Interdisciplinary Scientist

Your tasks

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As an Interdisciplinary Scientist, you will: Perform a full range of contract administration on all contracts including post-award orientation conferences, monitoring contractor performance, negotiation and issuance of supplemental agreements. Provide technical oversight of the manufacturing, testing, clinical and non-clinical, regulatory, and quality aspects of advanced development and acquisition programs. Manage a comprehensive program of advanced development for cost, schedule and performance acquisition of assigned vaccine or other medical countermeasures, including providing a programmatic interface to logistics support. Manage lifecycle tasks, including planning, coordination, monitoring contractor performance, ensuring compliance, reporting, and budget tracking; acting as a key liaison between teams, stakeholders, and leadership to ensure objectives are met, deliverables are managed, and resources are used effectively.

Requirements

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR 0401 Basic Qualifications: You must possess one of the items listed below (A or B): A. Degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. A combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. 1301 Basic Qualifications: You must possess one of the items listed below (A or B): A. Degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR B. Have a combination of education and experience: Education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical sciences and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. 1320 Basic Qualifications: You must possess one of the items listed below (A or B): A. Degree in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics. OR B. A combination of education and experience: Course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirements above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Minimum Qualifications: You must have one year of specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following: Managing the complex acquisition process, overseeing acquisition requests, and ensuring all requests are made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations, and overall department internal acquisition policies. Providing technical oversight of the manufacturing, testing, clinical and non-clinical, regulatory, and quality aspects of advanced development and acquisition programs in the pharmaceutical industry. Providing scientific and program management expertise in identifying, addressing, and coordinating biodefense research initiatives relevant to development of assigned vaccine, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear threat, or other medical countermeasures.

Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. OPM Qualification General Policies Website

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov.

Other

This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. This announcement will close at 11:59 PM, on the day that 75 applications have been received or on the closing date, whichever is first.