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Director Office of Coastal Management
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Posted 60 days ago
Hybrid Silver Spring, MD $152K – $228K Apply by Aug 17, 2026 Program Management ENTJESTJINTJISTJ Operations
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The position is located within the National Ocean Service (NOS) whose mission is to provide science-based solutions through collaborative partnerships to address evolving economic, environmental, and social pressures on our Great Lakes, ocean, and coasts, supporting the broader strategic goals of the Department and NOAA. The position reports directly to the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
What You'll Do
- →The Director contributes to national strategies for achieving biological, cultural and economic sustainability by providing information tools and training necessary to assess, predict, and improve the management of and health of the Nation's coastal natural and human ecosystems.
- →The Director takes into consideration a wide range of interests including development, recreation, and transportation needs, to preserving habitats and water quality, to providing for future sustainable development and community resiliency. 1.
- →Responsible for all office activities ranging from developing new tools for coastal resources management, regional monitoring demonstrations, and multi-disciplinary measurement technologies, to coastal management strategy assessments and ecosystem health data and information management. 2.
- →Serves as the connection between the activities of the Office and the users of its products and directs the development of problem-based partnerships to explore and define coastal issues, leverage external community capabilities and assets, and establish realistic objectives. 3.
- →Sets priorities, brings all of the Office's scientific, management, and technical resources to bear on priority problems, and makes policy and programmatic decisions that affect all regions of the Nation. 4.
- →Provides a programmatic and philosophical framework for the Office and creates partnerships with Federal, state and local government and non-government organizations to implement a viable program. 5.
- →Creates a balance among the Office staff and the NOAA programs that utilize the Office, to ensure effective cross-NOAA cooperation and collaboration, and to foster and transfer widely applicable lessons learned and work results. 6.
- →Directs the administration of the provisions of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended; the Coral Reef Conservation Act; the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act. 7.
- →Facilitates a broad range of management assistance, through state fellowship programs; policy guidance, specialized training assessment, design, and delivery, and professional meeting planning and logistics needs assessments, evaluations, and customer surveys; and communication and understanding through trade publications and other means. 8.
- →Leads and partners in collaborative approaches to frame issues, build capacity, and exchange lessons learned domestically and abroad to design and implement effective tools and approaches for coastal decision making. 9.
- →Ensures compliance with Federal Geographic Data Committee standards and metadata requirements, and with enhanced access to coastal products, data, publications, tools, and information via the internet. 11.
- →Analyzes and interprets satellite, aircraft, and aqueous-derived imagery and creates timeseries data sets and catalogues of natural and built systems delineating baseline conditions and coastal, estuarine, ocean, and Great Lakes change trends. 12.
- →Enables management of coastal and ocean resources and uses through strengthening governance and investments in the development and implementation of comprehensive policies, rules, and plans. 13.
- →Directs the development, implementation, evaluation, and funding of state Coastal Zone Management programs, National Estuarine Research Reserves, and related activities under the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Coral Reef Conservation Program. 14.
Requirements
- ✓Conditions of Employment Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Senior Executive Service employees are subject to a one year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- ✓If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
- ✓May be subject to pre-employment and random drug tests.
- ✓File a Public Financial Disclosure Report OGE-278e within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
- ✓You may be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty.
- ✓Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- ✓This position requires a Secret security clearance.
- ✓There are three key documents that contain important information about your rights and obligations.
- ✓This position does not have a positive education requirement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 34a6f8c3-9720-4819-8499-f6816c475cb7
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