Description

Summary

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY in the FLEET NUMERICAL METEROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER of FLT NUMER OCEANGPHY METEO CTR.

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Duties

• You will serve as Deputy Department Head of the Modeling and Forecasting Department and report to the Department Head.
• You will perform a full range of supervisory responsibilities for subordinate staff.
• You will provide guidance to steer the direction of the department's initiatives through the Division heads.
• You will ensure equality in determining qualifications, selections, assignments, training, promotions, details, discipline, and awards to employees.
• You will assist in the preparation and defense of the Department budget, ensuring the most cost-effective expenditure of the budget.
• You will exercise direct technical and administrative supervision over programs that directly impact worldwide U.S. Navy Strike, ASW/USW, Mine, Amphibious, Special Warfare, and Fleet Operations.
• You will monitor emerging technologies to ensure transition of relevant new technologies to the Department.
• You will represent FNMOC at meetings within the Department of Defense including Flag level, with other government agencies (U.S and foreign), and at scientific and technical symposiums, conferences, and meetings.
• You will assist with developing the department's input to consolidated Information Systems requirements through close coordination with department personnel, project managers and systems managers.
• You will be responsible for the creation and verification of accurate meteorology and oceanography products and services.
• You will support the Department Head with analysis of operational trends, reliability and availability tracking, analysis of failure trends, and recommendation of process improvements.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This position requires rotating shift work.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year (52 weeks) 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 with theoretical advanced theoretical meteorology and/or oceanography, including the dynamics of the atmosphere and/or oceans, and the application of computer methods for numerical environmental analysis and prediction.
• Experience with information systems technologies, including high performance computing, visualization, data and product distribution and communications.
• mastery of the theories, methods, and techniques of professional meteorology or oceanography sufficient to serve as a staff specialist working to improve forecast guidance and the performance of tactical decision aids for one or more of the major product areas
• Experience with and knowledge of statistical methods and standard techniques for evaluating METOC numerical analysis and forecast products.
• Experience performing management skills such as leadership, interpersonal skills, customer service, decision-making, flexibility, organizational awareness, team building, problem solving and performance evaluation sufficient to ensure the effective working of a team.
• Experience with utilizing and understanding environmental processes relevant to military missions.
• Experience with professional project management practices sufficient to supervise projects led by project managers.
• Experience with Federal Acquisition Regulations and Navy contracting rules and procedures as well as familiarity with writing, reviewing, and monitoring government contracts.
• Experience formulating written or oral presentations of findings that communicate clearly their importance and significance.

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/general-physical-science-series-1301/

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/meteorology-series-1340/

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/oceanography-series-1360/

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/mathematics-series-1520/

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 for the following series:

General Physical Science Series, 1301:

A) Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.

OR

B) Combination of education and experience education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Meteorology Series, 1340:

A) Degree: meteorology, atmospheric science, or other natural science major that included:

1. At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in meteorology/atmospheric science including a minimum of:

A. Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics.

B. Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale)

C. Three semester hours of physical meteorology.

D. Two semester hours of remote sensing of the atmosphere and/or instrumentation.

2. Six semester hours of physics, with at least one course that includes laboratory sessions.

3. Three semester hours of ordinary differential equations.

4. At least nine semester hours of course work appropriate for a physical science major in any combination of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science.

*There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.

OR

B) Combination of education and experience course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Oceanography Series, 1360:

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.

OR

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.

Mathematics Series, 1520:

A) Degree: mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics.

OR

B) Combination of education and experience courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

The total course work in either A or B above must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.

MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPTS TO VERIFY THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

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.
• Recruitment and/or Relocation Incentive may be authorized. FNMOC will NOT pay for PCS.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

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

PPP Applicants: Will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference Applicants: Will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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