You will serve as an OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST in the OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED WARFARE of IMMEDIATE OFC OF CHIEF OF NVL OPS.

Duties

You will serve as an expert consultant on analytic efforts and the valuation of Navy warfare programs and capabilities. You will support the prioritization and allocation of resources that will improve Navy's warfighting advantages and reduce warfighting risks. You will develop decision aid models through research analysis to present findings to senior leaders and stakeholders. You will evaluate analytic tools and their outputs to determine if changes to models or analytic techniques are required. You will serve as the liaison to stakeholders on analytic efforts and initiate, modify, and provide options for management analytical plans and systems.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate performing duties such as the following: 1) Applying professional knowledge of operations research to perform a variety of functions to support Navy Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development, across all phases of Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE); 2) Analyzing data and developing decision-aid tools to support prioritization of Navy's resources; 3) Constructing models as representations of the organization, process, systems, or operations under study; 4) Manipulating models by mathematical, statistical, computer, and other appropriate techniques; 5) Validating and appraising models as applied toward recommendations for strengthening or changing policy, processes, structure, or operations; and 6) Conducting research and assessments in order to make recommendations on the development of guidance or governance that align with current and future force planning and budgetary guidance. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual. Applicants must posses:

Degree: 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.

Contacts

• Address IMMEDIATE OFC OF CHIEF OF NVL OPS 2000 Navy Pentagon Washington, DC 20350 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]