Research Chemist (Organic) Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administrion Office of Forensic Sciences Summary This position is loced in the Drug Enforcement Administrion (DEA), Office of Forensic Science, Special Testing and Research Laborory (SFL1). This position(s) primary purpose is to serves as a Research Chemist who synthesizes and/or purifies chemical standards used in the identificion of controlled substances or to track illicit synthetic routes. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Drug Enforcement Administrion (DEA), Office of Forensic Science, Special Testing and Research Laborory (SFL1). This position(s) primary purpose is to serves as a Research Chemist who synthesizes and/or purifies chemical standards used in the identificion of controlled substances or to track illicit synthetic routes. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Sterling, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $143,913 - $187,039 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Approximely 10% of official travel may be required. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1320 Chemistry Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

H-DEA-26-13017031-DHA-AL

Control number 879575700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency This position is being filled under a Direct Hire Authority. Open to U.S. Citizens, Nionals, or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help As a Research Chemist (Organic), your typical work assignments may include: Developing, evaluing, implementing, teaching, troubleshooting, and enhancing new synthetic methods for the analyses of clandestinely produced drugs. Planning, evaluing, and carrying out or directing complex research projects reled to the development of synthetic techniques for controlled substances Characterizing all synthetic products by qualitive and quantitive analyses using current analytical and instrumental methodologies and policy requirements. Serving as a consultant to federal, ste, local and foreign forensic scientists. Presenting formal training and instruction to foreign and domestic forensic scientists and law enforcement personnel. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigion. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance. Incumbent is subject to random drug testing. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, : http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.

Selective Service:

Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/). Selectee required to serve a 1-year probionary period (OR 1-year OR 2-year trial period, as approprie) during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. Mobility Agreement is a condition of employment; the employee must sign the agreement and comply with management- directed temporary and permanent change of stion (PCS) movement to meet mission requirements. Qualificions For more informion on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility Applicants must meet all of the required qualificion requirements described below by the closing of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on educion or if there are mandory educion requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your applicion.

Basic Qualificion Requirements:

Applicants must meet ONE of the qualificions requirements (A or B) as described below: A.

Degree:

physical sciences, life sciences or engineering included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mhemics through differential and integral calculus, and least 6 semester hours of physics. OR B. Combinion of educion and experience - course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mhemics through differential and integral calculus, and least 6 semester hours of physics, plus approprie experience or additional educion. AND Applicants applying for the

GS-1320-14

must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have least one full year of qualifying specialized experience th is least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed the GS-13 grade level. Specialized experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstre the following: 1) Conceiving, planning, coordining, and executing basic and applied scientific investigions in the fields of organic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, and structural elucidion 2) Preparing reports, scientific manuscripts, presentions and lectures based on his/her research results. 3) Serving as the agency's expert in the theory and practice of organic synthesis as it pertains to manufacture of illicit drugs and reled substances. 4) Maintaining scientific liaison with scientists from other government laborories, academia, and industry. Additional informion on the position qualificion requirements are loced in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualificions Standards Handbook . Educion See the qualificion section of this vacancy announcement for educion requirements. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educion requirements if you can show th the foreign educion is comparable to th received in an accredited educional institution in the United Stes. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizions recognized as specializing in interpretion of foreign educion credentials, : www.naces.org/members.php . If you are claiming educion as any part of your qualificions for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned. Additional informion For reasonable accommodion the Drug Enforcement Administrion, please contact the Human Resources office listed in this announcement.

Current or Former Political Appointees:

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to similar positions in any Division/Office listed in this announcement. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. Recruitment and/or Relocion Incentives may be considered and approved if the DEA has determined th the position is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive and funding for such an incentive is available. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period/trial period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. Under the provisions of the Direct-Hire Authority, veterans' preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicions does not apply. For this announcement, all applicants assessed to determine if they meet the qualificions for this position, specifically the educion, specialized experience, and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) necessary to perform the work of the position. All applicions th meet the required qualificions referred to the selecting official. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiing Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. The assessment questionnaire includes four short, free-response essay questions which provides an opportunity for you to highlight your dedicion to public service for the hiring manager and agency leadership (or designee(s)). While your responses are not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question in 200-words or less. You asked to certify th you are using your own words and have not used a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChGPT or Copilot. Agency and Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP and ICTAP)

Eligibles:

View informion about CTAP and ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. You must be red in the Highly-Qualified cegory for this position and submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this job announcement to receive considerion for selection priority. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement.

Resume:

must be no more than two pages in length; resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Resume should include applicants' name, email address, phone number, relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year), work schedule (e.g. part or full-time), the number of hours per week worked/volunteered, job title and description of duties performed. Educion/Certificion/Licensure when relevant or required for position. See Guidance For Applicants on 2-Page Resume and the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment.

ICTAP/CTAP

- Career Transition Assistance Program documention , if applicable. This includes copies of your agency notice (e.g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal), most recent performance ring and more recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) noting current position, grade level and duty locion. Other Qualificion documents (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable . See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and the system will provide guidance on how to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Resume must not exceed two pages. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion Anja Lindsley anja.y.lindsley@dea.gov Address Drug Enforcement Administrion Do Not Send Postal Mail Springfield, VA 21310 US Next steps Once the online applicion package is received, you notified through USAJOBS of your qualificion stus and referral or non-referral to the hiring official for further considerion. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. We will notify you by email the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. If selected, candides may receive additional notificions regarding the next steps in the hiring process. Your stus will also be upded on your USAJOBS account throughout the process. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement.

Resume:

must be no more than two pages in length; resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Resume should include applicants' name, email address, phone number, relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year), work schedule (e.g. part or full-time), the number of hours per week worked/volunteered, job title and description of duties performed. Educion/Certificion/Licensure when relevant or required for position. See Guidance For Applicants on 2-Page Resume and the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment.

ICTAP/CTAP

- Career Transition Assistance Program documention , if applicable. This includes copies of your agency notice (e.g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal), most recent performance ring and more recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) noting current position, grade level and duty locion. Other Qualificion documents (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable . See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and the system will provide guidance on how to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Resume must not exceed two pages. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Anja Lindsley anja.y.lindsley@dea.gov Address Drug Enforcement Administrion Do Not Send Postal Mail Springfield, VA 21310 US Next steps Once the online applicion package is received, you notified through USAJOBS of your qualificion stus and referral or non-referral to the hiring official for further considerion. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. We will notify you by email the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. If selected, candides may receive additional notificions regarding the next steps in the hiring process. Your stus will also be upded on your USAJOBS account throughout the process. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Sterling, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $143,913 - $187,039 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Approximely 10% of official travel may be required. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

H-DEA-26-13017031-DHA-AL

Control number 879575700