Duties

As a Supervisory Marine Biologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Supervise, lead, and manage staff through guidance, motivation, mentoring, outreach, innovation, vision and example. Oversee Program operations, including setting management measures or providing management-relevant scientific information, establishing, research priorities, managing Program budgets, and developing staffing plans.
• Oversee implementation of work under relevant statutes including the Magnuson Stevens Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Action, Coral Reef Conservation Act, and other relevant laws.
• Serve on international, domestic, and agency delegations, committees and working groups to provide management advice and scientific information and to share related issues and results. Collaborate with a variety of communities, government representatives, tribal representatives, non-governmental organizations, academia, and the scientific community on fisheries management and protected species. Prepare and disseminate management relevant reports, information products, analytical tools, data visualization products and presentations.
• Carry out research projects specific to the priority requirements of the Program. Determine research methodologies, plan and conduct surveys, analyze and interpret data, and publish research findings. Such study may involve a variety of survey and study approaches, including incorporation of existing or emerging advanced technologies.

The following positions are currently open. This announcement will also be used to fill future vacancies with similar duties that arise within the next 4 months. If you are not selected for one of the immediate roles, your application will remain under consideration for upcoming opportunities.

West Coast Region
Locations: Long Beach, Sacramento, or Santa Rosa, CA; Seattle or Lacey, WA; Portland, OR

This position combines policy development, management, Endangered Species Act consultations, and Magnuson-Stevens Act implementation through leadership, fisheries biology expertise, and collaboration with key external partners and stakeholders. Responsibilities include supervising branch staff who support West Coast salmon fisheries in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as fisheries managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council.

The role provides direct support to the U.S. Commissioner and Delegation to the Pacific Salmon Commission and supervises the U.S. Pacific Salmon Commission Program staff. In addition, the role serves in a leadership capacity during policy and technical meetings related to U.S. v. Oregon and similar forums involving state and tribal co-managers. Other responsibilities include serving as a project officer for multiple contracts and coordinating with states and tribes on fishery management issues.

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Location: Honolulu, HI

Marine Mammal and Turtle Monitoring Program Leader
This position will serve as the Marine Mammal and Turtle Monitoring Program Leader within the Protected Species Division at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. This new program brings together field data collection, laboratory support, data management, monitoring, and recovery-related science activities for Hawaiian monk seals, sea turtles, and cetaceans across the Pacific Islands region. The Program Leader will:

Oversee a team executing remote field camps, ship-based surveys, and laboratory-based research, aligning data collection activities with marine mammal and sea turtle assessment and recovery needs required under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangered Species Act, and Magnuson-Stevens Act
Develop strong partnerships with other NOAA offices and other federal, state, and jurisdictional agencies and offices to facilitate the Division’s operations
Work across the division to identify and integrate advanced technologies into survey activities
Provide vision and oversight for modern and effective data management to deliver synthesized data products ready for advanced statistical and modeling approaches occurring within the division’s assessment programs

Coral Research Program Leader
This position will supervise, lead, and support staff within a research program focused on marine life, including nearshore and coral reef ecosystem assessments and conservation. Responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of research and long-term monitoring of the status and trends of marine insular communities and ecological processes of coral reef and nearshore ecosystems of the U.S. Pacific Islands including leading the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program in the Pacific Islands Region; to inform ecosystem-based management and conservation under relevant statutes, including the Coral Reef Conservation Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Research Program Leader
This position will supervise, lead, and support staff within a research program focused on improving understanding of how changing ocean conditions influence the distribution, productivity, and composition of marine communities in the open-ocean ecosystems of the U.S. Pacific Islands. Responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of oceanographic, marine ecological, and biogeochemical research, ecosystem modeling, and ocean observing that link physical and biogeochemical processes to the dynamics of pelagic fish, protected species, and their forage communities, including the development of short-term forecasts and long-term climate projections of ecosystem conditions; to inform ecosystem-based management and conservation under relevant statutes, including the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. This position will also lead the research program’s engagement with national and international fisheries management bodies on issues regarding ecosystem-based management and enhancing stock assessments.

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