What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? Salary: $132,368 (Step 01) to $172,075 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.

Duties

As an Operations Research Analyst within the National Land Imaging Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

Requirements

Qualifications

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Statistician, all grade levels. A. Degree: 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. For GS-14: In addition to the basic education requirement stated above, applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-14 level: One year of appropriate professional experience that is in or directly related to the duties of the position to be filled is qualifying if it is equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service, and if it equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of such experience may include: organize studies and assist in modeling complex problems and processes involving numerous variables, interactions, dependencies, and relationships to carry out reviews, analyses, management studies, and policy analyses; applying the methods and techniques of data reduction and descriptive statistics, including the appropriate use of measures of central tendency and dispersion; regression and curve fitting; frequency distributions; and statistical graphics (such as scatter diagrams, line graphs, and histograms) in order to report and forecast product costs and sales, to document management studies, and to provide technical support effectively present and defend recommendations to all levels of the organization on methods by which programs can streamline activities, contain costs, and optimize operations. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

• 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.
• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs .

Contacts

• Address NATIONAL LAND IMAGING 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Mail Stop 600 Reston, VA 20192 US
• Name: Kathy Falino
• Phone: 703-648-7408
• Email: [email protected]