Department of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture

Meteorologist

Washington, District of Columbia

Sponsorship not specified$102k-$133kDetected 16 hours ago
StatisticsRemote SensingThermodynamics

About the role

  • This position is located in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Economist, (OCE) in Washington, DC.
  • The position will reside within the World Agricultural and is responsible for monitoring and analyzing global weather developments to assess implications for crop yields and production.
  • Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.

Responsibilities

  • Experience communicating technical meteorological and hydrologic information to senior government officials and other non-technical audiences, partners, or customers.
  • Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Requirements

  • 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

Compensation

  • $102k-$133k

Benefits

  • Experience using appropriate analytic techniques to make crop production and yield forecasts based on meteorological data and remote-sensed information on vegetation health.

This listing is sourced directly from Department of Agriculture's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.