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You will serve as an OCEANOGRAPHER in the Department of Oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate School. This job opportunity announcement has a first cut-off date. Applications received by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the cut-off date of 04-10-2020 will receive first consideration for this vacancy. Depending on staffing needs a 2nd cut-off date of 05-11-2020 may be used. The final cut off date will be 06-11-2020.
Major Duties
- You will assist in the planning and execution of educational and research activities in the Oceanography Department.
- You will collect physical and acoustic oceanographic data and perform reduction, analysis and modeling of this data in support of on-going research and instructional activities.
- You will support student and faculty programming needs and lead classroom activities.
- You will manage the Oceanography Department's Moored Experiment Laboratory (MEL) with responsibility for designing, developing, and testing oceanographic systems and subsystems, including sensor selection and mechanical configuration.
- You will perform technical leadership roles in both instructional and research at-sea cruises (deck boss, watch chief and team leader) and for in-house laboratory activities.
- You will be responsible for deploying and recovering oceanographic systems and subsystems.
Qualifications
GS-09: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Planning, preparing and executing oceanographic field experiments and data collection; 2) Performing data analysis and modeling of physical oceanographic data; 3) Keeping organized records of performance, testing, calibration and maintenance of oceanographic instrumentation; and 4) Participating in instructional and research at sea cruises as a deck boss or watch stander. NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to considered for the position. GS-07: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:1) Taking measurements and collecting information using standard oceanographic instrumentation for use in research projects; 2) Conducting routine calculating, plotting, and checking of numerical data for the completion of oceanographic graphs and data analyses; and 3) Participating in oceanographic field experiments to provide research results of phenomena such as currents, circulations, waves, beach and near-shore processes, depth, floor configuration, etc. NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to considered for the position. You may also qualify based upon the education or the combination of education stated in the Education Section of this announcement. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/.... https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/oceanography-series-1360/
Pay Range
$52,759.00 - $83,897.00