Supervisory Fish and Wildlife Administrator

Full Job Description

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), Fishery Monitoring and Analysis (FMA), with one vacancy in Seattle, WA or Juneau, AK.

This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS AKFSC-26-12883757-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

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-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ 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: To qualify for the 0480 series: EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. 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.

AND 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: Providing management and oversight for staff tasked with monitoring, evaluating, or researching fisheries or marine ecosystems; Leading research and determining plans to conduct stock assessments or ecosystem surveys; and Preparing scientific research and reports and presenting technical information to a variety of audiences.

Major 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.

Oversee a staff of scientists and information technologists from various disciplines such as 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.