2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 From: "Murray, Thomas L" <tlmurray@xxxxxxxx> In the coming weeks, the USGS will begin advertising on USAJOBS ( www.usajobs.gov) to fill the position of Scientist-in-Charge of its Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Volcano observatory SIC positions in USGS are typically rotational with incumbents serving for 3-5 years and then moving back into a staff position. Tina Neal will be ending her 5-year assignment as HVO Scientist-in-Charge this spring. Though the next SIC will not necessarily have the excitement of the 2018 Kilauea eruption, it will still be a dynamic time to be at HVO with a new facility being built and a general upgrading of its scientific/monitoring capabilities in the aftermath of the 2018 eruption. HVO was founded in 1912 and remains one of the preeminent volcano observatories in the world. The next SIC will be setting the future path for HVO for the next several generations. USGS normally recruits to SIC positions from within USGS, but I have opted this time to also open recruitment to applicants from outside USGS. If selected, an outside applicant would become a USGS employee, serve the 3-5 years as SIC, and then rotate into a staff USGS position at HVO. Applicants must be US citizens. The primary charge of the HVO Scientist-in-Charge is to oversee and direct all volcano monitoring studies, hazards assessments, issuance of hazards warnings, emergency response planning and research on volcanologic phenomena and associated hazardous processes in Hawaii. He or she operates under the direct supervision of the Volcano Science Center Director who supervises all the USGS volcano observatory scientists-in-charge. Major duties of the position include: 1) Is delegated the responsibility to issue all warnings and notification of volcanic unrest and eruptive activity in Hawaii. 2) Serves as the chief USGS spokesperson on Hawaiian eruption information and potential volcano hazards posed by eruptive activity or volcano-seismic swarms and other forms of volcanic unrest that may or may not lead to an eruption. 3) Provides management oversight and scientific leadership for all work conducted by HVO personnel (including observatory partners) in support of the mission and objectives of the Volcano Hazards Program. 4) Directly supervises the observatoryâ??s USGS staff numbering 30-40 research and technical support personnel. 5) Develops the HVO annual USGS project proposal, objectives, and budget, working closely with scientific, technical, and administrative staff members as well as outside groups. 6) Directs an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional program of volcano monitoring, hazards recognition and assessment, hazards warnings, and volcanological research that draws upon disciplines as diverse as geology, hydrology, geodesy, seismology, geophysics (non-seismic), geochemistry (of volcanic rocks, thermal waters, volcanic gases), petrology, geomorphology, meteorology, and satellite remote sensing to investigate eruptive processes and products, and their attendant hazards. 7) As a member of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program Council, plays a pivotal role in developing and coordinating short and long-term scientific goals and project strategy of the observatory including USGS and non-USGS partners. 8) Demands of supervisory and managerial duties permitting, conducts research on his/her specialization within geology, geophysics, geochemistry, volcanology, hydrology, or related geosciences that bear on the monitoring and mitigation of volcanic hazards. If interested in the position, I encourage you to engage your USGS volcano colleagues at AGU about the opportunity, or email me. 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 ============================================================== Volcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). ASU - http://www.asu.edu/ PSU - http://pdx.edu/ GVP - http://www.volcano.si.edu/ IAVCEI - https://www.iavceivolcano.org/ To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxx. To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxx. Please do not send attachments. ============================================================== ------------------------------
