This position is located in Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Human Resources (CG-1), HR Strategy & Capabilities Development Office (CG-1B), Strategic Workforce Planning and HR Analytics (CG-1B2), Washington, DC

Duties

You will serve as project manager for research projects involving the disciplines of management science and operations research applied to workforce planning and is responsible for initiating, developing, and using computer programs and analytic methods that evaluate alternative solutions to workforce management problems as it provides a workforce that meets current and projected requirements.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position requires a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

A. Basic Requirements: Bachelor's degree or higher in operations research; OR at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. B. Combination of education and experience--courses as shown in A above, PLUS appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a range of professional operations research analysis work such as conducting studies and investigations of systems and their relationships involving scientific, statistical, mathematical, and/or economic analysis using mathematical models to develop and assess methods or solve problems. In addition to the basic qualification requirements, candidates must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal service. For GS-14: applicants must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level.  Examples of specialized experience may include:  developing, overseeing, applying and reviewing the models and analyses as forecasting and trend analysis tools; using extensive operations research skills and knowledge advising or assisting other OR analysts to develop models/analyses to respond to specific workforce issues; regularly evaluating workforce trends and identifying potential problems or issues that should be presented to senior management; making recommendations for actions, which would solve specific problems while outlining impacts of benefits and cost to the workforce and maintaining and developing a system of long and short-term workforce planning mathematical models as tools in managing the flow of the enlisted workforce. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7120 Washington, District of Columbia 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]