OCEANOGRAPHER
United States Fleet Forces Command
Summary You will serve as a Supervisory Oceanographer, Director in the Ocean Collections Division, Ocean Projects Department, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS. . Responsibilities You will direct a staff of scientists and engineers to provide technical advice, including comprehensive marine survey tasks for acoustic, terrain, sub-bottom, and water column properties as they relate to Fleet sensor performance. You will review all projects assigned to the organization; establishes production plans and assigns work to subordinate supervisors according to workload and project type. You will direct and manage the preparation of plans, schedules, and survey operations to acquire complex environmental information from multiple remote sensor systems required for the Department’s overall undersea warfare support mission. You will participates with the Department Director in formulating scientific and administrative policy. You will assure that all survey data collected, processed, and analyzed by the subordinates is completed, validated, and thoroughly checked. You will direct the staffing, scheduling, and fielding of military surveys or field operations. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications 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-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: experience using the concepts, theories, principles, and practices of oceanography in order to plan, manage, review and assume technical responsibility for functions of the organization.; experience performing a wide variety of oceanographic applications software; standards, policies, and design approaches; multiple high-level programming languages; and oceanographic work processes and terminology.; experience in problems confronting military operations in shallow-water areas and the ability to resolve these problems in terms of appropriate environmental survey and publication products. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/oceanography-series-1360/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: 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. or 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. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf Military Spouse Preference applicants will receive priority consideration at the Full Performance Level (FPL) and if determined to be Best Qualified at the FPL, and selected, must be placed at the FPL. A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. Only Military Spouse Preference applicants currently occupying positions for which a comprehensive training plan has been developed and authorized are entitled to exercise their priority status for this announcement. The most common formal training positions are apprentices, formal interns, and scientist and engineering interns. Upward Mobility Positions that have equivalent training plans are also included when the positions have been pre-identified in an Affirmative Action or similar plan. You must provide documentation supporting you are in a formal training plan (e.g., SF50 and official signed training agreement between you and your command).
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