The Ombuds Blog: Job Posting: National Institutes of Health

May 06, 2014

Job Posting: National Institutes of Health

The NIH Office of the Ombudsman / Center for Cooperative Resolution in Bethesda, MD is hiring a full-time Associate Ombudsman. Working with senior Ombuds, the position provides the NIH community with confidential and informal assistance in resolving work-related conflicts, disputes and grievances.

Applicants must have completed a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B or J.D., or 2 full years of progressively higher graduate level education leading to such a degree, if related, and be a U.S. citizen. The position is posted at a two pay grades, and compensation ranges from $52,146 to $116,901 per year. Applications may be submitted from May 9 through Tuesday, May 14, 2014. (USA Jobs External Applicants GS-9/11, GS-12/13; Status Applicants GS-9/11, GS-12/13.)

Related posts: National Institutes of Health Appoints Deputy and Two Associate Ombuds; National Institutes of Health Ombuds Website Gets Facelift; National Institutes of Health Profiles Three New Ombuds.

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Anonymous5/08/2014 8:54 AM
No better place for a young and rising ombuds to build there skills and knowledge then with Howard and the Team at NIH. Look at the family tree of this program over the years, where people have gone and the programs they now lead. This is a virtual ombuds success incubator.

John W. Zinsser
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