Job Description

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You will serve as a RESEARCH INTERDISCIPLINARY in the SUBMARINE MEDICAL AND SURVIVAL SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT of NAVSUBMEDRSCHLAB NEW LONDON CT.

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Duties

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• You will direct original research on submarine atmosphere health effects.
• You will manage a Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Program of Record related to protection of warfighters and anticipation and characterization of potential adverse health effects associated with submarine atmospheres
• You will manage the Submarine Atmospheric Health Assessment Program of Record.
• You will supervise the planning, design, execution, and completion of the data gathering as well as the training of other staff
• You will ensure the technical accuracy and interpretation of results, especially as to the validity of the findings that are reported by contract analysis laboratories that are contracted for by the Department of the Navy.
• You will manage and maintain the Navy's sole database of submarine atmospheric constituents across all classes of submarines.
• You will coordinate with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's Submarine Environment Advisory Board and reports directly to its chair on recent research efforts.

Requirements

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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.
• 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-13:

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-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience leading ongoing scientific efforts to characterize, monitor, and document atmospheric conditions and identifying research topics and capability gaps pertinent to atmospheric analysis.
• Experience writing and delivering research proposals, research protocols, technical reports, presentations, and/or public addresses.
• Experience budgeting and coordinating scientific research project workload needs as well as operating within funding constraints.
• Experience identifying and initiating improvements to sampling technology. Experience planning sequence of operations on a weekly, project, or longer basis to ensure an even flow and distribution of work.

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. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience assisting in ongoing scientific efforts to characterize, monitor, and document atmospheric conditions while identifying research topics and capability gaps pertinent to atmospheric analysis.
• Experience writing research proposals, research protocols, technical reports, presentations, and/or public addresses to be reviewed before delivery.
• Experience assisting in the budgeting and coordination efforts for a scientific research project workload.
• Experience identifying improvements to sampling technology.
• Experience planning sequence of operations for review on a weekly, project, or longer basis to ensure an even flow and distribution of work.

OR

For GS-12:

Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, in a related field.

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

IOR FOR APPLICABLE JOB SERIES

0415:

0690:

1320:

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.

Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.

If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

Education

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

For 0415 Series:

Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree or higher in toxicology; or an appropriate discipline of the biological, medical, or veterinary sciences that included at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, biochemistry, or physiology, and 12 semester hours in toxicology.

For 0690 Series:

Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree or higher level in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science;

OR, a Bachelor's degree in a branch of engineering, physical science, or life science that included 12 semester hours in chemistry, including organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours of courses in any combination of chemistry, physics, engineering, health physics, environmental health, biostatistics, biology, physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, or industrial hygiene;

OR, a Certification from the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (formerly American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH))

For 1320 Series:

Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree or higher in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics;

OR, a combination of education and experience with course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, 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:

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

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.

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.

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:

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.

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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.

Benefits

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Full time, Contract work, Part time, Interim role, Work at office, Local area, Immediate start, Remote work, Relocation, Relocation package

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