Total 801 Others level Customer Service job vacancies in Remote California

• Serve as program sponsor for one or more of the Farm Loan Program (FLP) automated systems and works as an integral part of the FLP automation team.
• Prepare and develop training and training materials on automated systems in addition to conducting training using the latest audio and video equipment available.
• Develop and recommend new or substantially modified nationwide plans, policies and procedures for administering Farm Loan Programs.
• Review and evaluate Farm Loan Programs to ensure that they are being effectively carried out and are consistent with statutes, regulations, policies and program objectives as well as agricultural management methods and techniques.
• Develop legislative proposals, analyzes proposed legislation and prepares necessary legislative reports on program impact for Agency and Departmental review including economic and credit impact statements.
• Review FSA State instructions and directives for conformance with laws, regulations and national office procedures.
• Develop and write proposed and final regulations, including clearance through FSA and USDA to publication in the Federal Register.

Major Duties include:

• Monitors the abundance, distribution and size of selected marine invertebrates, algae and fish using underwater sampling techniques on SCUBA. Techniques include, but are not limited to, band transects, quadrats, random point contacts, video transects, fish transects, fish sizing, roving diver fish counts, size frequency measurements, recruitment modules, video/photo documentation and use of remote temperature loggers.
• Conducts intertidal monitoring and other field-based biological work.
• Acts as a lead diver for at least one other diver providing leadership and direction to conduct the above-mentioned work in often adverse environmental conditions.
• Provides logistical support for all non-field aspects of a subtidal marine monitoring program. This includes office work associated with field collection of monitoring data under the direction of lead Biologist and in accordance with kelp forest monitoring handbook. This requires proficiency of data entry, organizational skills, and quality assurance/quality control of data and basic understanding of MS Access Database.
• Assists in all aspects of preparing trip and annual reports.
• Assists in making field observations and documenting them appropriately.
• Maintains equipment and NPS diving certification. This includes maintaining all equipment used for the kelp forest monitoring program such as SCUBA life support equipment, underwater cameras, dive computers, sampling equipment used for conducting the monitoring.
• Identifies the need for repairs and replacement of equipment and supplies. Maintains an accurate log of maintenance and repairs.
• Meets and maintains all NPS-4 diving regulations. Provides logistical support including preparing menus, dive plans, manifests, data sheets, purchasing provisions, loading food and equipment for multiday monitoring cruises that take place in remote conditions.
• Provides information to others on resource management issues by giving oral presentations.
• Assists with preparing trip reports and drafts detailed annual reports on the kelp forest monitoring program to meet NPS inventory and monitoring program and park requirements. These reports include descriptions of methods, literature research, preliminary data analysis, graphs and charts, results, and recommendations for planning, protection, and mitigation activities.

The incumbent serves as the Pacific West Regional Inventory and Monitoring Network Program Manager. The primary focus of the position is coordination and administration of a science program. A strong science background is expected and experience in analysis and publication will strengthen a candidacy. Science skills will be employed in development of project designs and partnerships, peer review, technical consultation with other scientists, and execution of protocol and science program reviews. These coordination and administrative demands do not leave sufficient time to conduct independent research.

The NPS and Inventory and Monitoring Program's goals and objectives include:

• Inventory the status of natural resources under National Park Service stewardship.
• Monitor park ecosystems to better understand their dynamic nature and condition and to provide reference points for comparisons with other, altered environments.
• Communicate inventory and monitoring science findings and accomplishments to inform National Park Service planning, management, and decision-making.

• Active monitoring includes a wide variety of biological and ecological themes ranging from water quality, streamflow, and climate to vegetation, wildlife, invertebrates, landscape dynamics, and habitats.
• Leads, implements, manages, and serves as principal scientific advisor for a complex program of natural resource inventory and monitoring and related activities to address sensitive resource management needs that are affected by a wide variety of issues within and outside the parks.
• Coordinates the Region's I&M program with related programs on adjacent lands, and with appropriate regional and national monitoring policies and programs for the purposes of scientifically monitoring natural resources.
• Ensures that data, reports, and publications are of high quality and are properly managed, secured, preserved, and accessible to park managers and their staff, other agencies and organizations, scientists, and the general public as directed by NPS policy.
• Develops scopes of work and serves as Technical Representative for contracts, cooperative and interagency agreements, and other instruments.
• Coordinates planning with eight networks leads on a collective annual budget of over $8 million annually; prepares, forecasts and projects funding requirements; reviews, analyzes and monitors expenditures of funds.
• Ensures appropriate internal and external peer review of I&M science and publications.
• Determines appropriate study designs, sampling frames, and analyses for developing and implementing protocols to assess status and trends of park natural resources.
• Summarizes information clearly and succinctly for use by scientists, managers, planners, park staff, cooperators, and partners.
• Communicates effectively with park managers and program leadership at the Network, Regional, I&M Division, and Washington levels to apply monitoring and related research results to solving resource management problems.
• Provides: data and expertise for park planning documents and implementation plans as needed; information to park interpretation and education programs; annual accomplishments and summary reports and other reports as required; ensures that technical and professional reports adhere to NPS guidelines.
• Exercises the full range of technical and administrative supervisory responsibilities for a staff of scientists and technicians such that supervision of non-contract employees requires at least 30% of the incumbent's time. Performs overall work planning, establishes work schedules and priorities, assigns and reviews work and timesheets, credit card statements, oversees travel, resolves complaints, grievances, and other personnel problems as they arise. Develops employee performance standards, conducts performance evaluations, ensures compliance with NPS standards and policies, and assists employees with personal development and career opportunities.
• Ensures a positive, productive, safe, and healthy work environment.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Ensures that crosswalks for the financial and real property management databases are developed.
• Provides assistance with leadership and participates in developing, improving, and maintaining APHIS’s Real Property Portfolio to include property acquisition, utilization, etc.
• As a technical resource the Asset Manager works in collaboration with the subject matter expert to provide direction and instruction as necessary to the Realty Specialists.
• Maintains and creates report formats that track expiring leases and lease changes.
• Training will be coordinated, planned, developed and presented by the incumbent using hands-on environment training.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Provides services for implementing Federal and Departmental policy, planning and programs for the Acquisition and Asset Management Division, Real Property Team.
• Provides expert real property advisory services to management, is the technical real property contact and supervises real property personnel within Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
• Advises on the resolution of critical or unusual problems for a broad range of complex, frequently long-term, realty projects in situations affecting agency-wide operations.
• Prepares and presents reports and briefings on significant issues related to agency and/or GSA leases.
• Coordinates major realty program functions within the Agency and among other agencies and departments.

As a/an Regional Support Manager, you will:
- Serve as a senior advisor regarding human capital and administrative support services for the offices in the jurisdiction.
- Serve as an authoritative source of leadership within the assigned area of responsibility.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of current internal operating policies, makes recommendations for improvement and prepares changes/input for changes.
- Ensure the highest level of collaboration among all OCAO/OFSS offices, both on-site and remote, and with program offices to satisfy human capital and administrative needs in the assigned jurisdiction.
- Serve as the immediate supervisor of a staff responsible for providing human capital and administrative support services for offices in the region.

• Provides expert advice on information technology (IT) contracting policy and approaches. Initiates, develops, and recommends acquisition policies, procedures, guidance, and controls for ITC.  Initiates, develops, recommends, coordinates, and implements procurement policies and guidance associated with the full-range of ITC services. Develops position papers and viable recommendations to respond to specific procurement issues and developments.
• Conducts internal quality assurance reviews associated with ITC contracts. Reviews contracting and contract modification records for consistency with prescribed procedures as well as for soundness of decision. Initiates, recommends, and implements quality improvement techniques to improve the processing of contracting actions.
• Works in full partnership with internal and external stakeholders as it relates with the various service components of the ITC business portfolio to plan and develop the acquisition vehicles necessary to meet the portfolio's service requirements.
• Undertakes or directs special studies as needed and prepares special reports relating to acquisition activities. Maintains contractual data and history, along with other indicators of program execution and effectiveness and compiles data for statistical management reports.

• Develops and implements Cyber Security Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) policies and processes across all FAS supply chain business functions.
• Determine supply chain and contract compliance risk by evaluating vendor business strategies and contract requirements, researching information security standards, conducting supply chain vulnerability analyses and risk assessments and risk reduction strategies for software, IT products and services, complex IT solutions and the associated third party risks involved with solution components and services. Develop and execute compliance checking activities and track remediation activities through various stages of a software, system and acquisition solution life cycle.
• Oversees remediation to ensure known cyber supply chain security risks and compliance risks are appropriately managed for software, IT products and services and complex IT solutions.
• Develops effective working relationships with stakeholders and maintains these relationships throughout projects, providing technical expertise, market research, and related compliance and C-SCRM support, keeping stakeholders advised of problems, solutions and developments on projects as they progress.

• Performs Basic Life Support.
• Drives and operates firefighting vehicles, such as pumpers, aerial ladder trucks, and Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicles.
• Performs crash-rescue and firefighting duties involving air traffic or support operations where hazardous conditions are such that the expectancy for fire is high and potential for becoming destructive is great.
• Performs structural firefighting duties for a variety of facilities, which may include large multistoried buildings, industrial areas, and/or base storage facilities.
• Maintains firefighting equipment and fire station facilities.

Major Duties:

• Conduct fish and/or wildlife censuses and surveys and assembles basic information on fish and/or wildlife populations. Use standard statistical methods and procedures in performing routine and recurring testing of the field data collected.
• Perform field work which requires the ability to accurately distinguish wildlife by sight and sound.
• May assist state biologists in the capture of wildlife, applying visual and radio tags, and gathering physiological and spatial data.
• Enters and retrieves data from Geographic Information System (GIS) and/or other information management systems.
• Assists in the preparation of reports, plans, and guidelines. Recommends modifications to field activity procedures.

• Provide advice, assistance, and training to lower graded technicians and volunteers in gathering field data, including proper and safe handling of equipment and tools and operation of vehicles and/or watercraft.

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Major duties include:

• Work involves specialized administrative judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of clinical flow processes relating to access to care across multiple clinics, specialties, and/or care in the community resources.
• Recommends changes to existing clinic procedures based on current administrative guidelines.
• Expertise in utilizing numerous advanced patient systems in support of multiple clinics involved in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model.
• Coordinates with the patient care team to review clinic appointment availability (utilization) to ensure that clinic schedules are closely monitored to effectively support the needs of the clinics and makes adjustments as necessary.
• Develops and/or maintains effective and efficient communication with the patient, interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model teams, VA medical centers, and other agencies (e.g., assist with communications during the inpatient to outpatient discharge; communicate with non-VA medical facilities: prepare correspondence to notify patients of normal lab results; manage a system for follow-up care such as consults, tests, etc.).

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

The Assistant Chief Nurse executes position responsibilities demonstrating leadership, experience, and innovative approaches to managing complex outpatient care. This role supports nursing personnel, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and ensures compliance with regulatory standards while driving quality improvement initiatives and operational efficiency.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing leadership and oversight for nursing care delivery across ambulatory care programs, ensuring alignment with VA policies and national standards.
• Supervising outpatient Nurse Managers, mentoring emerging leaders, and fostering professional development through shared governance and performance improvement.
• Managing administrative functions such as staffing oversight, scheduling, leave approval, and performance evaluations to ensure operational continuity.
• Leading process improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes, access, quality of care, and resource utilization.
• Coordinating regulatory and environmental surveys while ensuring timely compliance with accreditation standards.
• Promoting a culture of accountability, inclusivity, and staff empowerment aligned with Magnet principles and VA core values.
• Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to standardize care delivery models and improve patient-centered outcomes through innovative practices.
• Supporting Human Resources and Labor Relations activities, including recruitment, retention strategies, and conflict resolution.
• Monitoring clinical standards of care through systematic evaluation and implementing action plans for positive change.
• Acting as a liaison between clinical staff and organizational leadership to align nursing objectives with strategic goals.

This position will support landscape scale restoration efforts through control of construction contracts to restore, rehabilitate and or stabilize watersheds through road decommissioning. Some of the duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Develops project agreements, estimates for project management services, and other documents related to project setup with minimal assistance.
• Serves as a certified Contracting Officer Representative in accordance with applicable training requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulations on design and construction projects as assigned.
• Assist in developing independent Government Cost Estimates, Statements of Work and/or Scopes of Services, and other documents required for the procurement of design and construction contracts.
• Tracks project budget, monitors project sites for safety, conducts inspections on completed work and coordinates project closeout activities on projects of minimal to moderate complexity.
• Facilitates meetings, monitor and document project progress through photos, daily/weekly logs and other documentation. Coordinates with project stakeholders to address unforeseen conditions.

• Coordinate patient scheduling activities of the medical facility to ensure a smooth flow of daily services.
• Resolve problems that arise from late appointments, emergencies, or walk-ins that could delay scheduled patients being seen in a timely manner.
• Interview patients who request medical examination/treatment to obtain pertinent information.
• Respond to requests for non-technical information on such subjects as hours of operation, how to complete various medical forms, and locations of other medical departments/facilities.
• Extract medical information from patients’ records as requested/needed by the medical staff.
• Process and distribute incoming correspondence, publications, and other documents.