USACE's Institute for Water Resources (IWR), Water Resources Center (WRC) is seeking a permanent Interdisciplinary position to serve as the Institutes’ subject matter expert associated with climate sciences, resilience and adaptation. USACE requires a Chief Climate Scientist to serve as the agency’s principal expert on the state of climate science, including which aspects of that field are ready to move from the domain of research into piloting and ultimately mainstreaming into USACE missions. This expert will also advise both senior leadership and project teams on technical aspects of climate science, identify and address knowledge gaps and other research needs, and interface with key academic, interagency, and international partners.
This position will be filled on a permanent basis, is open to all US Citizens, and may be filled at either the GS-14 or target GS-15 grade level. The duties described reflect the full performance GS15 level. PCS is authorized and the position is located in Alexandria with option to negotiate other duty location upon selection. The position closes on 15 June 2023.
Duties
- Serve as a national technical and subject matter expert to provide broad guidance regarding climate science and climate resilience and adaptation to the Institute for Water Research programs and assigned Communities of Practice (CoPs).
- Provide technical advice in a highly specialized field to senior subject matter experts and agency officials both within and external to USACE.
- Identify scientific research needs and existing science relevant to organizational missions and programs to support operational objectives.
- Utilize complex scientific research to develop, extract, and interpret findings from structured and unstructured data sets, analysis, government reports, peer reviewed research and other sources.
- Develop operating plans and justifications for personnel, funds, and allocation adjustments to accomplish program missions.
- Utilize professional knowledge of climate science and resilience to construct new processes for modeling, interpreting, and reporting quantitative and/or qualitative information, trends, relationships, and correlations among or within data sets.
- Author technical studies or peer reviewed papers to support climate science and resilience techniques.
- Advise unit and organizational management on complex, controversial, and/or significant issues involving assigned technical and scientific subjects often resulting in agency guidance, procedures, or policy recommendations.
- Lead organization in the development and application of actionable science and practices related to climate, extreme weather, resilience, and adaptation engineering.
- Collaborate with other Department of Defense units, other federal agencies, local governments, and other relevant organizations to develop and advance guidance, recommendations, and scientific findings.
- Maintain productive relationships within agency at all levels and with external governmental and non-governmental organizations to advise, stimulate mutual exchange, and promote agency priorities.
- Utilize professional knowledge of climate science and resilience to construct new processes for modeling, interpreting, and reporting quantitative and/or qualitative information, trends, relationships, and correlations among or within data sets.
- Manage program projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs and work to align with organizational goals.
- Develop operating plans and justifications for projects, including team leadership, personnel, funds, and allocation adjustments to accomplish program missions.
- Coordinating work on contracts or performed via interagency agreement to accomplish program objectives.
Announcement closes on 15 June 2023.
Position announcement 24RA232821887949D is available at https://www.usajobs.gov/job/728262800
Questions should be addressed to Warren Hill, [email protected] or (703) 428-9091.