This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Weather Service Office (WSO) with one vacancy located in Kotzebue, Alaska. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS-25-12581774-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Field Services Assistant you will perform the following duties: Provide general administrative support maintaining various forms and logs used for tracking observation program performance. Provide general customer service and support to the public, stakeholders, and other organizations. Receive, operate, and maintain atmospheric and climatologic data collection equipment including the Vaisala Autosonde, hydrogen generator, water distiller, and various precipitation measuring equipment. For further details on the duties, responsibilities, and expectations for the position, please contact Nicole Kinsman, Deputy Regional Director, Alaska Region - National Weather Service at [email protected].

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 GS-07 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Providing administrative support such as maintaining shift logs, transportation services and inventory reports

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]