SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY

SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Salary Range: $125776 - $163514 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as a SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY in the FLEET NUMERICAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER (FNMOC) of FLT NUMER OCEANGPHY METEO CTR.

Major Duties:

• You will serve as a senior technical advisor and consultant in the areas of meteorology, physical oceanography, or other specialized physical science fields relevant to FNMOC’s mission.
• You will exercise direct technical and administrative oversight for environmental models that directly impact worldwide U.S. Navy Under Sea, Electromagnetic Maneuver, Mine, Sub-Sea, Amphibious, and Special Warfare operations.
• You will provide authoritative advice to other agency scientists and high-level officials, overseeing investigations that may require the development of new techniques.
• You will serve as the first-level supervisor of the Modeling and Forecasting Deputy Department Head and second-level supervisor of all departmental division heads.
• You will prepare the Department budget and ensure the most cost-effective expenditures of the budget.
• You will plan, organize, supervise, and direct the work to be accomplished by subordinates, set priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work, assign work to subordinates based on priorities.
• You will identify developmental and training needs of employees and make provisions for such development and training, which may include consulting with specialists.
• You will inform Position Management Board of anticipated vacancies, increase in workload, or other circumstances requiring replacement or additional staff.
• You will prepare recruitment package paperwork, including job analyses, crediting plans, interview questions, assemble recruitment panels, and recommend and select candidates for positions in the Department.
• You will advise the Technical Director and Executive Officer of problems involving how the Department’s work impacts other programs.

Qualifications: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, to qualify for a GS-14, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 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 demonstrating knowledge of physical science with emphasis in oceanography, ionosphere or meteorology in order to define, initiate, and provide guidance for major projects in these fields and demonstrate expert understanding in order to review work produced for technical soundness and conformance to accepted standards of content and format. Experience overseeing improvements to numerical environmental forecast guidance and to the performance of tactical decision aids for one or more major product areas. Experience displaying knowledge of a wide variety of data processing software, procedures for data validation, and physical science, oceanography, ionosphere, and meteorology work processes and terminology. Experience applying knowledge of policies and practices of supervision and personnel management to motivate, train and work effectively with subordinates, accomplish assigned tasks within set limits of time and cost, plan own work and carry out assignments effectively, understand and further management goals as they affect day-to-day work operations, and develop improvements in or design new work methods and procedures. Experience utilizing management skills such as leadership, interpersonal skills, customer service, decision-making, flexibility, organizational awareness, team building, problem solving and performance evaluation sufficient to ensure the effective working of a team; professional training in project management practices sufficient to ensure successful completion of all stages of a project, including initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing the project. Experience enforcing Federal procurement rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Experience communicating effectively, both orally and in writing. 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/general-physical-science-series-1301/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/meteorology-series-1340/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/oceanography-series-1360/ 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.

How to Apply: Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 05/11/2026. Applications received after 05/11/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. NOTE: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://mydon.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriately. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-11