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Note: Information about rotational assignments is available for
the Intergovernmental Personnel Act
and the Visiting Scientist, Engineer
and Educator Program. |
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Category: Scientists, Engineers, Science
Educators and Mathematicians |
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Features |
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- Appointments are usually made under the NSF Act hiring authority.
- Temporary and permanent personnel are appointed at the AD-1
to AD-5 salary range.
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Eligibility |
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- Candidates must have a bachelor's degree or higher in an appropriate
field of science, mathematics or engineering.
- A Ph.D., or equivalent experience, and successful research,
research administration and/or managerial experience pertinent
to the position are required for higher level positions.
- A candidate must be a citizen or national of the United States
or be a citizen of a country with mutual security alliances with
the United States.
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Category: Consultants and Experts
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Features |
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- Consultants are appointed to provide advice, views, opinions,
alternatives or recommendations on issues, problems or questions
presented.
- Expert positions require the services of a specialist with skills
superior to those of others in the same profession, occupation,
or activity to perform the work.
- Work is performed on a temporary and/or intermittent basis.
- Appointments to non-scientific positions are made in the competitive
service under Title 5 of the U.S.Code of Federal Regulations.
Appointments to scientific positions are made in the excepted
service under the NSF Act hiring authority.
- Pay is on a daily rate and is set commensurate with the level
and difficulty of the work to be performed. Pay may not exceed
the maximum amount allowable for the appointing authority.
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Eligibility |
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- Candidates must meet qualification requirements.
- Consultants must have a high degree of broad administrative,
professional, or technical knowledge or experience in a particular
field or program in order to provide useful views from personal
experiences.
- An expert is recognized as an authority in the field or as a
practitioner of unusual competence and skill in a professional,
scientific, technical or other activity.
- For competitive service positions, a candidate must be a citizen
or national of the United States. For excepted service positions,
a candidate must be a United States citizen or national, or be
a citizen of a country with mutual security alliances with the
United States.
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