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 within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS) withThe Analyze, Forecast and Support Office (AFSO) in a location negotiated after selection.

Duties

The working title for this position is National Weather Service's Severe Weather Program Lead. As a Severe Weather Program Lead, you will perform the following duties:

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 requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to a least one year of specialized experience in order to be found minimally qualified. You MUST meet one of the following basic education 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. AND To qualify at the GS-14 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all the following: Providing support and expertise in determining methodologies or techniques to improve severe weather analyses and forecasts; Utilizing scientific methods of planning, and designing, to carry out science program objectives; and Monitoring policies, programs, and projects to enhance the service capacity of severe weather operations. Available locations Aberdeen, SD Medford, OR Albany, NY Melbourne, FL Albuquerque, NM Memphis, TN Amarillo, TX Miami, FL Anchorage, AK Midland, TX Lubbock, TX Missoula, MT Bellemont, AZ Mobile, AL Billings, MT Monterey, CA Bismarck, ND Mt Holly, NJ Blacksburg, VA Negaunee, MI Boise, ID New Braunfels, TX Boulder, CO Newport, NC Brooklyn Heights, OH Norman, OK Brownsville, TX North Charleston, SC Calera, AL North Little Rock, AR Caribou, ME North Platte, NE Carolina, PR Norton, MA Chanhassen, MN Old Hickory, TN Charleston, WV Oxnard, CA Cheektowaga, NY Paducah, KY Cheyenne, WY Peachtree City, GA College Park, MD Pendleton, OR Columbia, SC Phoenix, AZ Coraopolis, PA Pleasant Hill, MO Corpus Christi, TX Pocatello, ID Davenport, IA Portland, OR Dickinson, TX Pueblo, CO Dodge City, KS Raleigh, NC Dousman, WI Rapid City, SD Duluth, MN Reno, NV Elko, NV Riverton, WY Eureka, CA Romeoville, IL Fairbanks, AK Ruskin, FL Flowood, MS Sacramento, CA Fort Worth, TX Salt Lake City, UT Gaylord, MI San Angelo, TX Glasgow, MT San Diego, CA Goodland, KS Santa Teresa, NM Grand Forks, ND Seattle, WA Grand Junction, CO Shreveport, LA Grand Rapids, MI Silver Spring MD Gray, ME Sioux Falls, SD Great Falls, MT Slidell, LA Green Bay, WI South Burlington, VT Greer, SC Spokane, WA Hanford, CA Springfield, MO Hastings, NE St. Charles, MO Honolulu, HI State College, PA Huntsville, AL Wilmington, OH Indianapolis, IN Syracuse, IN Jackson, KY Talbott, TN Jacksonville, FL Tallahassee, FL Johnson City, NY Topeka, KS Johnston, IA Tucson, AZ Juneau, AK Tulsa, OK Kansas City, MO Tuscaloosa, AL Key West, FL Upton, NY La Crosse, WI Valley, NE Lake Charles, LA Wakefield, VA Las Vegas, NV White Lake, MI Lincoln, IL Wichita, KS Louisville, KY Wilmington, NC

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.

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.

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
• Email: [email protected]