Technical Information Specialist, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ
Posted February 19, 2018
Do you want to be part of an important aspect of the Federal Government, helping with exciting and groundbreaking initiatives? If you answered “yes” to these questions, then this is the job for you! Come join the USGS and start doing the job you’ve always dreamed of!
Why Is It Great To Work For The USGS?
Embark on an exciting future! From the peaks of the highest mountains to the depths of the deepest seas, the U.S. Geological Survey has career opportunities that make a difference in both the lives of others and in the environment. Would you like to join the more than 10,000 scientists, technicians, and support staff of the USGS who are working in more than 400 locations throughout the United States? Apply today! As the Nation’s largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. The diversity of our scientific expertise enables us to carry out large-scale, multi-disciplinary investigations and provide impartial, timely, and relevant scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers related to: the health of our ecosystems and environment; natural hazards that threaten us; natural resources we rely on, and; the impact of climate and land-use changes. For more information about the USGS please visit http://www.usgs.gov
What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position?
This is a term appointment for which all qualified applicants with or without Federal status may apply and be considered. Appointment to this position, however, will not convey permanent status in the Federal service and will be for a period not to exceed 13 months/years with possible extensions up to a total of 4 years without further competition.
Salary: $50,598 (Step 01) to $65,778 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.
Responsibilities
As a Technical Information Specialist within the Astrogeology Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:
- Maintain digital catalogs and inventories containing information about the archives as data and products are added.
- Maintain knowledge of past, present, and future NASA planetary missions and projects, and types and volume of data produced by or expected from these projects.
- Provide assistance to planetary scientists by interrogating RPIF catalogs to find images, maps, and other data of interest.
- Carry out complex word and image-processing procedures used to receive, access, process, scan and distribute information, digital image files and map data.
For more information, apply here.