Total 760 science job vacancies in The United States

This is a bargaining unit position.

• Assists in one or more phases of the research process by performing a variety of technical duties, in a laboratory, common to the assigned area of work.
• Performs routine and recurring techniques and studies using a variety of specialized equipment.
• Maintains, calibrates and modifies equipment and automated systems used for test and evaluation procedures.
• Collects, prepares, processes, evaluates, and verifies biospecimens such as blood, urine, saliva, and feces, and supporting records.
• Maintains records and locates and compiles data and other information from various sources; maintains sample inventory.
• Maintains inventory of chemicals, prepares solutions and reagents for use in the laboratory and safely disposes of waste material (both chemical and biological).
• Keeps detailed records of experimental data. Tabulates, statistically analyzes and summarizes data using personal computers and software packages.

• Collects, prepares, evaluates and verifies soil samples and supporting records.
• Participates in one or more phases of the research process by performing a variety of complex technical duties, in a laboratory, field, or greenhouse environment.
• Performs the full range of techniques and studies using a variety of specialized equipment.
• Safely disposes of waste material (both chemical and biological).
• Harvests plant materials that can be analyzed to produce publishable data.
• Prepares soil, plant, or water samples for analysis.
• Maintains, calibrates and modifies complex/specialized equipment and automated systems used for test and evaluation procedures.

Duties include, but are not limited to the duties below:

• Contacts eligible participants for enrollment and explain the health coaching process.
• Provides health coaching for Veterans in order to reduce or eliminate high-risk behaviors while increasing healthy ones.
• Conducts interventions for Veterans using one-on-one, couple, or group modalities in outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Conducts Whole Health Facilitated Groups; participate in MOVE, smoking cessation, diabetes management, hypertension clinics, mental health, and other inpatient and outpatient groups as appropriate.
• Provides follow-up care through telephone clinics or secure messaging between face-to-face appointments.
• Actively guides Veterans in the exploration of core elements of personal health planning through individual and group based programs.
• Encourages and assists Veterans with the adoption of habits that are conducive to a higher quality of life and in alignment with the Veteran's goals. Identify habits and behaviors that are harmful to quality of life and related to chronic illness.
• Develops treatment plans for Veterans focused on behavioral interventions based on current scientific knowledge and research that improve quality of life and reduce risk for chronic disease, or that reverse or slow progression of chronic disease.
• Reviews current health behaviors and develops customized treatment plans with Veterans.
• Individualize intervention strategies to help the client utilize existing skills and develop new ones to enhance success.
• Schedule ongoing sessions to assess progress and assist in navigating obstacles or challenges. Guide Veterans to learn about available support tools in the VA and the community that assist in attainment of goals.
• Develops information for Veterans about the Whole Health Group and Individual Programs.
• Conducts outreach activities to inform Veterans and family members of available programs.
• Provides educational opportunities for staff-including lunch and learns, grand rounds, and presentations at staff meetings-in order to promote health coaching and encourage referrals to these services.
• Meets with external stakeholders to provide information about the Whole Health Group and individual programs and access to Veterans.

As a Biological Science Technician within the Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• In support of scientific projects, the incumbent conducts routing collection of existing data from government offices in the field to support scientific studies. The incumbent compiles the records, and summarizes, organizes, and/or files the data using a variety of standardized procedures, methods, and techniques. The incumbent utilizes computer programs to enter, verify, manage, and manipulate the data and data files in automated databases and/or geographic information systems. This includes assisting with exporting and drawing GIS maps for use within a database and ensures the accuracy using both paper maps and description information.
• Assists in ensuring completion of program objectives and associated documentation in accordance with established program directives.
• Performs technical work in a field environment in support of professional or technical employees engaged in data collection activities or analysis of biological data collection activities or analysis of biological samples. collects botany, fisheries, or wildlife data from study sites or monitoring systems. Operates a government motor vehicle as an incidental driver.
• Assists scientists of higher grade in preparing sections of reports, abstracts, and posters. Performs routine data analysis and prepares data summaries. Communicates technical and non-technical information about research programs to a variety of audiences.

Physical Demands: The office work places no special physical demands on the employee, but includes some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of light items such as papers and books. Fieldwork will have periods that will be physically demanding and includes walking, bending, climbing, and lifting of equipment up to 50 pounds when in the field, sometimes during adverse conditions.

Work Environment: The office work environment involves he normal risks and discomforts typical of an office setting. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. Travel up to 10 days in a 14-day period will be required during some months. Work during most travel periods will be performed in federal office space or from alternative accommodations. The fieldwork is performed outdoors and involves moderate or sometimes extreme exposure to the discomforts of rain, cold/hot weather, and rapidly running or icy streams and rivers. Special safety precautions are required in many cases, and the employee may typically wear life jackets, special safety boots, waders, and special organism handling gear.

This is a bargaining unit position.

Applicants will be considered and referred as follows:

• 1st Area of Consideration: Permanent Augusta VAMC Employees
• 2nd Area of Consideration: Permanent VA Employees
• 3rd Area of Consideration: Other Federal Agency Employees
• 4th Area of Consideration: Non-Comp Eligibles (Veterans Preference will be applied.)

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Assist in the NWDP development and implementation, which includes data management, as well as providing logistical support to the field wildlife disease biologists.
• Communicate with wildlife disease biologists, researchers, university partners, laboratory diagnosticians, and other state, federal, and non-government agencies.
• Sample shipping, receiving, and archiving as well as assisting wildlife disease biologists with various surveillance activities in the field.
• Operate computers, scanners, printers, various laboratory equipment, vehicles, firearms, traps, nets, and specialized Wildlife Services equipment.
• Organize research data to facilitate statistical analyses. Performs descriptive and basic statistical analyses of data sets.
• Manage an ongoing wildlife management project.
• Contribute to the overall planning of studies by conducting literature reviews and making suggestions for improvement of research methods and techniques.
• Collect specimens from various wildlife and laboratory animals for surveillance and research projects.
• Be able to work in BSL-1, BSL-2 and BSL-3 environments which include laboratory maintenance, laboratory testing, maintaining records, and collecting and analyzing data.

This is a non-bargaining unit position.

The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 50 applications. The first 50 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (50 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. If management requests additional certificates, applicants will continue to be reviewed in groups of 50 in the order they applied.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Contact eligible participants for enrollment and explain the health coaching process.
• Provide health coaching for veterans in order to reduce or eliminate high-risk behaviors while increasing healthy ones.
• Conduct interventions for veterans using one-on-one, couple, or group modalities in outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Conduct Whole Health facilitated groups; participate in MOVE, smoking cessation, diabetes management, hypertension clinics, mental health, and other inpatient and outpatient groups as appropriate.
• Provides follow-up care through telephone clinics or secure messaging between face-to-face appointments.
• Actively guides Veterans in the exploration of core elements of personal health planning through individual and group based programs.
• Utilizes motivational interviewing and health coaching techniques and processes, learned through pre­requisite health coach training, to assist members in developing a realistic plan to accomplish their goals.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following duties:

• Responsible for managing the day to day operations of the clinical epidemiology center including managing all research projects and lead them from inception to development, implementation, and successful publication.
• Develop and plan all the scholarly and academic activities of the center including its annual symposium, its weekly seminar series, and other events as needed.
• Administers planning processes and provides authoritative recommendations regarding possible need for revision of regulations and policies governing planning activities.
• Responsible for developing evaluation tools of the programs components and analyzing the data and making recommendations for improvement to the ACOS/R.
• Manages the projects of the CEC, and is responsible to develop a working strategy to ensure smooth operational structure, and continued growth and success of this endeavor.
• Develop a strategy to develop new projects, and develop avenues for more funding via VA, or DOD, or other funding agencies.
• Responsible for adhering to privacy, health information handling, computer security, and other information security related guidelines required by VA employees.

• You will validate proper performance of technical radiological control work while exercising and applying a broad knowledge of that portion of the Health Physics field relating to radiological monitoring and control.
• You will serve as a lead radiological control representative on work groups comprised of various levels of employees in accomplishing planning, mock-up training, work practice development and execution of complex repairs.
• You will provide on the job training and mentoring for junior radiological control technicians to ensure adequate development proficiency.
• You will be responsible for control of personnel exposure to ionizing radiation, protection against radioactive contamination, and protection of the general public against exposure to ionizing radiation.
• You will respond to radiological emergencies and abnormal conditions assuring for the identification and proper control of radioactivity associated with the Naval Nuclear propulsion plants.

Open to the first 100 applicants or until 06/07/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Major Duties:
The purpose of the position is to conduct and/or assist in various routine wildlife management projects, particularly wild hog control. This includes monitoring projects related to determining the activities, movements, population status, capture, removal, processing, transport and/or euthanasia of selected wildlife. Utilizes traps to capture and firearms to effectively shoot and/or humanely euthanize wildlife according to established guidelines.

Following instructions and standardized procedures, incumbent collects and organizes field data and biological samples, administers marking devices (i.e., ear tags, tattoos, etc.) to selected wildlife and ensures adequate quality control of the data, samples and markings. Carries backpack (approximately 60 pounds of supplies and equipment) and hikes (up to 15 miles daily) into remote mountainous areas, established primitive campsites, and camps alone up to five continuous days in a variety of weather conditions.

Installs, inspects, cleans, operates, and maintains resource management equipment (e.g., tools, traps, firearms, etc.). Serves as an emergency team member for search and rescue, forest fire suppression activities, and in other emergency capacities as needed.

• Collects, prepares, evaluates and verifies samples and supporting records.
• Maintains records and locates and compiles data and other information from various sources.
• Tabulates, statistically analyzes and summarizes data using personal computers and software packages.
• Operates and maintains a variety of highly specialized complex equipment which must be calibrated and synchronized to achieve desired results.

• You will begin all responsibility statements with 'You will'; each field should have no more than one sentence; list the responsibilities in a logical order; and avoid using federal or military jargon. 250 Characters.

• Harvests plant materials that can be analyzed to produce publishable data.
• Collects, prepares, evaluates, and verifies samples and supporting records.
• Tabulates, statistically analyzes and summarizes data using personal computers and software packages.
• Keeps detailed records of experimental data.