Bodily Scientist — Penn State Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

You need to meet each the Primary Requirement and the Specialised Expertise to qualify for this collection as described under.

BASIC REQUIREMENT
A. Diploma: bodily science, engineering, or arithmetic that included 24 semester hours in bodily science and/or associated engineering science equivalent to mechanics, dynamics, properties of supplies, and electronics.

OR

B. Mixture of schooling and expertise: schooling equal to one of many majors proven in A above that included not less than 24 semester hours in bodily science and/or associated engineering science, plus acceptable expertise or further schooling.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
The specialised expertise listed are the minimal necessities for the collection, every explicit emptiness could have further expertise vital to satisfy the relevant grade degree.

A certified candidate’s on-line software and resume should display not less than one yr of specialised expertise equal to the following decrease grade degree within the Federal service. Specialised expertise for these positions are outlined as:

GS-11: You need to have one yr of expertise at a degree of issue and duty equal to the GS-09 grade degree within the Federal service. Expertise contains conducting web site investigations and surveys to find out compliance necessities; taking part in coverage and steerage growth to allow organizational implementation of coverage or program initiatives; helping in making ready technical experiences, normal working procedures, correspondence, and native steerage paperwork to realize and assist compliance with Federal and native pointers; and offering analysis and science assist info for program coverage or program administration.

OR

Three years of progressively larger degree graduate schooling resulting in a Ph.D. diploma, or Ph.D., or equal doctoral diploma; your schooling should display the information, abilities, and skills essential to do the work.

OR

Mixture of schooling and expertise as described above. Lower than one yr of specialised expertise could also be mixed with graduate schooling in extra of the quantity required for the following decrease grade degree (i.e., credit score hours past the primary two years of full-time examine could also be credited).

GS-12: You need to have one yr of expertise at a degree of issue and duty equal to the GS-11 grade degree within the Federal service. Expertise contains speaking progress, standing, and approval in an effort to evolve environment friendly and technically ample responses; offering help within the planning, coordination, implementation, and analysis of analysis packages; analyzing laws to resolve environmental compliance points throughout venture execution; main a analysis group and/or venture; and/or helping with monitoring program implementation and making suggestions on the allocation of sources.

NOTE: There isn’t a substitution of schooling for specialised expertise on the GS-12 degree.

GS-13: You need to have one yr of expertise at a degree of issue and duty equal to the GS-12 grade degree within the Federal service. Expertise contains speaking progress, standing, and approval in an effort to evolve environment friendly and technically ample responses; making ready experiences to suggest options to compliance points; performing consulting or different skilled, scientific, technical, administrative, fiscal, or different specialised work; and/or performing administration planning duties equivalent to idea growth, grasp integration planning, and programming design for packages or initiatives, considering feasibility, prices, and economics.

NOTE: There isn’t a substitution of schooling for specialised expertise on the GS-13 degree.

GS-14: You need to have one yr of expertise at a degree of issue and duty equal to the GS-13 grade degree within the Federal service. Expertise contains performing consulting or different skilled, scientific, technical, administrative, fiscal, or different specialised work; reviewing and evaluating program priorities and conduct periodic scientific critiques to guage facility efficiency; making ready, justifying, and supporting the parts of the finances regarding this system; and/or analyzing laws to resolve compliance points throughout venture execution.

NOTE: There isn’t a substitution of schooling for specialised expertise on the GS-14 degree.

GS-15: You need to have one yr of expertise at a degree of issue and duty equal to the GS-14 grade degree within the Federal service. Expertise contains evaluating the impact of technical developments on basic insurance policies, aims and targets; growing new ideas, plan, and consider long-range packages and initiatives; planning and executing specialised packages on scientific, technical, administrative, and monetary issues; and/or growing and managing funding for scientific analysis packages, figuring out funding ranges, and recommending proposal, denials and program determinations for assigned packages.

NOTE: There isn’t a substitution of schooling for specialised expertise on the GS-15 degree.

“Expertise” refers to paid and unpaid expertise. Examples of qualifying unpaid expertise could embrace: volunteer work carried out via Nationwide Service packages (equivalent to Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); in addition to work for different community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps construct vital competencies, information, and abilities; and may present helpful coaching and expertise that interprets on to paid employment. You’ll obtain credit score for all qualifying expertise, together with volunteer expertise.

Profitable candidates will possess the next competencies (information, abilities, skills and different traits):

• Consideration to Element
• Drawback Fixing
• Reasoning
• Technical Competence

You need to meet all {qualifications} and eligibility necessities on the time the purposes are reviewed.