, spacecraft, aircraft, or launch site design and operational requirements.
• Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity and teamwork.

• Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Manage projects, develop test systems, and/or test aerospace materials as a project manager, general/aerospace/electrical engineer, or physical scientist in areas like facility systems, facility and test infrastructures, and space flight hardware.
• Generate and apply theories, principles, practical concepts, processes, and systems related to engineering design, standards, codes, and techniques in support of a variety of Center Infrastructure, Program projects and NASA’s mission.
• Provide oversight of on- and off-site contractors’ performance to ensure contractual obligations are met and government resources are expended in an economical and beneficial manner.
• Oversee the design and execution of complex projects with multiple subsystems, services, capabilities, or products that support NASA functions, programs, or projects.
• Use established criteria and professional judgment to modify or design, construct, and utilize laboratories, facilities, equipment, or processes to support Center program and Agency goals.
• Serve on teams of multi-disciplined, cross-organizational, and complex design, construction, fabrication and testing projects utilizing traditional engineering science disciplines (e.g. mechanical, electrical, materials, industrial, and chemical).
• Perform multiple functions which may include, planning, research, design, development, test and evaluation, cost analyses, program, and project management.
• Handle environments of rapid change, hazardous conditions and competing priorities rationally and quickly.
• Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity and teamwork.