Total 24 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida

• You will maintain programs for the Human Resources Office (HRO) in support of automated systems for the Laboratory and HRO.
• You will assist HRO and other NRL users with the operation of Defense Civilian Personnel Data Systems (DCPDS), MyBiz, eOPf, and other systems.
• You will analyze and provide recommendations for reductions, consolidation or removal of reports no longer used.
• You will meet with customers to assess their needs and make recommendations to meet the needs of the HRO users.
• You will assist in the review and preparation of the Commercial Activities (CA) Annual Inventory Tasker/Narrative Report.
• You will be responsible for all account management for the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS).
• You will provide guidance and assist users of DCPDS for the preparation of request for personnel actions.

• You will provide administrative and technical support.
• You will organize and maintain electronic filing systems for directives, regulations, manuals, and general administrative materials.
• You will prepare a variety of documents using office automation systems such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• You will ensure correspondence/parcels are mailed using the appropriate methods and all time-sensitive materials are tracked and delivered within the required timeframe.
• You will prepare monthly reconciliations and documents for quarterly audits.
• You will arrange meetings, trainings and events.
• You will be responsible for all procurement actions within the office.
• You will process requests and arrange for sign language interpreting services for employees.
• You will maintain program records and statistics, prepare reports and maintain databases.
• You will conduct EEO complaint in-take and may perform EEO counseling duties.

• Performs a broad range of operations research analyses and modeling projects related to the unique environment of influence operations, actions and activities through innovative use of techniques and practices, and discovery of sophisticated modeling approaches, incorporating as appropriate new and promising technologies.
• Exercises full technical responsibility and authority for Information Operations Division influence operations analysis, project development, and implementation of assessments.
• Represents USCENTCOM as the senior Assessments Subject Matter Expert (SME), establishing, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with higher headquarters and external organizations.
• Plans, organizes and provides technical direction to specified assessment personnel/social scientists.

Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately April- December and will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.

Major duties of the position include are but are not limited to:

• Carries out sea turtle nesting surveys, distinguishes nests from false crawls, monitors nests, and performs post-hatching evaluations.
• Carries out nesting shorebird surveys, identifies nesting behavior, and monitors chicks through to fledging.
• Implements invasive plant management activities parkwide.
• Conducts natural resource interpretive programs to the general public and school groups.

Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately April- December and will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.

Major duties of the position include are but are not limited to:

• Carries out sea turtle nesting surveys, distinguishes nests from false crawls, monitors nests, and performs post-hatching evaluations.
• Carries out nesting shorebird surveys, identifies nesting behavior, and monitors chicks through to fledging.
• Implements invasive plant management activities parkwide.
• Conducts natural resource interpretive programs to the general public and school groups.

• You will supervise the employees within the Office of Program Administration and Policy Development responsible for management and execution involving key lab-wide functional areas.
• You will perform a broad range of tasks intended to improve the management of NRL's programs and their coordination with those managed by other organizations.
• You will be considered an expert in monitoring, researching, de-conflicting information, and providing background information on complex technical and policy matters that come under the purview of the DOR.
• You will represent NRL, on ONR, Navy, tri-Service and/or DoD-wide coordination matters.
• You will provide managerial, technical, and administrative support to the Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and the Director of Research.

• Obtains, compiles, and summarizes financial data from various paper and system-based sources to assist in funds control services.
• Verifies allocated funds, expenditures, and available balances.
• Uses financial systems to enter, track, retrieve and review data, such as payments and accruals, obligations, and similar data.
• Provides information about the status of actions or responds to other inquiries by referring to readily available information.

• Obtains, compiles, and summarizes financial data from various paper and system-based sources to assist in funds control services.
• Verifies allocated funds, expenditures, and available balances.
• Uses financial systems to enter, track, retrieve and review data, such as payments and accruals, obligations, and similar data.
• Provides information about the status of actions or responds to other inquiries by referring to readily available information.

• You will prepare CAD and drawings as required to facilitate accomplishment of work by a contractor and shop personnel.
• You will assist the shop and engineering personnel or other NRL Divisions where his/her experience and knowledge can be utilized relating to A/C equipment.
• You will prepare detailed cost estimates for submission to the management Command in connection with projects requiring special authorization and allotment of funds by the Command.
• You will estimate total man-time requirements and details labor costs by shop using engineered performance standards, means estimating, historical data, and by the application of knowledge acquired of a tradesman.
• You will develop a variety of complex work for shop trades such as carpentry, air conditioning, piping, and electrical and for NRL Supply contract actions.

• Collects biological and vegetation specimens and samples. Is responsible for the accumulation, coding, transcription, and processing of information; edits and corrects records; and provides quality control of automatic data processing entries.
• Tabulates results and prepares graphs and charts according to instructions. Assists in the design of new plant projects.
• Lays out experimental plots by taking measurements and marking corners and boundaries.
• Uses botanical key to identify plants encountered during field trips or surveys of forest areas.
• Compiles and summarizes the vegetation types obtained from aerial and ground surveys including forest health monitoring, biological evaluations, and pilot tests conducted as part of the project.
• Participates and conducts a variety of field studies of native and non-native botanical species and their habitats. Collects data for use in habitat and species condition analyses.
• Collects survey/inventory data to determine species identity, population characteristics, environmental conditions, and factors affecting the vigor/extent of the species and their habitat. Keeps records of all data and produces maps of survey areas.
• Lays out monitoring plots by taking measurements and marking corners and boundaries.
• Compiles and summarizes the data obtained from surveys, inventories, biological evaluations, and monitoring. Uses computer systems and associated software for recording, organizing, storing, and analyzing data.
• Performs native plant, pollinators, and phenology surveys.
• Carries out pollinator habitat enhancement, tends restoration gardens and other ecological restoration duties such as planting, seed collection and cleaning, weeding, irrigation of past plantings, or native plant nursery work.
• Performs the full range of standard technical assignments consisting of a variety of tasks involving invasive non-native plant treatment, management, inventory, and monitoring.
• Assignments involve the performance of a series of basic related technical tasks, which must be completed according to a predetermined and established routine.
• May also perform a variety of nonstandard tasks related to invasive non-native plant treatment, management, inventory, and monitoring.
• Identifies invasive non-native plants using various field guides or botanical keys, surveys for target plants, collects and assesses data on infestation location and status, and treats invasive plant infestations.
• Treatments primarily involve using herbicides, but may also be accomplished by hand-pulling, or using hand tools, power tools, mowers, and other standard control methods.
• Collects and records data related to infestation location and status. Responsible for ensuring that data related to invasive non-native plant treatments is recorded accurately and legibly, and according to specific protocols.
• Performs highly physical labor and daily hiking often to remote locations in rugged terrain under possible adverse weather conditions.
• Uses global positioning systems, aerial photographs, topographic maps, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or compass in navigation. A portion of time may be dedicated to data entry and other duties in a laboratory or office setting.
• Applies herbicides using backpack sprayers or other equipment on a regular basis according to specific guidelines. Performs basic mathematical calculations related to herbicide mixing and applications.

• Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Responsible for programmatic, technical, and organizational integration within the NESC in conjunction with major Agency programs. Incumbent will integrate essential NESC activities and facilitate communication among and within NESC assessments.
• Provides technical integration for assigned programs and missions, specifically Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD); Commercial Crew Program (CCP).
• Leads NESC involvement with SOMD related NESC assessments and ensures communication of program-related activities through program boards and panels, NESC Review Boards, and other technical meetings.
• Partners with the local NESC Chief Engineer in providing a focal point between SOMD Programs and the NESC.
• Coordinates, leads, and reviews independent systems engineering reviews and analysis of NASA programs, projects, and activities
• Serves as a senior consultant on the most challenging problems in aerospace and aeronautical engineering to an agency having responsibility for an engineering program of national or international scope and impact.
• Performs internal NIO systems engineering tasks including preparation of NESC submissions of assessment lessons learned to the Lessons Learned Information System, preparing NESC response to critical flight readiness and safety mission reviews.
• Develops, analyzes, and evaluates long-range plans for the NIO. Develops and implements policies improving internal operations of the NESC.
• Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

• You will be responsible for providing consultation for a wide range of human performance (HP), human performance improvement (HPI), human systems integration (HSI), education, and training policies.
• You will conduct analyses to identify or validate training requirements, using the systems approach to training.
• You will advise and consult Project Managers for training system/device acquisition or modification on matters related to the interpretation of complex training requirements.
• You will conduct effectiveness evaluations to validate training resources utilization, provide cost and training effectiveness recommendations to meet new training requirements, correct deficiencies, and improve effectiveness.

• Develop cost-effective methods for controlling foodborne pathogens associated with poultry and livestock.
• Provide new information necessary to rationally design strategies to increase resistance against foodborne pathogen colonization in food producing animals.
• Enhance the safety of food supplies derived from commercially reared animals.
• Generate critical transcriptomic and kinomic data on host-pathogen interactions of Salmonella and other foodborne pathogens.
• Elucidate effective immunometabolic molecular targets for intervention in the host-pathogen network that can be exploited by commercially viable intervention strategies, techniques, and technologies.
• Characterize and define in-feed/water interventions to ameliorate foodborne infections.
• Determine molecular immunometabolic biomarkers of foodborne pathogen colonization in host animals and virulence factors in foodborne pathogens to aid in detection and intervention efforts.

• You will perform data analysis to support planning, contracting, program management, financial, etc.
• You will provide input to develop models for forecasting, ship allowancing, safety level, BP28 material, etc.
• You will perform research and development work to evaluate the performance of the supply system, detect weaknesses, and propose remedial solutions.
• You will assist with the development of decision support software, services, or products for other Departments and oversee all aspects of their implementation.

• You will serve as the technical lead in identifying and developing new research directions in remote sensing of importance to the Navy, DoD and other government and international partners.
• You will develop cross-organizational teams to address the research problems, and identify and secure funding from sponsors for this research.
• You will conduct and lead innovative research advancing remote sensing strategies and techniques to leverage existing government and commercial systems critical to future naval power.
• You will extend current capabilities through development of advanced signal processing techniques for emerging and future remote sensing system strategies and capabilities.