This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (UNSEC), Office of Space Commerce (OSC) with 1 vacancy located in Washington, D.C. This position is also announced under vacancy number UNSEC-OSC-24-12534391-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Policy Advisor, you will perform the following duties: Monitor interagency activities involving space policies. Develop and implement strategies and policies for international and interagency engagement to support NOAA's goals. Serve as a highly skilled policy advisor and consultant developing international and interagency policies and plans to effectively implement NOAA's space commerce goals and objectives.

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-4 (GS-13/14) grade level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Participating in conducting research, developing analyses, monitoring trends and changes in technology and legislation in the areas of space policy and commercial space; and Consulting with the United States Government or an organization's space community on the goals and development of space policy.

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: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]