Total 6 survey interviewer job vacancies in Others category in Reston, Virginia

As an Earth Observation Applications Coordinator within the National Land Imaging Program, some of your specific duties will include:

- Plan, oversee, and monitor a diverse portfolio of regional, national, and global remote sensing science and application projects that advance programmatic goals and objectives.
- Serve as an interdisciplinary science and technical expert to senior agency management and as an advocate for USGS land change science and earth observing capabilities.
- Direct the collection of Earth observation user needs across Federal and non-Federal stakeholder communities.
- Inform the development of and coordination between U.S. and international land imaging satellite missions.
- Engage with and advise top agency management to foster cooperative relationships with other Federal, private, and international space agency and senior technical officials.

Starting at $117,518 Per Year (GS 15)

As a Cartographer/Geographer within the National Geospatial Program Office some of your specific duties will include:

Provides leadership, oversight, and project management for the National Digital Trails Network project and supporting transportation, structures, and boundaries data of The National Map.

Initiates and leads meetings of Federal interagency stakeholder groups to negotiate data and system specifications and requirements and to gain feedback on systems and data as they are developed.

Promotes project buy-in and participation among Federal partners through leading interagency executive-level interaction and coordination among project partners.

Ability to communicate orally and in writing to prepare technical documentation and correspondence, present briefings to convey complex information clearly and concisely, and to represent the BGN and NGP during meetings and conferences.

Physical Demands: The work is generally sedentary. Periods of moving about may be required to make presentations to, and to meet with, users at meetings and conferences. Travel to offices of other organizations or meeting sites is a significant aspect of the position. Out-of-town travel by commercial airline or other public conveyance is required.

Work Environment: The work is usually performed in an office setting, including meeting and training rooms, conference halls, and production facilities for geospatial data, products, and services.

Financial Disclosure - If selected for this position, you may be required to file one or more financial statements upon reporting and annually, some of which may be subject to public disclosure.

Starting at $116,393 Per Year (GS 14)

CLARIFICATION ON DUTY STATION AND LOCALITY PAY

This is not a remote position. Duty Station Location Negotiable After Selection - The duty station of this position may be any federal office location that is agreed upon by the selecting official and the selectee. If the agreed upon location results in the relocation of the selectee, the travel, transportation, and relocation expenses are not authorized.

Salary Information:

• GS-11: $69,107 (Step 01) to $89,835 (Step 10);
• GS-12: $82,830 (Step 01) to $107,680 (Step 10)

NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.

The Salary listed above is based on the Rest of U.S. Pay Scale. The pay may be higher depending upon geographic location with higher locality pay. For locality pay information, click here.

DUTIES

The Water Resources Mission Area, Office of Planning and Programming (WMA-OPP) is responsible for prioritizing and managing investments and resources within the USGS WMA. It is a small office in terms of total staff. It is responsible for end-to-end planning through execution and evaluation of science portfolio activities authorized by Congress through four budget programs. Congressional appropriations support USGS, with partners, to monitor, assess, conduct targeted research, and deliver information on a wide range of water resource topics.

Our Business of Science Synthesis (BOSS) team is looking for physical scientists with strong data science skills and connections to both science and the business of accomplishing science. We strategically prepare datasets, assemble data sources, and build databases or visualization tools to track, analyze, and report on the complete cycle of science. We facilitate the improvement of scientific planning, proposals, agreement formalization, execution, and reporting of final outcomes. The team is dedicated to transitioning our agency's science and business nexus from an institutional knowledge-based model (speaking with a senior scientist directly) to a data-driven environment where we can easily dive into data related to science and business operations anytime and anywhere in the organization.

The BOSS team works at all levels of the organization including Directors, senior scientists, project managers, software and database developers, and finance / administrative staff to address daily complex questions about USGS science and operations. We have access to enterprise databases / servers, commercial and open-source programming tools, and a wide variety of data analysis / visualization tools. Our one simple goal is to be able to deliver to our stakeholders anything they need to know about the business of USGS science.

As a Physical Scientist within the Water Resources Mission Area, some of your specific duties will include:

• Designs and conducts multi-disciplinary scientific projects involving the computerized integration of complex combination of multi-layered level thematic data.

• Gathers, analyzes, tabulates, and summarizes scientific, programmatic, and/or budgetary data.

• Formulates improved approaches and strategies for using water data management systems in support of scientific information efforts. Establishes data collection standards and develops new procedures for acquiring and processing scientific data.

• Designs improvements and techniques for processing, editing, integrating, and manipulating data for the purpose of identifying, interpreting, analyzing and correlating the sciences.

• Plans and conducts water data management projects that entail the development of new applications, procedures, and techniques to produce technically advanced presentations using data, pertaining to interdisciplinary scientific subject matter.

• Develops and maintains computer databases; writes, modifies, or uses computer software routines required for analyses of water data management Systems.
• Operates a government owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Starting at $69,107 Per Year (GS 11-12)

As a Management Analyst with the Water Mission Area, Office of Planning and Programming (OPP), some of your specific duties will include:

• Monitor and track allocations, obligations, and expenditures throughout the budget execution phase; analyze financial situations and make recommendations for corrective actions; develop annual operating budgets.
• Develop and maintain complex data query systems and perform analysis.
• Researching and analyzing data, policies, procedures, or other organizational line program operation that requires evaluation to determine if stated objectives are being met.
• Prepare necessary financial documents, including grants and agreements; prepare and present budget status reports.
• Keep management updated throughout the year on spending trends and any potential budget issues.
• Develop a wide range of projections for management to make staffing and funding decisions.
• Consults OPP Budget Support Team Lead and managers, as needed, throughout the budget review process and develops updated procedures or procedural supplements.

Physical Demands: Work requires no special physical demands and may involve some walking, standing, bending, or carrying of light items such as files, computer reports, or office supplies.

Work Environment: Work is performed in an office setting with adequate light, heat, and ventilation.

Starting at $64,957 Per Year (GS 9)

As a Physical Scientist within the Hydrologic Applied Innovation Lab and Spatial Data Science section of the New York Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Compile and enter data in digital database.
• Analyze and interpret geological data.
• Serve and project chief or senior project member for complete hydrologic investigations.
• Develop project proposals including objectives, approach, funding and expected results.
• Design and write special purpose applications.
• Perform complex data processing using state of the art techniques.
• Produce geospatial data sets.
• Develop computer reports and graphics.

Starting at $69,107 Per Year (GS 11-12)

As a Budget Analyst within the Office of Budget, Planning and Integration, some of your specific duties will include:

- Conducting budget formulation activities, preparing budget estimates, reading and interpreting budget guidance and providing recommendations to senior level managers.
- Conduction special analysis on programmatic impacts of budget changes and providing recommendations on budget revisions based on analysis.
- Preparing special analysis for internal planning, providing senior level budget advice to Mission Area leadership and conducting program and budget policy reviews.
- Providing responses to Departmental and Congressional budget inquires, preparing presentations and briefings on technical budget topics and issues.
- Assist in budget hearing preparation.

Starting at $112,015 Per Year (GS 13)