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Summary You will serve as a MARINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST in the OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT MCLANT of CDR SEALIFT LOGISTICS CMD ATLANTIC. Responsibilities You will be responsible for handling day-to-day activities as a staff duty officer as well as serve as the coordinator for contested environment training missions. You will work within the MSCLANT procedures in terms of ships movements and reporting requirements. You will work within the operations of MSCLANT, MSC command and control structure, naval message traffic. You will serve as the Heavy Weather Officer and coordinate heavy weather communications between Fleet Weather Center MSCLANT Staff and affected ships. You will be responsible for MSCLANT's planning and execution of major weather exercises such as HURREX. You will provide daily weather briefs and track AOR vessels to ensure any weather effecting MSC ships is communicated. You will ensure all necessary reports are created and staff is briefed on all meteorological disturbances potentially impacting the LANT AOR. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 with MSC organization, as well as its operational, tactical, and administrative relationships with Fleet Commanders, Mission Sponsors, USTRANSCOM and its component commanders, the maritime Administration and the Coast Guard. Experience supporting MSCLANT operations include review/draft message traffic; represent MSCLANT at fleet forces command, augment various MSCLANT departments as required by operations officer. Experience coordinating, planning and maintaining movement visibility of vessels utilized in accomplishing MSCLANT's mission. Experience operating computers in a local area network, using common office software applications including, but not limited to, word processing, spreadsheet, PowerPoint and database. Experience reviewing casualty reports and special incident reports in order to maintain or modify long and short-range schedules to meet emergent requirements or to mitigate operational impact of unplanned events. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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. Education In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. 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: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf 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 https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ 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.