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Job Title: Epidemiologist - NHGRI - DE
Department: Department Of Health And Human Services
Agency: Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sub Agency: National Human Genome Research Institute
Job Announcement Number: NHGRI-10-408763-CR-DE
SALARY RANGE: 89,033.00 - 136,771.00 USD /year
Thursday, May 27, 2010 to Thursday, Agency Information:
OPEN PERIOD:
July 08, 2010 Department Of Health And Human
SERIES & GRADE: GS-0601-13/14 Services/NIH
2115 East Jefferson Street
POSITION INFORMATION: Full-Time Permanent Room 1E-102
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 14 Bethesda, MD 20892-8502
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DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy - Bethesda, MD
Fax: 301-451-5688
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: This vacancy is open to all U.S.
citizens. The vacancy is being
Questions about this job:
concurrently advertised under merit
CSD Branch F
promotion procedures for status
candidates under announcement Phone: 301-443-3345
NHGRI-10-408763-MP. Candidates who Fax: 301-451-5688
wish to be considered under both Email:
[email protected] procedures MUST apply to both
vacancies. Job Announcement Number:
NHGRI-10-408763-CR-DE
JOB SUMMARY: Control Number: 1883634
If you are an exceptionally talented, knowledgeable and motivated
individual, AND you want to play a significant role in a dynamic
organization, then consider joining the NIH, National Human Genome
Research Institute (NHGRI), Office of the Director (OD). The National
Human Genome Research Institute began as the National Center for
Human Genome Research (NCHGR), which was established in 1989 to
carry out the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the
International Human Genome Project (HGP). For more information, visit
www.nhgri.nih.gov.
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instructions listed under 'How to Apply.'
This position is located in National Human Genome Research Institute
(NHGRI), Office of the Director (OD), Office of Population Genomics
(OPG). You will be an Epidemiologist who provides technical leadership,
guidance, and evaluation in the epidemiology and genetics of common,
complex diseases.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
Please carefully read and follow the instructions for HOW TO APPLY.
U.S. Citizenship
Position involves travel
Duties Back to top
Additional Duty Location Info:
1 vacancy - Bethesda, MD
This position is located in the Office of the Director, Office of Population
Genomics. As an Epidemiologist, you will provide scientific expertise in
epidemiology, genetics, and related areas to undertake, collaborate, and
advise on population-based investigations of the genetics of common,
complex diseases. You will also be responsible for evaluating the
significance of emerging fields and trends in research and identifying
priorities for future population genomic research, including development
of major new Institute initiatives in collaboration with the research
community. You will also have primary responsibility for at least one
major Institute-initiated study, on which you serve as Project Officer and
function as an active member of the study Steering Committee and its
subcommittees in both a scientific and administrative role.
In addition to participating in a cooperative effort to accomplish Institute
goals, the duties include the following:
Designs, conducts, and manages, and evaluates state-of-the-
art epidemiologic and genetic research projects. Provides technical
leadership and guidance. Provides concept development of hypotheses,
research areas, and statistical methodology and establishes criteria for
study design. Prepares solicitations of grant applications and contract
proposals, and makes recommendations regarding funding decisions.
Analyzes, interprets, and disseminates scientific data from epidemiologic
and genetic studies. Prepares articles, presentations, and reports from
investigations and reviews manuscripts for publication. Provides expert
advice and consultation on statistical analysis and interpretation of these
studies.
Provides programmatic management of research grant applications in the
area of epidemiology and genetics. Prepares solicitations of grant
applications and contract proposals, and makes recommendations
regarding funding decisions. Provides sound scientific and administrative
advice to investigators, institutions, and labs to develop research
applications in line with NHGRI/NIH guidelines. Cooperates with other
Federal and non-Government organizations to coordinate program
activities.
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QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Basic Requirements:
Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited
college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in an
academic field related to health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to
the work of the position.
In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements,
applicants must have specialized experience.
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Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to
the next lower grade in Federal Service which demonstrates possession of
the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of this position.
Specialized Experience: Experience that equipped the applicant with the
particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the
duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the
position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have
been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of
progression for the occupation in the organization.
For the GS-13 level, candidates must have one year of specialized
experience equivalent to the GS-12. Examples of specialized experience at
this level may include conducting or implementing epidemiological studies
in genetic or medical research; analyzing data for epidemiological or
genetic studies.
For the GS-14 level, candidates must have one year of specialized
experience equivalent to the GS-13. Examples of specialized experience at
this level may include designing, conducting and managing epidemiologic
studies in genetic or medical research; analyzing, interpreting and
evaluating data from epidemiologic or genetic studies, and making
appropriate recommendations.
This position has an education requirement. You must submit a copy of
your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours
completed and grades) to document that you have met the education
requirement. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application
package. Official transcripts will be required prior to beginning
employment. Most colleges and universities offer unofficial transcripts
online – please check your school website to obtain a copy quickly.
If you have Federal status and have never been on an appointment in this
occupational series, you must submit your transcripts as indicated above.
If you have Federal status and are currently or were previously on an
appointment in this occupational series, you do not need to submit
transcripts at the time of application. Instead, you should submit an SF-
50 showing that you were on an appointment in this occupational series.
Click here for information on Foreign Education
You must meet U.S. citizenship and all other qualification requirements by
the closing date of this announcement in order to be considered for the
position.
All male citizens of the United States born after December 31, 1959, must
be registered for the Selective Service to be eligible for Federal
employment. For more information about registering with the Selective
Service visit: http://www.sss.gov/.
This position is subject to a background investigation.
You will be required to do some travel.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your application will be evaluated and rated under Category Rating and
Selection procedures. Category rating combines the applicant's total
qualifying experience and education/training into a single quality category.
If you meet the basic qualification requirements, we will further evaluate
your entire application package to determine the quality and extent of
your experience, education, training, etc., for placement in one of the
following categories:
1) Best Qualified - Meets the Minimum Qualification Requirements and
excels in most requirements of the position;
2) Well Qualified - Meets the Minimum Qualification Requirements and
meets most requirements of the position;
3) Qualified - Meets the Minimum Qualification Requirements, but does
not possess the relevant competencies to a substantive degree.
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The Category Rating Process does not add veterans' preference points or
apply the 'rule of three', but protects the rights of veterans by placing
them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. A selecting
official may make selections from the highest quality category (Best
Qualified) provided no preference eligible in that category is passed over
to select a non-preference eligible in that category unless approval has
been granted.
We encourage you to submit a narrative response to the job-related
questions. Responding to the questions provides you an opportunity to
indicate why you are the best candidate for the job and why NIH should
consider you for employment. Share with us your qualities that will set
you apart from other applicants.
The following questions are intended to solicit specific information
relevant to your rating.
1) Skill in developing new and innovative research ideas, determining
and/or recognizing a gap or gaps in a scientific area, and developing
innovative strategies to fill those gaps.
2) Skill in participating creatively and effectively in the management and
administration of extramurally supported projects. Ability to integrate
results from different scientific areas to generate novel hypotheses or
discoveries.
3) Skill in conveying complex scientific topics effectively to a wide variety
of lay and scientific audiences, such as students, colleagues and experts in
the field.
4) Knowledge and scientific research experience in the fields of
epidemiology or human and/or clinical genetics/genomics.
5) Skill in writing an application for research grant funding for a project in
epidemiology and/or genetics/genomics, describing the role and
operational aspects.
6) Skill in evaluating or monitoring research grant proposals
in epidemiology or genetics/genomics.
7) Ability to coordinate, facilitate, and guide the work of major
scientific/health groups, organizations, or committees, involving complex
administrative and technical/scientific activities.
8) Skill in data analysis in the area of epidemiology.
9) Skill in analyzing statistical data utilizing statistical software programs.
To ensure that your application is complete, please utilize the space in the
job specific questionnaire section to provide your narrative responses
to the job-related questions. Alternatively, you may use the Additional
Information field on the USAJOBS Resume Builder to submit this
information, as well.
SCREENING QUESTION:
Click Here to view Screening Questions.
Benefits and Other Info Back to top
BENEFITS:
Location, location, location. NIH's main campus is located in beautiful
Bethesda, MD, a stone's throw from downtown Washington DC.
Surrounded by world class eateries and shopping areas, a career at NIH
has many great benefits in addition to its location. Some of the great
benefits that an employee MAY be eligible to receive are:
· Flexible/Compressed work schedule
· Free parking
· Paid Holidays, Vacation and Sick Time
· Teleworking opportunities
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· Convenience: A Metro stop right on the NIH campus
· On site fitness center
· Transit Subsidies
· On site credit union
· Cultural events
· Scientific lectures
· On site child care centers
· A variety of employee clubs such as Toastmasters, karate, and
sailing
In addition to the benefits listed above, the following links will navigate
you to the federal government's generous benefit packages such as
annual, sick, and holiday leave, health insurance, and a Thrift Savings
Plan with matching contributions. For more information, check out New
Employee Benefits and OPM's Employee Benefits Information.
Our mission is more than just a paragraph; it's everywhere you look. NIH
is home to the world's premier biomedical research hospital. Discover a
career at NIH: It's about life.
OTHER INFORMATION:
We are unable to pay relocation expenses.
A one-year probationary period may be required upon
selection/placement.
Helping you through the process. At NIH we are striving to make the
application process as easy and efficient as possible. With that in mind,
the resume and corresponding responses of successful candidates may be
shared with other Institutes/Centers of NIH with opportunities like the one
you are applying to and additional selections may be made. We
recommend you still apply directly to the jobs that interest you, but we
want you to know we are working for you. If for some reason you don't
want your application shared with other Institutes/Centers, just notify the
point of contact for this posting and we'll make sure your application
stays solely with this posting. Additional selections may be made through
this vacancy announcement.
Holding ourselves to a higher standard. The National Institutes of
Health inspires public confidence in science by maintaining high ethical
principles. In addition to the Federal government's code of ethics, we
have our own agency specific standards; check them out at the NIH Ethics
web site.
Equal Opportunity Employment. Equality is held as one of the most
important values here at NIH. Selection for this - and any other - position
will be based solely on merit. NIH does not discriminate on the premises
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, politics, marital status, sexual
orientation, physical or mental disability, age or membership or non-
membership in an employee organization.
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters. The National Institutes
of Health (NIH) is the premiere biomedical research center for the nation
and the world. The 27 Institutes and Centers at NIH employ
approximately 18,000 employees doing a vast array of jobs, all supporting
efforts for a healthy nation. For more information on the NIH mission,
goals, and Institutes and Centers, please visit NIH Overview. To find out
more about working at NIH, visit Life at NIH.
Tobacco Free NIH. To help ensure the health and well being of its staff
and all those who visit the NIH, the NIH maintains a tobacco free work
environment and campus.
The National Institutes of Health participates in the USCIS Electronic
Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify). E-Verify helps
employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity
of their Social Security numbers.
A newly appointed or reappointed employee may receive service
credit for prior work experience or active duty uniformed service that
otherwise would not be creditable for the purpose of determining his or
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her annual leave accrual rate. All creditable service must be directly
related to the duties of the position being filled and decisions to allow for
such credit must be finalized prior to the selectee's entrance on duty. The
use of this service credit incentive is at the discretion of the selecting
official and service credit is granted only for a position deemed hard-to-
fill.
If selected, you will be required to complete Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report, OGE Form 450 to determine if a conflict or an
appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest and your
prospective position with the agency. This information is required
annually.
This position requires overnight travel that might be up to 1-4 nights per
month.
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HOW TO APPLY:
To be considered for this position, you are required to submit the
information listed below online at USAJOBS before midnight Eastern Time
on the closing date of the announcement. If you are unable to apply
online, please contact the HR contact listed on the announcement for
assistance at least three business days before the closing date of the
announcement for application instructions.
1. Your resume
2. Your responses to the questionnaire that follows the online resume
submission which may require narrative responses to the KSA's listed on
the Qualifications and Evaluations tab.
3. Applicable supporting documentation (including your SF-50, any
veteran's preference, CTAP/ICTAP, Schedule A documentation, or other
information requested in the announcement) either by attaching your
documents with your resume on USAJOBS (see instructions below), e-mail
or FAX. Choose only one method of submitting supporting documents. To
ensure that staff can match application materials with your resume and
question responses, please include your name, the vacancy announcement
number, and a daytime telephone number on all supporting
documentation. To ensure your information is secure, please block out any
Social Security numbers (SSNs). Clean copies may be requested if you are
hired.
View our tutorial for How to Apply to the NIH
Instructions for Applying Online:
1. Log on to USAJOBS to access your existing resumes or to create a
new one. See our Federal Resume tutorial. When creating your resume
in USAJOBS resume builder, MS Word formatting such as bullets, bold,
underlining should not be used. Line spacing, dashes, or asterisks are
good alternatives. See USAJOBS Customer Service Formatting Tips for
more information. You may also attach up to 5 documents to your
application(s). There is a drop down list of documents that you can attach
in the Saved Documents section of My Account. Be sure to check this
announcement to see what types of documentation, if any, is requested.
2. Return to the Vacancy Announcement and click the Apply Online
button on the right hand side of the announcement.
3. Choose which resume you wish to submit by selecting it in your
resume list. Next, select which Attachments you would like to submit (if
you have uploaded them to Saved Documents) and click 'Apply for this
Position Now!'
4. When you are finished submitting your resume and documents, you
will be prompted by a questionnaire to respond to the KSAs online.
Complete all questions on the questionnaire.
5. When you are finished with the questionnaire, you may submit your
supporting documentation by fax or e-mail if you haven't submitted them
online already to the person listed at the bottom of the announcement. To
ensure your information is secure, please block out any Social Security
numbers (SSN's). Clean copies may be requested if you are hired.
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the application process, please contact the HR contact listed on the
announcement for assistance at least three business days before the
closing date of the announcement for application instructions. If you have
difficulties with hearing and are seeking assistance, please call a relay
operator at 1-800-735-2258 or visit Maryland Relay or AT&T Relay.
7. If you run into any technical difficulty during the online
application process, please contact the USAJOBS helpdesk.
Please indicate the lowest grade level you are willing to accept. If not
indicated, we will consider you for all grade levels for which you qualify.
Special Consideration:
Certain veterans and displaced federal employees may be eligible for
special consideration. Please refer to the following links for additional
information and documentation requirements.
· Veterans
· CTAP
· ICTAP
· Schedule A Appointments for the Disabled
PHS Commissioned Officers interested in performing the duties of this
position within the Commissioned Corps should also apply online to this
announcement in order to receive consideration
AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
CSD Branch F Agency Information:
Phone: 301-443-3345 Department Of Health
Fax: 301-451-5688 And Human
Email: Services/NIH
[email protected] 2115 East Jefferson
Street
Room 1E-102
Bethesda, MD 20892-
8502
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Fax: 301-451-5688
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
View our tutorial for Checking Your Applicant Status
Within 10 to 15 business days of the closing date you may check the
status of your application online at USAJOBS: Application Status. If you
were rated eligible, it will indicate whether or not your application was
referred to the selecting official for consideration.
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