Description

Summary

You will serve as a Meteorologist in the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) of FLT NUMER OCEANGPHY METEO CTR.

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Duties

• You will perform a wide range of assignments of considerable difficulty and complexity in the area of atmospheric analysis and forecasting.
• You will evaluate validation and verification results to provide error estimates to customers and to guide efforts to improve performance.
• You will present operational results in a general public forum or produces a technical document for inter- agency distribution.
• You will participate in inter-agency working groups or committees to provide authoritative technical perspective in his/her area of special expertise.
• You will develop, implements, upgrades, evaluates and maintains systems that use specialized methodologies and analysis techniques for exploiting atmospheric modeling products in military tactical and planning applications.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

(For GS 12) In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Resume must show the following specialized experience:

• Experience implementing theoretical meteorology, to include but not limited to the dynamics of the atmosphere, mesoscale meteorology and the application of computer methods of numerical weather analysis and prediction.
• Experience utilizing theories such as but not limited to air-sea interaction theory, methods and techniques of professional meteorology.
• Experience observing platforms and the algorithms used to produce environmental estimates and derived METOC products.
• Experience working with METOC satellites, their sensors, the algorithms used to produce environmental estimates, and the METOC products derived from satellite data.
• Experience using statistical methods and standard techniques for post-processing and evaluating atmospheric numerical analysis and forecast products.
• Experience employing advanced programming language such as FORTRAN, PERL, or Python, an advanced operating system such as LINUX, software configuration management, and visualization of large scientific data sets.
• Experience managing software engineering techniques as applied to the development and maintenance of automated, real-time systems.
• Experience using both written and oral communication to address the public effectively address technical issues.

(For GS 11) In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Resume must show the following specialized experience:

• Experience implementing theoretical meteorology, to include but not limited to the dynamics of the atmosphere, mesoscale meteorology and the application of computer methods of numerical weather analysis and prediction.
• Experience utilizing theories such as but not limited to air-sea interaction theory, methods and techniques of professional meteorology.
• Experience observing platforms and the algorithms used to produce environmental estimates and derived METOC products.
• Experience working with METOC satellites, their sensors, the algorithms used to produce environmental estimates, and the METOC products derived from satellite data.
• Experience using statistical methods and standard techniques for post-processing and evaluating atmospheric numerical analysis and forecast products.
• Experience employing advanced programming language such as FORTRAN, PERL, or Python, an advanced operating system such as LINUX, software configuration management, and visualization of large scientific data sets.
• Experience managing software engineering techniques as applied to the development and maintenance of automated, real-time systems.
• Experience using both written and oral communication to address the public effectively address technical issues.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/meteorology-series-1340/

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess :

Meteorology Series 1340

Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: meteorology, atmospheric science, or other natural science major that included:
   
   1. At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in meteorology/atmospheric science including a minimum of:
      
      1. Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics;*
      2. Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale);
      3. Three semester hours of physical meteorology; and
      4. Two semester hours of remote sensing of the atmosphere and/or instrumentation.
   2. Six semester hours of physics, with at least one course that includes laboratory sessions.*
   3. Three semester hours of ordinary differential equations.*
   4. At least nine semester hours of course work appropriate for a physical science major in any combination of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science.
   
   
   * There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.
   
   or
2. Combination of education and experience course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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