International Fisheries

H & R Computer Consulting Services•Silver Spring, MD

13d•$70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

International Fisheries Client - NOAA H & R provides a broad range of technical services that emphasize high level architectural evaluation, design, and planning, information engineering and re-engineering, systems integration for multiple platforms and data sources, and management consulting services focused on better information for business decision making.

Responsibilities

Facilitate NOAA Fisheries review of Marine Scientific Research (MSR) applications (review, distribute to regions, process responses and submit to NOAA MSR Coordinator)
Coordinate efforts to address substantive policy issues with the MSR process to ensure foreign compliance with U.S. statutes and regulations
Maintain/update the NOAA Fisheries MSR 101 manual and internal web page
Develop/maintain external (public facing) websites for International Fisheries Science. Include information on active bilateral partnerships and annual updates to international activities map
Develop/maintain a NOAA Fisheries International internal website (Google site) containing information on NOAA Fisheries procedures, international travel resources, International Science and Fellowship RFPs and the NOAA Fisheries International engagements database
Facilitate reporting of international fisheries science engagements through the NOAA International Affairs Council (IAC) “Hot Items Report” and OST weekly reports
Coordinate International Fisheries Science with the broader NOAA International engagements:
Attend meetings and record meeting notes for monthly IAC meetings
Coordinate responses to IAC taskers with OST and NOAA Fisheries Science Centers
Support OST’s active bilateral partnerships with Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, and Norway
Provide staff support to fisheries leadership for bilateral meetings through the development of briefing materials, talking points and presentations
Support NOAA engagements with the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
Facilitate the conversation around NOAA Fisheries engagement in the United Nations (UN) Decade and how it will overlap/coincide with the ICES/PICES and other international fisheries UN Decade events
Help coordinate NOAA Fisheries engagements in the UN Decade
Coordinate and disseminate calls for proposals, as requested by OST leadership
NOAA Fisheries MSR 101 manual and internal web page are kept up-to-date on a daily basis, or as needed
International Fisheries Science websites are developed and updated as needed
NOAA Fisheries International internal website (Google site) is developed and updated as needed
Report on international fisheries science engagements on a weekly basis
Draft meeting minutes for monthly IAC meetings
Draft briefing materials, talking points and presentations on an as needed basis
Coordinate NOAA Fisheries development of agendas for bilateral meetings
Reports on bilateral and multilateral meetings that NOAA Fisheries attends