Washington State NRCS is now advertising for Student Trainees under the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP). The current vacancy announcement for these positions can be accessed through the USAjobs website at http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/Search.aspx?lid=645&sort=rv%2c-dtex&jbf574=AG16&vw=d&paygrademin=2&paygrademax=4&re=134&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&caller=agency.aspx. Applications received by January 4, 2010 will receive first consideration so please encourage applicants to apply early!
We ask your help in making this vacancy announcement available to all interested students, especially those pursuing agricultural, natural resources, soil science, and engineering degrees. Please direct interested students to the USAjobs site (using link above) so they can review all information regarding the SCEP and this specific hiring opportunity. The attached Job Information Sheet may also be helpful to you in providing information to potential applicants. Employees or students with questions regarding the SCEP program or any other hiring opportunities should contact Eileen at (509) 323-2934 (email Eileen.Jackson@wa.usda.gov) for more information.
Thank you.
Belarmina G. Espinoza
Office Automation Assistant
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Rock Point Tower, Ste 450
316 W Boone Ave
Spokane WA 99201-2348
(509) 323-2913
Thank you for your interest in employment with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington State! NRCS is the conservation leader in America, helping private landowners, land users, and local governments to reduce erosion, protect wildlife, promote good land use, and implement other measures to preserve the nation's natural resources for future generations. NRCS offers exciting career opportunities in natural resources and the environment to students who are still in college and to those who have already graduated.
Please consider the following programs and opportunities that may be of interest to you:
- The Student Career Experience Program (SCEP). This program is intended for students interested in long-term employment with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The SCEP allows students to gain paid work experience while pursuing a degree in a natural resources-related career field. The work may be either full-time or part-time depending on the needs of the agency and the student's availability, and the duties are designed to provide hands-on experience and training in the specific discipline for which hired. Upon graduation from college, students may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to permanent full-time federal employment.
To be eligible for this program, you must be currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment as at least a half-time student in a degree program at an accredited 2 year or 4 year college or university, graduate, or professional school; must be a U.S. citizen; must remain in good academic standing (maintain a 2.0 overall scholastic average in a 4.0 scale or have a C or above in your major field of study) and must be mobile to all locations in the state for which selected. Participants in the SCEP must sign an agreement of understanding and successfully complete at least 640 hours of full-time career-related work prior to graduation to be eligible for permanent placement with our agency.
Each state hires its own SCEP students. In Washington State, hiring for the Student Career Experience is normally done in the early part of the year as funding allows. The announcement for this opportunity gets posted to http://www.usajobs.opm.gov each fall, or can be obtained by calling our Human Resources staff at (509) 323-2934.
- The Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP). This program allows an agency to hire qualified students non-competitively for temporary work assignments. Work may be either full-time or part-time depending on the needs of the agency and the student's availability. The STEP program allows a student to gain valuable experience in resource-related field work, but provides maximum flexibility to both students and managers because the nature of the work assignments does not have to be directly related to the student's academic or career goals, and there is no obligation on either the student's or the agency's part for permanent employment.
To be eligible for this program, you must be currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment as at least a half-time degree-seeking student at an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, 2 year or 4 year college or university, graduate, or professional school; must be a U.S. citizen; and must remain in good academic standing.
Each state hires its own STEP students. See http://www.opm.gov/employ/students/ for further information on both the Student Temporary Employment Program and the Student Career Experience Program.
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