This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration. This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) Eastern Region with one vacancy in Alpena, MI, Scituate, MA, Sheboygan, WI or Silver Spring, MD.

Duties

As a Program Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Provide manager with objectively based information for making decisions on the administrative and programmatic aspects of agency operations and management, by accomplishing a wide variety of assignments concerned with effectiveness and efficiency of programs and operations. Responsible for formulating, planning, and administering federal actions, policies, guidance, and regulations pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Provide technical expertise and analytical support for the development and coordination of activities and documentation associated with permitting and interagency consultation pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. Develop recommendations for policy decisions regarding permit issuance, permit terms and conditions, consultation requirements, environmental compliance, administrative records, and record tracking and reporting. Provide assistance for incident response, injury assessment, and restoration/monitoring planning. Is familiar with the laws, policies, and procedures associated with responding to events and Natural Resource Damage Assessment.

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. 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 at the ZA-3 or GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Implementing projects or programs to meet environmental resource protection goals including evaluating, formal planning and consultation requirements, environmental assessments, and regulations; and Participating in the analysis of administrative or programmatic procedures or policies for the operation of a natural resource management based program. SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of related graduate level education and specialized experience as described above. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination of education and experience.

Education

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. 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: Applicant Inquiries
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]