Vacancy for a Fishery Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD. Job Announcement Number: NMFS-PR-2008-0019 SALARY RANGE: 58,206.00 - 90,698.00 USD per year SERIES & GRADE: ZP-0482-3/3 OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 to Wednesday, September 03, 2008 <>This position is in the Office of Protected Resources, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division. The incumbent will coordinate and lead all aspects of the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program in the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. The incumbent will be responsible for drafting notices of availability of funding opportunities, managing the technical and merit reviews overseeing approval of the grants, and monitoring activities of grantees. The incumbent will be the Lead NOAA Official for Managing the Prescott Program. S/He serves as an integral team member in the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, assisting and supporting team members with lead responsibilities for coordinating marine mammal responses, responding to marine mammal stranding events, developing research strategies and protocols, and working with the Working Group on Unusual Marine Mammal Mortality Events.<> To see the entire vacancy announcement, go to: http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/?WT.svl=navsearch Enter the Job Announcement Number in the first search field.