Employment Opportunities for Week Ending August 23, 2024

LCFD Accepting Applications for Fire Cadets

The Las Cruces Fire Department is now accepting applications for its next training academy that’s set to begin in February 2025.

The fire academy will begin Feb. 24, 2025. If enough qualified applicants are received, the pool of candidates may be used to fill a second fire academy that’s tentatively set to begin in July 2025. Each fire academy could have as many as 20 Fire Cadets in each class.

Applicants are required to submit an application electronically through the City’s website. Successful applicants are also required to pass a written examination, an acrophobia test, background investigation, medical examination and physical ability test.

Fire Cadets learn fire suppression techniques, emergency medical services, hazardous material response and vehicle extrication techniques amongst other critical lessons required to be a successful firefighter.

A more complete list of qualifications, duties and responsibilities is available on the job announcement for Fire Cadet on the City’s website. Salary for full-time Fire Cadets is equivalent to $45,136 annually while in the academy.

Graduates of LCFD’s fire academy progress to full-time, regular position firefighters at one of eight Las Cruces fire stations. Construction on the City’s ninth fire station is set to begin in September.

Applications are being accepted through Oct. 20, 2024.

For further information, contact the Las Cruces Fire Academy at (575) 528-4250 or email fd-hiring@lascruces.gov.

Operations Specialist DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command White Sands Missile Range : Position is located at White Sands Missile Range, Commanding General, G3 with duty location of White Sands Missile Range, NM. White Sands Missile Range, NM. The Range provides Army, Navy, Air Force, DoD, and other customers with high quality services for experimentation, test, research, assessment, development, and training in support of the Nation. (MERIT)

This job is open to

• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)Federal employees who meet the definition of a “surplus” or “displaced” employee.
• Federal employees – Competitive serviceCurrent or former competitive service federal employees.
• Land & base managementCertain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
• Military spouses
• Veterans

Defense Information Systems Agency

If you want to do interesting and challenging work and make a contribution to national defense, we’re the place for you!

We’re seeking a Student Trainee (Information Technology) under the Pathways Internship Program to join our team.

You’ll receive formal and on-the-job training to develop the knowledge and skills to successfully perform the duties of the position, while having the opportunity to work with a team of experienced professionals who are passionate about what they do.

Overview

    💲  GG 7, $55,924 – $72,703 per year.
    📍  Fort Meade, Maryland.
    💻  Telework eligible per agency policy.
    📅  Apply by Aug. 28.

Duties

• Perform procedural and routine tasks and work closely with a team leader and/or supervisor in a training capacity on assigned tasks.
• In a training environment, work may involve systems and services used in the automated acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display and switching.
• Assist in troubleshooting accessibility and availability problems and initiate corrective actions.
• Ensure basic application of information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices in the delivery of services.
• Perform a variety of limited technical tasks designed to familiarize you with IT regulatory guidelines, terminology, procedures and techniques.

Why join our team?

We provide secure and reliable communications and computing support that enable the president and our military forces to communicate globally through voice, video and data transmission.

We’re a leader within the federal government in implementing “people programs” and offer a broad range of quality-of-life and training programs.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to join the Data, Modeling, and Analysis (DMA) subprogram as a Technology Manager (General Engineer/GS-0801-14 or Physical Scientist/GS-1301-14). The deadline to apply for this Technology Manager position is this Friday, August 23, 2024.

BETO’s DMA subprogram supports research, analysis, and tool development to address the economic and environmental dimensions of bioenergy and bioproducts. It also works with R&D programs to develop innovative technologies and conduct integrative analyses that facilitate insights across the bioenergy supply chain.

The individual will support portfolio management of modeling, data management, and tool development projects relevant to identifying the highest-value fuels and products that can be produced from biomass and waste materials, while also maximizing decarbonization potential across the entire bioenergy supply chain. The project portfolio will include projects from academia, the DOE national laboratories, and industry. The incumbent will also help to define and execute on the multi-year R&D vision and key funding opportunities to help achieve DMA subprogram and BETO goals.

The DMA team member will be expected to:

• Support the DMA Program Manager in assessing modeled scenarios for bioenergy development and develop responsive strategies to achieve BETO goals.
• Develop topics for potential inclusion in annual calls for proposals, review proposals, and support technology review activities.
• Proactively manage DMA projects.
• Prepare and present briefing materials.
• Prepare technical program documents.
• Represent BETO and present at relevant technical conferences.

This position will be located at DOE’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C., or the Golden Field Office in Golden, Colorado, and periodic multi-day travel is expected. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

The deadline to apply for this position is this Friday, August 23, 2024. Learn more about the role and responsibilities, knowledge, and skills required and how to apply.

Apply now to be a Bueau of Justice Statistics Management and Program Analyst

BJS is hiring two Management and Program Analysts, GS 0343-12/13, to serve in the Planning, Management, and Budget Unit. The incumbents will collaborate with staff regarding planning and strategy communications; oversee the development of corrective actions to address audit and inspection issues; evaluate the organizational structure, statistical business process model, workforce development model, strategic plans, and budget materials for operational efficiency and effectiveness; participate in a variety of special projects to resolve complex issues related to our mission, goals, and funding priorities; and more.

Applications are due by Wednesday, September 4, 2024. 

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have announced the second cohort of geothermal interns in the NSF INTERN program. Through this collaboration—the second activity coordinated under the NSF-DOE Memorandum of Understanding—a diverse group of 24 students will work with geothermal companies, national laboratories, or state agencies on projects that advance geothermal technologies. The interns’ work will support the goals of DOE’s Enhanced Geothermal Shot™, which aims to reduce the cost of enhanced geothermal systems 90% by 2035, and will also advance low-temperature geothermal applications like district-scale heating and cooling. 

The students selected for this second Geothermal INTERN cohort represent 17 colleges and universities nationwide, including two Hispanic-Serving Institutions and four affiliated with NSF’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, as well as an array of ethnic and cultural backgrounds and academic disciplines. INTERN participants are supported through supplements to current NSF awards.  

View the awarded institutions and participants’ host organizations and projects. 

Established in 2017, the NSF INTERN program provides non-academic research internships for close to 300 graduate students per year. These internships can be up to six months long and provide graduate students the opportunity to acquire core professional competencies and skills in a wide range of sectors in the U.S. economy. The NSF INTERN program encourages the participation of graduate students from groups that are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. With joint support from DOE and NSF, the Geothermal INTERN opportunity is expected to support as many as 25 students each year.  

More information about the Geothermal INTERN opportunity is available on GTO’s INTERN webpage and NSF’s website.