Sample Federal Jobs Handout

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INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security Application Deadline: November 5, 2010 Location: El Paso, TX Salary: $31,315.00 - $50,431.00 /year Duties: Your job will include performing the technical aspects of intelligence operations support, including data processing, project tracking, and files management. Locating, compiling and developing information and identifying interrelationships among data to fill intelligence gaps. Retrieving reports, correspondence and numerical data for use in preparing status reports, briefings and presentations. Maintaining a database for retrieval of information for inquiries and reports. Summarize intelligence reports, compile files of raw or abstracted data, and collect material for briefings. Researching outside activities, in-house records, manuals and automated databases, and reference material for intelligence information to fill identified intelligence gaps. Locating, selecting, extracting and collating data for use by specialists in response to specific intelligence tasks. Compose non-technical correspondence and reports from oral instructions, information obtained from files, and data obtained from staff members. APPLY

LEGAL ASSISTANT Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior Application Deadline: November 3, 2010 Location: Portland, OR Salary: $33,013.00 - $42,913.00 /year Duties: Under the general supervision of the Titles and Records Supervisor, the incumbent enters legal instrument data together with proper codes into the computerized program tracking trust land records. Inspects and files computer generated land indexes, title status reports, allotment/tract folders, maps, and other related documents. Reviews assigned probates to ensure accuracy of individual identification numbers. Receives and reviews a variety of legal instruments including probate orders, probate modifications, rights of way, mortgages, satisfactions of mortgage and corresponding documents and legal instruments. Determines purpose and nature of the legal instruments. Checks legal instrument land description data for accuracy, comparing legal descriptions, plat map data and individual identification numbers (when applicable) with the official land records and people files. Prepares new folders for subdivided tracts. Establishes file folders. Operates programmable data systems processors, personal computers, calculators, microfilming systems and electronic communication devices. APPLY

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SOCIAL SERVICES ASSISTANT Office of the Director, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Application Deadline: November 3, 2010 Location: Washington, D.C. Salary: $42,209.00 - $67,114.00 /year Duties: The incumbent performs duties as a Substance Abuse counselor in a residential, Re-entry and Sanctions Center. Because the defendants and offenders have extensive substance abuse histories, the Re-entry and Sanctions Center provides evaluation, counseling, treatment readiness, and referral services to treatment facilities. Under the general direction of the Unit Manager, the Social Services Assistant: conducts initial client intake and evaluations, performs preliminary screenings to identify behavioral types, reaction patterns, and symptoms of acutely ill, alcoholic or drug-addicted clients, and assists the Unit Manager in maintaining security, safety and order. The incumbent facilitates psycho-educational modules that focus on substance abuse. APPLY

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice Application Deadline: October 29, 2010 Location: Washington, D.C. Salary: 42,209.00 - 67,114.00 /year Duties: In coordination with Technical Agents, and Electronic Technicians, the incumbent is responsible for the testing, integration, installation, and modification of covert and overt telecommunications systems. Ensures that telecommunications data collected from covert and overt monitoring is moved from the source, via wire, cellular, radio, microwave, fiber optic, etc., is and transferred into FBIHQ computer systems for analysis, dissemination, and evidence. Serves as a liaison between various commercial carriers and vendors on covert and overt telecommunications installations for the Division. Participates in the planning, ordering, installation, operation maintenance, repair, and termination of services. Performs a variety of administrative duties to include inventory management reports (to FBIHQ) on system information, invoice processing and bill payment. The employee performs the following: telephone service technical analysis, equipment analysis/inventory, miscellaneous administrative/record- keeping duties. APPLY

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR Department of the Air Force Application Deadline: October 29, 2010 Location: Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA Salary: $33,979.00 - $59,505.00 /year

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Duties: The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a professional guidance counselor providing general adult educational and career development counseling to both military and civilian personnel. Provides professional guidance and/or counseling services to military personnel, DoD civilian employees, adult family members, and military retirees pursuing vocational, technical, and professional development opportunities. APPLY

MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ASSISTANT Department of Defense Application Deadline: November 4, 2010 Location: Alexandria, VA Salary: $42,209.00 - $60,765.00 /year Duties: Serves as a management assistant with the responsibility of supporting the Division Director and senior analysts in accomplishing a variety of management oriented analyses, reports, and special projects. Researches and develops recommended actions to be taken based upon interpretation of the objectives and requirements for assigned programs. Monitors progress of projects to determine compliance and consistency with projected planning, changes, priorities, and objectives. APPLY

TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANT Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs Application Deadline: November 4, 2010 Location: Charleston, SC Salary: $34,907.00 - $45,376.00 /year Duties: Employee will independently manage the Medical Center's Beneficiary Travel Program. The Beneficiary Travel program provides transportation at Government expense to beneficiaries and their attendants traveling to and from VA facilities and other places for the purpose of examination, treatment or care. This will include correctly determining eligibility for the program, and processing requests. It will also include correctly determining which of several fund control points to utilize, obligating funds, maintaining manual and electronic accounting records, performing regular reconciliations and adjusting account balances. APPLY

IT SPECIALIST Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture Application Deadline: October 29, 2010

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Location: New Orleans, LA Salary: $45,192.00 - $77,138.00 /year Duties: Participating in IT acquisition activities that consider the life cycle of NFC workstations, open systems, and enterprise computer systems. Developing reports to advise management and technical staff on matters related to system performance, system utilization and IT procurements. Communicating with others to gather data for the selection, acquisition, and implementation of hardware and/or software products. Evaluating the effectiveness of software packages that could be integrated into current and projected IT infrastructure. APPLY

PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT Army Medical Command, Department of the Army Application Deadline: November 22, 2010 Location: Sierra Vista and Ft. Huachuca, AZ Salary: $38,790.00 - $50,431.00 /year Duties: Provides direct therapeutic care to a diverse patient population with a variety of patient diagnoses to include but not limited to: orthopedic, podiatric, neuromuscular disorders; burns; and ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients. Administers physical therapy to walk-in ambulatory and surgical patients which involves the use of heat, cold, water, electricity, soft tissue mobilization, therapeutic exercise to treat physical disabilities, injury and disease. Performs general evaluation tests related to strength and mobility. APPLY

HEALTH TECHNICIAN Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services Application Deadline: December 1, 2010 Location: Warm Springs, OR Salary: $31,315.00 - $40,706.00 /year Duties: The position is located in an ambulatory care setting that provides general as well as specialized out-patient care for the community it serves and provides clinical administrative support and medical assistance to medical providers and nursing staff that provide direct patient care. In all phases of work, emphasis is placed on disease prevention, health promotion, rehabilitation, and cultural awareness. Assigned duties include answers telephones; orders medical supplies. Receives patient and prepares health record for clinic visit. APPLY

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NURSING ASSISTANT Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs Application Deadline: November 12, 2010 Location: San Francisco County, CA Salary: $37,073.00 - $48,190.00 /year

Duties: The incumbent will provide nursing care to stable and terminally ill veterans in the ambulatory care setting. Performs routine patient care documentation and selected patient/family instructions. Performs diagnostic support duties and obtains requested specimens. Performs a range of therapeutic measures. Applies selected external medications. Recognizes and reports changes in patient condition to Charge Nurse. Encourages patient/family involvement in management of daily living activities. Supports and complies with established safety policies and procedures.

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REGISTERED NURSE (NURSING SUPERVISOR) Department of Veterans Affairs Application Deadline: November 18, 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Salary: $37,000.00 - $54,000.00 /year

Duties: The position is part-time (.5) and mostly nights, but all tours may be expected. This position reports to the Deputy Nurse Executive. The Nursing Supervisor is responsible for the management of nurse staffing and overall facility operations on the off-tour/weekends. They will serve as the responsible staffing officer on assigned tour, managing bed utilization and resources. APPLY

RECREATION THERAPY ASSISTANT Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs Application Deadline: November 8, 2010 Location: Hampton, VA Salary: $31,315.00 - $40,706.00 /year

Duties: The purpose of this position is to assist in the treatment, instruction of, or otherwise carry out therapeutic recreational activities for all patients in the assigned unit and those outpatients designated or assigned to participate in such recreation therapy activities. Assist the Recreation Therapist in charge of specific activities when they are on leave or if scheduled for an activity other that their specialty. Provides on-going control and well-monitored group and individual recreational activities for assigned patients, assuring a motivational environmental which reinforces or redirects skills and interest and which encourage positive efforts on the part of each patient toward alleviating or coping with his/her physical and/or emotional deficiencies, adopting new

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interests, acquiring new skills, and recognizing and accepting the realities of specific physical and/or emotional needs. APPLY

RESEARCH MICROBIOLOGIST (POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE) Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture Application Deadline: December 16, 2010 Location: Beltsville, MD Salary: $60,989.00 - $95,026.00 /year

Duties: The incumbent will serve as a Research Microbiologist in the Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Animal and Natural Resources Institute and will work with enteric foodborne pathogens in fresh produce in pre- and post-harvest settings. The research will involve molecular mechanisms of shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) interactions with produce surfaces. The efficacy of current wash water treatments will be evaluated in reducing curli- and cellulose-producing STEC on contaminated spinach. The methodology to accomplish these objectives will be standard plant growth techniques, molecular biology techniques, some tissue culture in environmentally controlled chambers, fluorescent labeling of bacteria, and confocal microscopy. APPLY

HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (EMPLOYEE & LABOR RELATIONS) Forest Service, Department of Agriculture Application Deadline: November 5, 2010 Location: Milwaukee, WI Salary: $32,396.00 - $52,172.00 /year Duties: Performs clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a labor and employee relations function. Performs limited technical projects, such as advising employees and supervisors on minor employee problems, or explaining the rights of management and employees to resolve complaints. APPLY

EXHIBITS SPECIALIST (GRAPHICS) Smithsonian Institution Application Deadline: October 29, 2010 Location: Washington, D.C. Salary: $34,075.00 - $44,293.00 /year

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Duties: This is a developmental position in the Graphics Lab, Exhibits Production, Office of Exhibition Services, National Museum of American History. Creates digital images and text for

graphic panels, posters, signs, labels, decals, and other visual media. Constructs backings and wall panels and other materials. Measures and cuts mats and frame materials. Installs artifacts on walls, panels or in cases, ensuring minimum impact on the artifacts as well as security and removability. APPLY

VISUAL INFORMATION SPECIALIST Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Application Deadline: November 3, 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA Salary: $32,722.00 - $64,450.00 /year Duties: The position serves as a Visual Information Specialist responsible for the design and development of a wide variety of visual materials for the CIO organizations to include printed publications, presentations, exhibits, educational courses, or any other communications media. APPLY

ECONOMIST Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor Application Deadline: November 8, 2010 Location: Multiple Duty Locations Salary: $42,209.00 - $54,875.00 /year

Duties: Regional Economists: You will engage primarily with data collection activities. Including interviewing establishment officials to acquire needed data, analyzing data for conformance to program procedures, and preparing periodic reports on survey processes and problems. Headquarters Economists: Working in headquarters in Washington, DC you will engage in the consolidation, reporting, and evaluation of the collected data. Initial assignments are performed in accordance with precise instructions. APPLY

PARK RANGER National Park Service, Department of the Interior Application Deadline: November 2, 2010

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Location: Pipestone, MN Salary: $49,029.00 - $63,259.00 /year

Duties: The law enforcement ranger serves as one of two commissioned law enforcement rangers in the Division of Visitor Services and Protection. The LE Ranger is responsible for conducting daily patrols (by vehicle and foot) and enforcing all applicable Federal, State, and local laws and special regulations. The LE Ranger develops a strong working relationship and cooperates with local law enforcement agencies. The LE Ranger performs emergency medical services and search and rescue. APPLY

OFFICE AUTOMATION ASSISTANT Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor Application Deadline: November 5, 2010 Location: Memphis, TN Salary: $31,315.00 - $40,706.00 /year

Duties: The primary purpose of the position is to provide clerical and assistant work in support of the office’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and EEOC Compliance Manual, Volume 1, Section 83 records disclosure programs. The position may be located for administrative purposes in either a legal or enforcement unit of a field office. APPLY

PHYSICAL SCIENCES/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (FCIP) NASAwide, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Application Deadline: September 1, 2011 Location: Multiple Duty Locations Salary: $49,029.00 - $63,259.00 /year

Duties: You may be hired for one of a wide array of positions in the physical and biological sciences. We're also looking for research psychologists. You will begin by collaborating with world-class scientists, and learn to lead major research and development efforts. You might conduct research in nanotechnology and genomics; prepare for human missions to other planets; develop better space transportation; or search for life beyond Earth. APPLY

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