PHYSICAL SCIENTIST

Summary

You will serve as a PHYSICAL SCIENTIST in the OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER of NAVAL ICE CENTER.

Responsibilities

You will serve as a Physical Scientist Subject Matter Expert (SME) advising the Director/ Commanding Officer on strategic, operational, and tactical-level ice and snow products, ice forecasting, and policy matters related to sea ice data.

You will advise on Arctic instrumentation, remote sensing, satellite processing, database management and naval warfare related environmental intelligence services for the U.S. government.

You will represent the USNIC at national and international conferences and working groups involved in advancing scientific knowledge, tactical operations, data collection and preparation, and dissemination of ice products and information.

You will develop and implement policies, strategic planning goals, objectives and performance measures; evaluates and advise on the effectiveness of the organizations operations in meeting established goals and objectives.

You will coordinate communications and liaison with customers to ensure products meet operational, scientific, and technological requirements.

You will assist Department Head in an advisory capacity.

You will serve as the Senior Civilian advisor to the Command executive staff.

Qualifications

For GS-14, 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 and skill in the application of remotely sensed imagery in the evaluation of sea and lake ice; the principles of geography, oceanography, meteorology and climatology; and numerical meteorological and oceanographic model output. Experience making decisions or recommendations significantly changing, interpreting or developing international ice analysis charting and forecasting policies and programs. Experience as a technical authority in the planning and evaluation of long-term programs and projects that successfully transition rapidly evolving and cutting-edge R&D efforts into operational use. Experience demonstrating oral and written communication skills sufficient to document his/her technical work into actionable policy, planning, and procedural documents for publication in professional journals. 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/ 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 Basic Requirements: 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 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. Transcripts are required