Chemist or Toxicologist (Forensic Instrument Specialist)
- Office of Forensic Toxicology Services
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Full Time
Chemist or Toxicologist (Forensic Instrument Specialist)
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for DC
Pretrial Services Agency
Office of Forensic Toxicology Services
Summary
Join a multidisciplinary team th safeguards public health and safety by providing cutting-edge forensic toxicology testing and expert analytical support. As a Chemist or Toxicologist (Forensic Instrument Specialist, you will lead the maintenance, calibrion, and performance optimizion of high-resolution mass spectrometry LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and reled instrumention used to detect drugs, poisons, and environmental contaminants.
Summary
Join a multidisciplinary team th safeguards public health and safety by providing cutting-edge forensic toxicology testing and expert analytical support. As a Chemist or Toxicologist (Forensic Instrument Specialist, you will lead the maintenance, calibrion, and performance optimizion of high-resolution mass spectrometry LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and reled instrumention used to detect drugs, poisons, and environmental contaminants.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/24/2025 to 08/07/2025
Salary
$101,401 to - $131,826 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Locion
Washington, DC
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
0415 Toxicology
1320 Chemistry
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Modere Risk (MR)
Trust determinion process
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
25-42(MP)
Control number
841532900
This job is open to
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Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Veterans
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Military spouses
Military spouses relocing under PCS orders or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty.
Individuals with disabilities
Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.
Clarificion from the agency
Stus Candides (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles)
Duties
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In this job, you will:
1. Perform the full range of calibrion, maintenance, qualificion, and validion of a wide range of complex analytical instruments including but not limited to GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, and immunoassay analyzers. Ensure reliable and legally defensible toxicology results in support of forensic casework and compliance with CLIA requirements. Manage the full life cycle (selection, installion, qualificion, preventive maintenance, repair, decommissioning) of LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and reled instruments used in forensic toxicology.
2. Lead the maintenance, calibrion, and performance optimizion of high-resolution mass spectrometry LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and reled instrumention used to detect drugs, poisons, and environmental contaminants.
3. Perform scheduled and as-needed instrument calibrion and preventive maintenance. Conduct system suitability testing and performance checks by valided methods and federal regulory requirements. Maintain comprehensive documention in compliance with CLIA standards.
Diagnoses and resolving instrument malfunctions promptly reduce downtime. Interface with external service providers and ensure proper service records are maintained.
4. Lead or support IQ/OQ/PQ processes for new instrumention or post-repair validion. Assist with method validion to ensure instrument reliability and compliance with Standard Operions Procedures (SOPs). Draft, revise, and maintain SOPs reled to instrument use, cleaning, maintenance, troubleshooting and work with Quality Assurance/Quality Control Specialist to align SOPs with quality assurance standards.
5. Manage control and acquisition software (e.g., MassHunter, ChemStion, enter SCIEX OS and Analyst software). Ensure audit trail integrity, proper da backup procedures, and secure access control.
6. Provide expert technical training and mentorship to laborory personnel; draft and review SOPs; guide-cause analysis and CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Action) for instrument-reled non-conformances. Train laborory personnel on equipment operion, maintenance, troubleshooting procedures and serve as the primary point of contact for instrument issues across Office of Forensic Toxicology Services locions.
7. Provide expert technical training and mentorship to laborory personnel; draft and review SOPs; guide-cause analysis and CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Action) for instrument-reled non-conformances. Train laborory personnel on equipment operion, maintenance, troubleshooting procedures and serve as the primary point of contact for instrument issues across Office of Forensic Toxicology Services locions.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
Bargaining Unit Stus and Chapter, Covered, AFGE Local 1456
This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies
This is not a law enforcement position
Conditions of Employment
1. Must be a U.S. Citizen
2. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
3. Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion
4. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period, if not already completed
5. All applicants are subject to a comprehensive criminal background investigion, and required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment
6. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice
7. Stus applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks of service the next lower grade
8. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the close of this announcement
9. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process.
Qualificions
To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic professional requirements, and specialized experience requirement below.
For Chemistry Series 1320: A degree in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering th 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
Combinion of educion and experience, course work equivalent to a major as shown above, including least 30 semester hours of chemistry, supplemented by mhemics through differential and integral calculus, and least 6 semester hours of physics, plus approprie experience or additional educion;
AND
One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience the GS-11 or equivalent grade level th equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. Specialized experience is defined as experience opering, maintaining, and qualifying advanced mass spectrometry systems (e.g., LC MS/MS, GC- MS) for detecting toxicants in biological samples; developing and validing analytical methods in compliance with accredition standards; diagnosing and correcting complex instrument malfunctions; and documenting results and findings in laborory informion systems and technical reports suitable for legal or regulory purposes.
For Toxicology Series 415: A degree in toxicology; or an approprie discipline of the biological, medical, or veterinary sciences th included least 30 semester hours in chemistry, biochemistry, or physiology, and 12 semester hours in toxicology;
AND
One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience the GS-11 or equivalent grade level th equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. Specialized experience is defined as experience opering, maintaining, and qualifying advanced mass spectrometry systems (e.g., LC MS/MS, GC-MS) for detecting toxicants in biological samples; developing and validing analytical methods in compliance with accredition standards; diagnosing and correcting complex instrument malfunctions; and documenting results and findings in laborory informion systems and technical reports suitable for legal or regulory purposes.
NOTE : Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience reled to this position. Failure to demonstre how you possess the experience requirements will result in an "Ineligible" ring.
Educion
There is no educion substitution this grade level.
You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. Unless otherwise sted: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All merials must be submitted by the closing de of the announcement.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergradue course work (credit hours) was taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, :
Additional informion
1. If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant or Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) applicant, you may apply for special selection over other applicants for this position. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal/PSA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified, you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. Click here for more informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility.
2. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee or former Federal employee who has reinstement eligibility , you must submit a copy of your lest SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action" and/or a copy of the SF-50 th reflects career or career-conditional tenure, or you will not be considered under the merit promotion process. Also, you should submit your most recent performance appraisal.
3. Veterans' Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 : Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separed from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active duty service may apply. If you are applying under this provision, please submit a copy of your DD-214 (unedited long version).
4. You can apply for a non-competitive appointment if you meet the basic eligibility requirements and you are eligible for special appointment such as those authorized for the severely disabled; certain Vietnam era and disabled veterans; returned volunteers from the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps Vista , etc. Please indice the type of special appointment you are seeking, if any, on your applicion and follow all other instructions for applying shown in this announcement.
5. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement . Additional informion on the qualificion requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualificions Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review in our office, in other Federal agency personnel offices, and on OPM's web site .
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How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Your ring based on your responses to the job specific informion provided in your resume. Your resume must clearly show how you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below. Failure to demonstre how you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities will result in a ring of "Qualified" by the ring panel.
1. Knowledge of Advanced Analytical Instrumention (HR MS, LC MS/MS, GC-MS).
2. Skill and ability in Forensic Toxicology Method Development & Validion to Troubleshoot and Resolve Complex Instrument Malfunctions.
3. Ability to Communice Technical Informion Clearly (oral & written).
Once the applicion process is completed, your applicion reviewed to ensure you meet the job requirements. You evalued on the extent and quality of your experience, educion and training, job- reled awards and supervisory appraisal of performance. If you meet the basic qualificion requirements, your resume forwarded to a panel for ring. Cegory Ring used to evalue applicants using the following cegories to further determine which applicants referred to the selecting official for final considerion.
Best Qualified : Applicants possessing a background th demonstres a superior level on all evaluion criteria.
Well Qualified : Applicants possessing a background th demonstres a sisfactory level on evaluion criteria.
Qualified : Applicants possessing the specialized experience described above.
Benefits
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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
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
1. Your Resume listing hours worked per week, salary, des of employment and duties performed.
2. Other supporting documents:
College transcript(s), if qualifying based on educion. Transcripts must include the school name, student name, degree and de awarded, if applicable. (Note: If you are selected for the position, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day) May be required to sisfy the basic professional requirement.
Most recent SF-50 or Notificion of Personnel Action showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service). (Award Notificion of Personnel Actions are not acceptable)
DD-214 (member 4 copy) showing honorable discharge, SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities
Non-competitive appointment authority documention, if applicable
Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention, if applicable (e.g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.)
Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process.
Only send documention as requested/required by this announcement and th directly supports your qualificions for this position.
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
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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de (08/07/2025) to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Tara Stoney ... or ... to obtain instructions on how to submit an alternive applicion.
Agency contact informion
Tara Stoney
Phone
...
...
Address
Office of Forensic Toxicology Services
90 K. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
US
Next steps
Once the on-line applicion and supporting documents are received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After a review of your complete applicion is made, you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required you contacted.
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
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
1. Your Resume listing hours worked per week, salary, des of employment and duties performed.
2. Other supporting documents:
College transcript(s), if qualifying based on educion. Transcripts must include the school name, student name, degree and de awarded, if applicable. (Note: If you are selected for the position, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day) May be required to sisfy the basic professional requirement.
Most recent SF-50 or Notificion of Personnel Action showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service). (Award Notificion of Personnel Actions are not acceptable)
DD-214 (member 4 copy) showing honorable discharge, SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities
Non-competitive appointment authority documention, if applicable
Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention, if applicable (e.g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.)
Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process.
Only send documention as requested/required by this announcement and th directly supports your qualificions for this position.
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
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de (08/07/2025) to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Tara Stoney ... or ... to obtain instructions on how to submit an alternive applicion.
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Agency contact informion
Tara Stoney
Phone
...
...
Address
Office of Forensic Toxicology Services
90 K. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
US
Next steps
Once the on-line applicion and supporting documents are received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After a review of your complete applicion is made, you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required you contacted.
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 Open & closing des 07/24/2025 to 08/07/2025 Salary $101,401 to - $131,826 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number 25-42(MP) Control number 841532900
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for DC
Pretrial Services Agency
Office of Forensic Toxicology Services
Summary
Join a multidisciplinary team th safeguards public health and safety by providing cutting-edge forensic toxicology testing and expert analytical support. As a Chemist or Toxicologist (Forensic Instrument Specialist, you will lead the maintenance, calibrion, and performance optimizion of high-resolution mass spectrometry LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and reled instrumention used to detect drugs, poisons, and environmental contaminants.
Summary
Join a multidisciplinary team th safeguards public health and safety by providing cutting-edge forensic toxicology testing and expert analytical support. As a Chemist or Toxicologist (Forensic Instrument Specialist, you will lead the maintenance, calibrion, and performance optimizion of high-resolution mass spectrometry LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and reled instrumention used to detect drugs, poisons, and environmental contaminants.
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/24/2025 to 08/07/2025
Salary
$101,401 to - $131,826 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Locion
Washington, DC
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
0415 Toxicology
1320 Chemistry
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Modere Risk (MR)
Trust determinion process
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
25-42(MP)
Control number
841532900
This job is open to
Help
Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Veterans
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Military spouses
Military spouses relocing under PCS orders or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty.
Individuals with disabilities
Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.
Clarificion from the agency
Stus Candides (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles)
Duties
Help
In this job, you will:
1. Perform the full range of calibrion, maintenance, qualificion, and validion of a wide range of complex analytical instruments including but not limited to GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, and immunoassay analyzers. Ensure reliable and legally defensible toxicology results in support of forensic casework and compliance with CLIA requirements. Manage the full life cycle (selection, installion, qualificion, preventive maintenance, repair, decommissioning) of LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and reled instruments used in forensic toxicology.
2. Lead the maintenance, calibrion, and performance optimizion of high-resolution mass spectrometry LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and reled instrumention used to detect drugs, poisons, and environmental contaminants.
3. Perform scheduled and as-needed instrument calibrion and preventive maintenance. Conduct system suitability testing and performance checks by valided methods and federal regulory requirements. Maintain comprehensive documention in compliance with CLIA standards.
Diagnoses and resolving instrument malfunctions promptly reduce downtime. Interface with external service providers and ensure proper service records are maintained.
4. Lead or support IQ/OQ/PQ processes for new instrumention or post-repair validion. Assist with method validion to ensure instrument reliability and compliance with Standard Operions Procedures (SOPs). Draft, revise, and maintain SOPs reled to instrument use, cleaning, maintenance, troubleshooting and work with Quality Assurance/Quality Control Specialist to align SOPs with quality assurance standards.
5. Manage control and acquisition software (e.g., MassHunter, ChemStion, enter SCIEX OS and Analyst software). Ensure audit trail integrity, proper da backup procedures, and secure access control.
6. Provide expert technical training and mentorship to laborory personnel; draft and review SOPs; guide-cause analysis and CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Action) for instrument-reled non-conformances. Train laborory personnel on equipment operion, maintenance, troubleshooting procedures and serve as the primary point of contact for instrument issues across Office of Forensic Toxicology Services locions.
7. Provide expert technical training and mentorship to laborory personnel; draft and review SOPs; guide-cause analysis and CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Action) for instrument-reled non-conformances. Train laborory personnel on equipment operion, maintenance, troubleshooting procedures and serve as the primary point of contact for instrument issues across Office of Forensic Toxicology Services locions.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
Bargaining Unit Stus and Chapter, Covered, AFGE Local 1456
This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies
This is not a law enforcement position
Conditions of Employment
1. Must be a U.S. Citizen
2. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
3. Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion
4. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period, if not already completed
5. All applicants are subject to a comprehensive criminal background investigion, and required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment
6. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice
7. Stus applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks of service the next lower grade
8. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the close of this announcement
9. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process.
Qualificions
To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic professional requirements, and specialized experience requirement below.
For Chemistry Series 1320: A degree in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering th 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
Combinion of educion and experience, course work equivalent to a major as shown above, including least 30 semester hours of chemistry, supplemented by mhemics through differential and integral calculus, and least 6 semester hours of physics, plus approprie experience or additional educion;
AND
One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience the GS-11 or equivalent grade level th equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. Specialized experience is defined as experience opering, maintaining, and qualifying advanced mass spectrometry systems (e.g., LC MS/MS, GC- MS) for detecting toxicants in biological samples; developing and validing analytical methods in compliance with accredition standards; diagnosing and correcting complex instrument malfunctions; and documenting results and findings in laborory informion systems and technical reports suitable for legal or regulory purposes.
For Toxicology Series 415: A degree in toxicology; or an approprie discipline of the biological, medical, or veterinary sciences th included least 30 semester hours in chemistry, biochemistry, or physiology, and 12 semester hours in toxicology;
AND
One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience the GS-11 or equivalent grade level th equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. Specialized experience is defined as experience opering, maintaining, and qualifying advanced mass spectrometry systems (e.g., LC MS/MS, GC-MS) for detecting toxicants in biological samples; developing and validing analytical methods in compliance with accredition standards; diagnosing and correcting complex instrument malfunctions; and documenting results and findings in laborory informion systems and technical reports suitable for legal or regulory purposes.
NOTE : Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience reled to this position. Failure to demonstre how you possess the experience requirements will result in an "Ineligible" ring.
Educion
There is no educion substitution this grade level.
You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. Unless otherwise sted: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All merials must be submitted by the closing de of the announcement.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergradue course work (credit hours) was taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, :
Additional informion
1. If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant or Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) applicant, you may apply for special selection over other applicants for this position. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal/PSA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified, you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. Click here for more informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility.
2. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee or former Federal employee who has reinstement eligibility , you must submit a copy of your lest SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action" and/or a copy of the SF-50 th reflects career or career-conditional tenure, or you will not be considered under the merit promotion process. Also, you should submit your most recent performance appraisal.
3. Veterans' Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 : Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separed from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active duty service may apply. If you are applying under this provision, please submit a copy of your DD-214 (unedited long version).
4. You can apply for a non-competitive appointment if you meet the basic eligibility requirements and you are eligible for special appointment such as those authorized for the severely disabled; certain Vietnam era and disabled veterans; returned volunteers from the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps Vista , etc. Please indice the type of special appointment you are seeking, if any, on your applicion and follow all other instructions for applying shown in this announcement.
5. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement . Additional informion on the qualificion requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualificions Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review in our office, in other Federal agency personnel offices, and on OPM's web site .
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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
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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 .
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Your ring based on your responses to the job specific informion provided in your resume. Your resume must clearly show how you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below. Failure to demonstre how you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities will result in a ring of "Qualified" by the ring panel.
1. Knowledge of Advanced Analytical Instrumention (HR MS, LC MS/MS, GC-MS).
2. Skill and ability in Forensic Toxicology Method Development & Validion to Troubleshoot and Resolve Complex Instrument Malfunctions.
3. Ability to Communice Technical Informion Clearly (oral & written).
Once the applicion process is completed, your applicion reviewed to ensure you meet the job requirements. You evalued on the extent and quality of your experience, educion and training, job- reled awards and supervisory appraisal of performance. If you meet the basic qualificion requirements, your resume forwarded to a panel for ring. Cegory Ring used to evalue applicants using the following cegories to further determine which applicants referred to the selecting official for final considerion.
Best Qualified : Applicants possessing a background th demonstres a superior level on all evaluion criteria.
Well Qualified : Applicants possessing a background th demonstres a sisfactory level on evaluion criteria.
Qualified : Applicants possessing the specialized experience described above.
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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.
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
1. Your Resume listing hours worked per week, salary, des of employment and duties performed.
2. Other supporting documents:
College transcript(s), if qualifying based on educion. Transcripts must include the school name, student name, degree and de awarded, if applicable. (Note: If you are selected for the position, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day) May be required to sisfy the basic professional requirement.
Most recent SF-50 or Notificion of Personnel Action showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service). (Award Notificion of Personnel Actions are not acceptable)
DD-214 (member 4 copy) showing honorable discharge, SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities
Non-competitive appointment authority documention, if applicable
Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention, if applicable (e.g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.)
Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process.
Only send documention as requested/required by this announcement and th directly supports your qualificions for this position.
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
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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de (08/07/2025) to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Tara Stoney ... or ... to obtain instructions on how to submit an alternive applicion.
Agency contact informion
Tara Stoney
Phone
...
...
Address
Office of Forensic Toxicology Services
90 K. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
US
Next steps
Once the on-line applicion and supporting documents are received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After a review of your complete applicion is made, you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required you contacted.
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
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
1. Your Resume listing hours worked per week, salary, des of employment and duties performed.
2. Other supporting documents:
College transcript(s), if qualifying based on educion. Transcripts must include the school name, student name, degree and de awarded, if applicable. (Note: If you are selected for the position, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day) May be required to sisfy the basic professional requirement.
Most recent SF-50 or Notificion of Personnel Action showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service). (Award Notificion of Personnel Actions are not acceptable)
DD-214 (member 4 copy) showing honorable discharge, SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities
Non-competitive appointment authority documention, if applicable
Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention, if applicable (e.g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.)
Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process.
Only send documention as requested/required by this announcement and th directly supports your qualificions for this position.
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
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de (08/07/2025) to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Tara Stoney ... or ... to obtain instructions on how to submit an alternive applicion.
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Agency contact informion
Tara Stoney
Phone
...
...
Address
Office of Forensic Toxicology Services
90 K. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
US
Next steps
Once the on-line applicion and supporting documents are received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After a review of your complete applicion is made, you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required you contacted.
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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 Open & closing des 07/24/2025 to 08/07/2025 Salary $101,401 to - $131,826 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number 25-42(MP) Control number 841532900
Job ID: 486977126
Originally Posted on: 7/26/2025
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