Job opening: Physical Scientist (Program Director)
Salary: $169 430 - 204 000 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Dec 10 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The National Science Foundation is seeking multiple qualified candidates for a Physical Scientist (Program Director) position for the Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth (SPSE) program within the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO), Division of Earth Science (EAR) in Alexandria, VA.
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Duties
NSF Program Directors bear the primary responsibility for carrying out the agency's overall mission to support innovative and merit-reviewed activities in basic research and education that contribute to the nation's technical strength, security, and welfare. To fulfill this responsibility requires not only knowledge in the appropriate disciplines, but also a commitment to high standards, a considerable breadth of interest and receptivity to new ideas, a strong sense of fairness, good judgment, and a high degree of personal integrity.
Qualifications
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a Physical Science field plus after award of the Ph.D., six or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the position; OR a Master's degree in a Physical Science field plus after award of the degree, eight or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the position.
Related fields include Seismology, Geodynamics, Geomagnetism or Solid Earth Geophysics.
Education
Please refer to the Qualifications section.
If your degree was obtained from a foreign institution, please also submit the certification from the Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals, or certification equivalency.
Contacts
- Address NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES
2415 Eisenhower Ave
Alexandria, VA 22314
US
- Name: Staffing and Classification Branch
- Email: [email protected]
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