This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Pacific Region (PR) with one vacancy located in Honolulu, HI. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS PR HI-25-12607773-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Geophysicist/Oceanographer, you will perform the following duties: Serve as a senior technical subject matter expert on science-based tsunami hazard assessment for planning, rapid threat assessment for tsunami warning, and emergency responses to tsunami warnings. Provide expert technical advice to foreign countries in the Pacific, Caribbean, and around the world on how to establish, operate, and maintain effective tsunami warning systems that will save lives from tsunamis. Convey complex tsunami scientific principles, technical results, and tsunami hazard risks in plain language, sometimes under stressful conditions. Work with academic institutions, research organizations, and foreign countries belonging to the United Nations Educational, Science, and Cultural Organization's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO IOC).

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 at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet one of the basic education requirements: To qualify for the 1313 series: EDUCATION: A. Degree: that included at least 30 semester hours in mathematics (including calculus) and the physical sciences (geophysics, physics, engineering, geology, astronomy, meteorology, electronics, etc.). OR B. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. To qualify for the 1360 series: EDUCATION: A. Degree: major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Applicants who qualify on the basis of major study in biology or geology must have had at least 6 semester hours in the major directly concerned with marine science or 6 semester hours in oceanography; applicants who qualify on the basis of other physical sciences or engineering must have had differential and integral calculus and at least 6 semester hours in physics. 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-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Providing expertise in tsunami numerical modeling and forecasting, or geophysical analysis or earthquakes, used for tsunami warning real-time hazard assessment, tsunami hazard risk assessment, or evacuation planning; Planning, organizing, conducting, and evaluating technical training programs internationally and domestically, using both in-person and remote distance learning methods; Preparing scientific summaries of tsunami events or geophysical phenomena (i.e. earthquakes or volcanos); and Developing and preparing educational and outreach materials related to tsunamis and tsunami preparedness or geophysics (i.e. earthquakes or volcanos), including the operations of tsunami or earthquake/volcano monitoring, warning, and mitigation systems.

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

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.

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]