This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), with one vacancy in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number NOS ONMS-23-12099825-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Program Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Oversees actions requiring Office of National Marine Sanctuaries permits or interagency consultations. Provides technical expertise, and leads development and coordination of analyses, and ensures the effective implementation and execution of activities and documentation associated with permitting and interagency consultation pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Act Perform policy assessments, permit guidance reviews, and permit regulations reviews and provide guidance on policy or regulation implementation or permitting procedures changes. Analyzes new, updated, or established policy, legislation, regulations, and executive orders to determine and advise on their impact on national marine sanctuaries program operations and management. Identifies and defines major issues, develops sources of information, reviews appropriate source materials, and performs analyses of issues. Advises Office of National Marine Sanctuaries leadership and coordinates new or modified administrative/program policies, regulations, or objectives to achieve effective operations. Advise on the impacts of new or updated policy, legislation, regulations and executive orders for a national marine sanctuaries program and promote information exchange with internal and external stakeholders along with training to improve overall staff knowledge in permitting.

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 EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. 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. To qualify for the ZP-04 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Developing and implementing policies or programs to meet resource protection goals; Analyzing and advising management on the effectiveness and efficiency of permitting or programmatic operations; and Analyzing legislation, executive orders, or regulations to determine impact on science-based program operations and preparing policy documents.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Victor Cruz
• Email: [email protected]