Dear MARMAM Subscribers -- Following is "Heads Up" Alert regarding a job announcement that will be posting very soon for the Division Chief of the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division at the NOAA/NMFS Office of Protected Resources in Silver Spring, MD.  Please follow the links for additional information and please direct any inquiries you have to the Agency Contact Personnel who will be listed in the actual job announcement.

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The NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources (http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/)  will soon be advertising for a Division Chief (Pay Band V or GS-15 equivalent) for the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, the position recently vacated by David Cottingham.  This division implements the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.

We are seeking a broad range of qualified applicants and, therefore, are providing prior notice about this impending job announcement.  We anticipate that the job will post on USAJobs (http://www.usajobs.gov/) late in the week of February 21, 2011.  Due to new requirements from the Office of Personnel Management, the open period for this position will be relatively short.  In addition, all responses to the Occupational Questionnaire contained in the announcement must be well supported by the applicant's resume.  Another notice will be posted to this list serve when the job has been posted on USAJobs.

Only U.S. Citizens are eligible to apply for this position.
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Please do not respond to this MARMAM posting and please direct any inquiries you have to the Agency Contact Personnel who will be listed in the actual job announcement.