About this role
Job Summary
About the Position
Serve under Chief of Environmental Health and Chief of Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine (FHP&PM), United States Army Medical Department Activity, Support Installation, Support Public Health, Military Treatment Facility, Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital (BDAACH), located at Camp Humphreys, Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Basic Requirement for Entomologist: Degree: entomology; or a related discipline of the biological or physical sciences that included at least 16 semester hours in entomology.
OR Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major that included course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Evaluation of Education: Applicants with major fields of study in biology, zoology, or invertebrate zoology may fully meet the basic educational requirements if their academic preparation included substantive instruction (including appropriate laboratory and field work) in basic general entomology, taxonomy, physiology, ecology, general and organic chemistry, general physics, and mathematics or statistics that provided some training in the analysis of variables.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes which includes: identifying medically important arthropods using taxonomic keys; performing vector-borne disease surveillance; developing integrated vector management recommendations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Major Duties
- Devise a comprehensive regional plan to address requirements for training, knowledge, and resources to meet Department of the Army (DA) and Department of Defense (DoD) priorities from the standpoint of disease risk and location.
- Establish Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), joint proposals, and collaborative projects.
- Ensure all protective resources are provided and used properly.
- Coordinate any pesticide application with installation contract pest management personnel to prevent over-treating and monitors compliance with personal protection strategies
- Conduct research, surveillance, and special entomological studies.
- Design entomological studies and projects.
- Draft entomological research and surveillance protocols.
- Oversee the execution of entomological surveillance and research projects.