This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) with 1 vacancy located in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS OHC-23-12034741-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

Come join our dynamic team working to protect fish habitat by consulting with Federal agencies on Essential Fish Habitat. Although located in our headquarters office, you'll be working with our regional offices around the nation. As a Marine Habitat Resource Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Evaluate the impacts of human activities on coastal and ocean habitats. Provide recommendations on how to minimize and/or mitigate effects of human activities on coastal and ocean habitats. Work in conjunction with federal, state, and/or local partners to address natural resource issues.

Requirements

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. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience OR substitution of education for experience OR combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: A. Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. AND 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. In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-1 or GS-05 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting with collecting or analyzing information on marine, estuarine or anadromous fish habitats and reporting findings; and Working with colleagues or partners to solve natural resource issues. -OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement NOTE: SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: One (1) year of graduate level education or Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) as demonstrated by a bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university with one of the following (NOTE It is your responsibility to ensure your application clearly states how you meet one of the provisions below): a grade point average (GPA) of 2.9 or higher based on a 4.0 scale for required courses completed in a major field of study, or those courses completed in a major field of study during the last two years of undergraduate study; and class standing of upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or a major subdivision of the college; Only graduate education in excess of one year is qualifying for combination of education and experience. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website. You MUST provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation by the closing date of the announcement will result in lost consideration. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services OHCS 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Amanda Robinson
• Phone: 571-363-3252
• Email: [email protected]