Environmental Program Manager

Full Job Description

The Smithsonian Institution (SI) is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo.

This position is in the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is responsible for ecological and environmental research education.

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet A or B to satisfy the basic education requirement for Biologist. 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, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the specialized experience listed below: GS-11 Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in Federal Service.

For this position Specialized experience is defined as organizing, coordinating, and/or evaluating public participation in a science research program, including projects that include collaboration with scientists, training of citizen scientists, volunteer management data management and collection, and liaising with stakeholders, schools, or other professional organizations.

Has experience collecting, managing, and reporting data for scientific research and public outreach.

OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position.

Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.

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.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience.

Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S.

accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Or a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications; For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards.

In an effort to streamline our hiring process, SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series 0401 and who are in a Federal competitive as this advertised position, are not required to submit a transcript with your application package.

However, if selected, you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).

Major Duties:

The Environmental Program Manager is responsible for planning, designing and implementing a Citizen Science Research Program for SERC's environmental and ecological research and education mission.

In this position, you will: Evaluate projects, including helping to design and implement data collection procedures and assessing quality of data for scientific research and success or/and revising how to engage project volunteers using understanding and knowledge of current scientific literature to assist.

Work with SERC Scientists to organize, train and manage citizen scientist research, volunteers, a program assistant, and interns.

This includes coordination with scientists, stakeholders, schools, and other organizations for training and workshops. Provides oversight to assure compliance with SERC/SI policy and best practices.

Coordinate, manage, and conduct programs for the general public.

Incumbent may conceive, design, implement and evaluate specific scientific outreach programs within the overall framework of the Citizen Science Program, including virtual talks and projects, demonstrations, and exhibitions for the public which interpret and communicate current ecological issues and environmental research conducted at SERC.