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This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) with one vacancy in Seattle, WA. This position is also announced under vacancy number OAR-PMEL-2020-0001, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.
Major Duties
As an Research Oceanographer, you will perform the following duties:
- As a Principal Investigator, plan, organize, and execute systematic large-scale oceanographic field research programs to collect observational data using a variety of instruments and platforms.
- Perform scientific analyses using innovative spatial or temporal analysis techniques that resolve critical issues in the understanding of natural ocean phenomena and improvement of ocean climate prediction.
- Serve as senior expert to an oceanographic research team by developing scopes of work, overseeing technical performance requirements, and providing an authoritative source of technical guidance to ensure that the implementation of studies meets specifications and requirements for the purposes intended.
- Prepare important scientific papers on physical and interdisciplinary oceanographic research for publication in established peer reviewed scientific journals, including the use of observational data from a variety of sources.
Qualifications
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy To
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements:
EDUCATION:
A.Degree: major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences.
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B.Combination of education and experience: course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Applicants who qualify on the basis of major study in biology or geology must have had at least 6 semester hours in the major directly concerned with marine science or 6 semester hours in oceanography; applicants who qualify on the basis of other physical sciences or engineering must have had differential and integral calculus and at least 6 semester hours in physics.
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SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.To qualify at the ZP-4 or GS-13:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicant must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to theZP-3 or GS-12in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Performing research using data from conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) and other instruments;
Analyzing data from scientific spatial or temporal ocean climate research; and
Contributing to the development of scientific papers on research findings for publication in established, peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Pay Range
$96,656.00 - $148,488.00