This specific position will be filled in Woods Hole, MA or Orono, ME and the initial certificate of eligibles will be issued for these locations. Additional duty locations are listed for future vacancies and/or vacancies that may be filled throughout the Department of Commerce. Please select locations for which you want to be considered.
As a Supervisory Research Fish Biologist, you will perform the following duties: Manage, design, and execute research projects and analyses for living marine resources in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Conduct independent research investigations and activities on the impact of environmental factors and specific human activities on fish populations, fisheries, and ecosystems. Serve as a senior subject matter expert on fisheries statistics and stock assessments processes.
Evaluate and analyze fishery and survey statistical data collection activities including but not limited to multivariate analyses, computer simulations, and artificial intelligence. Advise and support junior scientists and graduate students in conducting stock assessments, biological modeling, and related research projects. Articulate and direct assignments, projects, actionable events, milestones, deadlines, and timeframes for completion.
Provide national and international coordination for research support activities for the conservation and management of the Nation's living marine resources. POSITION REQUIREMENTS: This position requires the operation of a Federal motor vehicle. Incumbent will utilize federal motor vehicles for travel to meetings, conferences, etc.
Substitution of education for specialized experience is not applicable to this vacancy. College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S.
education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.
Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty. Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation.
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This position is with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
The posted pay range is $106437 – $192694/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-05.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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