Supervisory Meteorologist

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

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• You will serve as a senior technical advisor and consultant in areas of meteorology, physical oceanography, or other specialized physical science fields relevant to FNMOC’s mission.
• You will provide authoritative advice to other agency scientists and high-level officials, conducting investigations that may require development of new techniques.
• You will provide direct administrative and technical supervision to seven Professional Physical Scientists, Oceanographers, and Meteorologists in grades GS-13 and below.
• You will establish employee performance criteria utilizing and adhering to organizational methods, processes, and timelines.
• You will be responsible for carrying out EEO policies and communicating support of policies to subordinates; to ensure equality in determining qualifications, selections, assignments, training, promotions, details, discipline and awards to employees.
• You will assume primary responsibility for initiating, planning, coordinating, and overseeing the transfer of new and emerging scientific technologies and techniques from the research community to operations for the Division.
• You will facilitate the validation and verification of METOC numerical analysis and forecast products across all network enclaves through qualitative and quantitative comparison to all relevant observations.
• You will brief high-ranking personnel on FNMOCs role in the national effort in numerical model computing including senior Agency and DOD decision makers.
• You will participate in inter-agency working groups or committees to provide expert technical perspectives and create long-range inter-agency plans with significant consequences for participating agencies.
• You will represent FNMOC for the exchange of techniques, software, and data, and to evaluate current and proposed research and development efforts with planners and scientists from other national and international government agencies and academia.
• You will coordinate with managers in other Divisions/Departments to ensure the two way transition across all network enclaves of appropriate raw data, data bases, software code, and products between the division and other FNMOC groups.

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• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final Top Secret/SCI 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.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR .

In Addition To The Basic Requirements For This Position, You Must Have a Bachelor's Degree In Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Or Other Natural Science. Additionally, Your Resume Must Also Demonstrate At Least One Year Of Specialized Experience at Or Equivalent To The GS-12 grade Level Or Pay Band In The Federal Service Or Equivalent Experience In The…