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Chemist
Customs and Border Protection · Posted 51 days ago
About the Role
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Operations Support (OS, Laboratories and Scientific Services (LSS) in Savannah, GA; Newark, NJ; Houston, TX; and Ashburn, VA.
What You'll Do
- →This is a Recent Graduate appointment in the Pathways Program.
- →Selected individuals are placed in a dynamic one year development program in the excepted service designed to lead to a competitive civil service career in the Federal government.
- →At the successful conclusion of this program, the agency may non-competitively convert individuals to a term (position lasting 1-4 years with an extension up to 120 days) or permanent position within the competitive service.
- →Conversion to a Federal competitive service position will be at the discretion of the agency and is neither guaranteed nor implied.
- →This position starts at a salary of $50,460.00 (GS-7, Step 1) to $80,243.00 (GS-9, Step 10) with promotion potential to $116,362 (GS-12 Step 10).
- →GS Salary : Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area.
- →If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table.
- →In this position, you will become a key member of the Laboratories and Scientific Services Directorate team.
- →Typical work assignments include: Performing chemical and physical tests, forensic analyses, and/or weapons of mass destruction (WMD) detections on samples of imported merchandise or seized materials submitted to the field laboratory.
- →Performs analyses of assigned samples in the laboratory or in the field, develops identity, grade and composition, information regarding origins, methods of manufacture, etc., using wet laboratory procedures or advanced analytical instrumentation.
- →Organizing and writing test reports and briefings, articulating technical findings, interpretations, and conclusions.
- →Writes technical reports and papers describing laboratory work with sufficiency, technical merit and compliance with the LSS Quality system.
- →Appearing as a witness in court proceedings or may provide technical assistance in prosecution cases.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
- ✓Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties.
- ✓Please review further details via the following link.
- ✓Bargaining Unit: This is a bargaining unit covered position, represented under the National Treasury Employees Unions - NTEU.
- ✓For local chapter contact information see Chapter Websites - National Treasury Employees Union - NTEU.
- ✓DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- ✓Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.
- ✓Residency: There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP.
- ✓Individuals are required to have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates (as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years.
- ✓If you do not meet the residency requirement and you have been physically located in a foreign location for more than two of the last five years, you may request an exception to determine if you are eligible for a residency waiver by meeting one or more of the following conditions: Working for the U.S.
Personality Fit
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