UNOLS: Management of Marine Technical Support

国家科学基金会征集15-525号文件，征求各机构对联合国后勤服务处技术员队伍管理的建议。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中运营机构的全职技术人员提供。在支助需求大于现有人员时，该机构会临时雇用或借用(从另一家运营机构)更多的技术人员。相反，当一个机构的时间表较短时，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。国家安全部队与联合国后勤基地办事处的技术支助经理一起制定了一个程序，使船舶运营机构之间可以进行全职技术人员的交流，而不需要在各机构之间发送发票和付款。这一进程的下一步是建立全舰队技术员人才库，其中一部分远洋劳动力由非机构特有的合同人员组成，这些人员可根据需要加以利用。技术池的目标有两个：？为船队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。在预算水平或缩水的情况下，更有效地管理机队中的人力资源。NSF意识到，许多机构的人力资源政策使招聘临时/兼职员工变得困难。通过单一的联索办事处机构雇用非全职合同技术员将解决这一问题，并为机队中的运营商提供资源。2015年7月30日，一个由4名成员组成的小组召开会议，讨论提交给海洋技术服务计划的4项提案，以回应征集NSF 15-525。此次征集涉及到联合国最低限度海洋技术员队伍的管理。该计划建议将主办联合国最低限度海军陆战队技术员队伍的奖项授予德克萨斯农工大学。奖励应该是一份为期五年的合作协议。最初的预算以及全年的预算将在更好地了解船期后再进行谈判。因此，以下建议将被拒绝：1543749迈阿密大学斯克里普斯海洋研究所1542791华盛顿大学1543166德克萨斯农工大学将被推荐。

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.