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. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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: 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 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. 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: 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: 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. 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. This is a Special Sensitive position, which requires to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance. The incumbent is required to hold Top Secret Clearance based on a current T5. Periodic updates of the T5 will be initiated at four and one half year intervals to determine the eligibility of the incumbent to continue to be granted access to SCI material and data. Position has been designed as a critical position IAW AR 600-85.