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), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL) with one vacancy in Boulder, Colorado.

Duties

As a Physical Scientist, you will perform the following duties: Serve as a subject matter expert on atmospheric chemical and physical processes related to air quality, the stratosphere, and climate. Plan, develop, and execute the communication of scientific and technical information and results from the laboratory to stakeholders, including media, congress, scientists, and the general public. Serve as an expert advisor to senior level management on the communication of scientific and technical information in the laboratory. Lead the development, implementation, and execution of strategic scientific and technical communication to inform appropriate target audiences about the research mission, vision, activities, and accomplishments. Perform high-level policy communication, including oral and written briefs to senior leadership, research administration, external scientific communities, and scientists at universities. Exercise a high level of independence and mastery level scientific knowledge to prepare scientific and technical papers, posters, presentations, and visualizations to communicate scientific information and achievements to a broad audience by leading and performing complex assignments requiring a high degree of expertise. Publish manuscripts in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Represent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at intra/inter-agency, national and international meetings. Attend scientific and programmatic meetings nationally and internationally to provide technical guidance and mastery level scientific expertise to other scientists and officials.

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 full year (52 weeks) 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: To qualify for the 1301 series: A. 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 B. 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- SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) 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 or GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting one of the Basic Requirements above, applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Planning and developing assigned communication projects through compiling, interpreting and evaluating scientific and technical information in support of atmospheric chemistry and composition research; and Preparing and coordinating scientific papers, technical documents, visualizations, and presentations to disseminate scientific information and achievements to internal and external stakeholders.

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
• Email: [email protected]