This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), with (1) vacancy located in Juneau, AK or Seattle, WA. This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS AKFSC-25-12670102-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Supervisory Fish and Wildlife Administrator, you will perform the following duties: Serve as the Division Director of the Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis (FMA) Division at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) responsible for administering the North Pacific Observer Program and the Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program. Both monitoring programs integrate traditional fishery observers and electronic monitoring to provide an array of information for scientific and management purposes. As the FMA Director, the incumbent will oversee a staff of scientists and information technologists from various disciplines, to include but not limited to, fishery biologists, Information Technology (IT) specialists, operation research analysts, and other specialist and support staff. Represent the AFSC and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries on a variety of high profile and sometimes controversial issues, including establishment of new monitoring programs, to wide audiences including high level management bodies, senior executives, commercial harvesters (fishermen and fishing organizations), and the interested public. Oversee the development of annual activity and staffing plans as well as the planning and execution of a multi-million-dollar annual budget. Execute priority research and monitoring activities. Administer scientific research throughout Alaska on commercially marketable species and all aspects of marine ecosystems. Establish and refine fishery-dependent research to meet the needs of the AFSC and its partner organizations. Your role will involve strategic oversight, innovation, and direct engagement with government researchers and fishery managers, industry stakeholders, and research institutions while leading a dedicated team of observers, scientists, and information technologists. Key Responsibilities: Lead the North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program to gather and analyze critical information on fisheries, bycatch, and marine ecosystems. Innovate, adapt, and incorporate new methods of fishery-dependent data collections to meet emerging needs in fisheries management and ecosystem science. Oversee the training, deployment, and data collection services of highly skilled fishery observers who collect data aboard fishing vessels and at shoreside processing facilities across Alaska. Manage budgetary and staffing resources to efficiently and effectively meet Divisional goals. Foster a culture of innovation, resilience, teamwork, and excellence within the organization. Report regularly to stakeholders and the public about the Divisions impact and successes.

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 year of Specialized Experience in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: EDUCATION: A. Degree: Biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, or at least 30 semester hours in courses, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR C. Experience: Four years of experience that demonstrated that the applicant acquired knowledge and understanding of one or more of the biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, or related disciplines equivalent to that which would have been acquired through completion of a 4- year course of study as described in A above. 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 ZP-5 or GS-15 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 ZP-4 or GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Managing a staff of scientists or information technologists; Determining long- and short- range plans for a scientific program; and Executing scientific research, preparing reports, and presenting technical information to a variety of audiences.

Education

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.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website. You MUST provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation by the closing date of the announcement will result in lost consideration. 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: noaa.applicantinquiries@noaa.gov