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Supervisory Chemist (Forensic Instruction)
Drug Enforcement Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the DEA Office of Forensic Sciences, Forensic Laboratories in Quantico, VA. This position(s) primary purpose is to serve as a senior Forensic Chemist. As a senior chemist, conducts visual, physical, chemical, photographic, and other scientific examinations, as needed, of complex submissions of physical evidence to form an opinion by application of professional & scientific knowledge in the primary area of forensic drug chemistry & other trace evidence materials.
What You'll Do
- →As a your typical work assignments may include: Provides services as a recognized forensic expert, performing professional and scientific work in the analysis of the following types of evidence: suspected legally controlled substances, precursors, and other miscellaneous evidencetypes.
- →As a technical authority in forensic analyses, the senior examiner identifies, quantifies, and/or compares irreplaceableevidence that because of its paucity, uniqueness, obscurity, transient nature, contamination, decomposition, orcomplexity, requires the most difficult analyses and complicated interpretations.
- →Serves as a research scientist responsible for applying chemical or biological and compatible research to problems forforensic science.
- →As an expert in the application of forensic sciences, the incumbent applies a professional knowledgeof the field in translating broad problem areas to specific research programs that are responsive to the DEA mission.
- →Serves as a senior examiner with the responsibility to design, develop, and deliver a detailed curriculum, training, andinstruction in support of Department of Justice (DOJ) forensic examiners, technical personnel, military lawyers, criminalinvestigators, and military operators.
Requirements
- ✓See the qualification section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.
- ✓Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
- ✓It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
- ✓For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php.
- ✓If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.
Personality Fit
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