UNOLS: Management of Marine Technical Support

国家科学基金会征求意见15-525要求各机构就联合国后勤处技术员人才库的管理提出建议。美国国家科学基金会的海洋科学技术服务计划（OCE）为各种海洋学研究项目在海上和岸边的支持活动提供资金。这种支持通常由学术舰队运营机构的全职技术人员提供。在支助需求大于现有人员的时期，该机构临时雇用或（从另一个业务机构）借调额外的技术人员。相反，如果一个机构的时间安排不佳，技术支助人员的规模不会调整，技术人员可能得不到充分利用。国家安全基金与联合国后勤支助办事处技术支助管理员一道，制定了一个程序，使船舶营运机构之间可以交换全职技术人员，而无需在机构之间发送发票和付款。这一进程的下一个步骤是建立一个全船队的技术员库，其中一部分海上工作人员由非特定机构的合同人员组成，视需要使用。技术人才库的目标有两个方面：为船队中的技术支持经理提供更大的灵活性，以实现岸上和海上的最佳人员配置水平。为了更有效地管理车队的人力资源，面对水平或收缩的预算。NSF意识到，许多机构的人力资源政策，使其难以雇用临时/兼职员工。通过联合国后勤支助处的一个单一机构雇用非全时合同技术员将解决这一问题，并为车队运营商提供资源。2015年7月30日，一个由4名成员组成的小组召开会议，讨论提交给海洋学技术服务计划的4项提案，以响应NSF 15-525招标。该招标涉及联合国后勤处海洋技术员人才库的管理，该方案建议将联合国后勤处技术员人才库的主办权授予得克萨斯农工大学。该奖项应该是一个为期五年的合作协议。最初的预算，以及全年的预算，将在稍后的时间进行谈判时，一个更好的想法船舶时刻表是已知的。因此，以下建议将被拒绝：1543749迈阿密大学1543442斯克里普斯海洋研究所1542791华盛顿大学。1543166得克萨斯州A M大学将被推荐。

NSF Solicitation 15-525 requested proposals from institutions for the Management of the UNOLS Technician Pool. The Technical Services Program in Ocean Sciences (OCE) at NSF provides funding for support activities both at sea and shore-side for a variety of oceanographic research projects. This support is generally provided by the staff of full time technicians at the operating institutions in the Academic Fleet. During periods when the support demands are greater than the available personnel, the institution hires or borrows (from another operating institution) additional technicians on an ad hoc basis. Conversely, when an institution has a weak schedule, the size of the technical support staff does not adjust and technicians may be underutilized. The NSF, in conjunction with the Technical Support Manager at the UNOLS office, has instituted a process whereby the exchange of full-time technicians between Ship Operating Institutions can occur without the burden of sending invoices and payment between institutions. The next step in this process is the establishment of a fleet-wide Technician Pool where a portion of the sea-going workforce is comprised of non-institution-specific, contract personnel that are utilized as needed. The goals of the Tech Pool are two-fold:? To provide the Technical Support Managers in the fleet more flexibility in achieving the optimal staffing levels, both ashore and at sea.? To more efficiently manage the personnel resources in the fleet in the face of level or shrinking budgets.NSF is aware that many institutions have HR policies that make it difficult to hire temporary/part time employees. The hiring of non-full-time, contract technicians through a single UNOLS institution would address this issue and provide a resource for operators in the fleet. A 4-member panel convened on July 30, 2015 to discuss 4 proposals submitted to the Oceanographic Technical Services Program in response to Solicitation NSF 15-525. The solicitation involved the management of the UNOLS Marine Technician Pool.The Program recommends that the award for the hosting of the UNOLS Technician Pool be given to Texas A&M University. The award should be a five-year cooperative agreement. The initial budget, as well as the out year budgets, will be negotiated at a later time when a better idea of the ship schedules are known.The following proposals will therefore be declined:1543749 University of Miami1543442 Scripps Institution of Oceanography1542791 University of Washington.1543166 Texas A&M University will be recommended.