This position is located in the Office of the Under Secretary (UNSEC), Interagency Meteorological Coordination Office (IMCO), with one vacancy in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number UNSEC IMCO-24-12357330-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Social Scientist, you will perform the following duties: Serves as an expert advisor and interagency coordinator, bringing social and behavioral science expertise to the coordination work performed at the Interagency Meteorological Coordination Office (IMCO) in terms of mission, processes, policy, and goals. Facilitate and coordinate assigned ICAMS committees and sub entities mostly composed of physical scientists, including, but not limited to, Social Equity, Services, etc. Plans and implements organizational assessment and strategy evaluations supporting the Interagency Council on Advancing Meteorological Services (ICAMS). Facilitates and leads multidisciplinary teams that develop Meteorological/Earth system services strategy in terms of social, organizational, and cultural research applicable to federal objectives. Coordinates and participates in committees of physical scientists and groups as assigned. Sustains partnerships and manages collaboration on multidisciplinary teams to improve Earth system services strategizing.

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: Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience: that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. 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. To qualify at the ZP-4 (GS-13) grade level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-3 (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting in evaluating and integrating best practices from social and behavioral science into scientific and technological strategies to improve Earth system and meteorological services preferably; and Participating in the formulation, assessment, coordination and implementation of scientific policies or strategies to advance Earth system services affecting the public sector, and preparing communications of organizational strategies or policies.

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: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]