This position is located in the Department of Labor's (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), an independent office located in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP). CEO conducts program evaluations and other rigorous research on behalf of DOL agencies. Learn more about CEO at dol.gov/evaluation. This position is outside the bargaining unit. Additional selections may be made using this announcement. Relocation/PCS are not authorized.

Duties

-Duties include managing complex, rigorous program evaluation projects from the statement of work phase through award, including: developing the evaluation design, coordinating contractor deliverables, DOL agency involvement and deliverables to the contractor, review of materials and project plans, and convening and coordinating technical working groups, including consolidating their technical and methodological recommendations in consultation with other CEO staff members, the Deputy Director and the Chief Evaluation Officer. -Working with the Chief Evaluation Officer and the Deputy Director to implement policies and decisions on designing program evaluations and measuring the effectiveness of programs and actions of the Department of Labor using rigorous statistical and econometric research methods, including in program areas like workforce development, job training, and worker protection areas like safety and health, civil rights, wages and hours, and pension and health care. -Must be aware of the Department and its mission, and the various constituents and stakeholders the Department serves but the incumbent will be unbiased in evaluating programs of the Department and, therefore, above political considerations when determining the effectiveness of a program, a contractor, or the location of a program. The incumbent should understand the need and have the ability to design rigorous and cost-effective evaluations. -Independently developing Statements of Work (SOWs) and budget proposals for long-term and short-term evaluations that reflect the design and philosophy of the Department-wide program of conducting rigorous, independent program evaluations. -Leading an active program of communication and networking with labor research organizations and professionals in government, the academic/non-profit sectors, labor and business organizations, and others to ensure that the Department is aware of the universe of relevant evaluation findings and activities and to elicit the advice of these groups in developing approaches to evaluation and a department-wide program of labor evaluation. -Reviewing complex evaluation proposals, plans, and projects initiated by the Chief Evaluation Office and DOL agencies to ensure that projects are consistent with departmental goals and appropriate standards of empirical rigor.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC, PLEASE USE THIS FORMAT MM/DD/YYYY WHEN DATING YOUR EXPERIENCE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE, DATES OF EMPLOYMENT OR SALARY. GS-14: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-13 in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience, at this level, consists of independently planning, managing, and directing complex and rigorous statistical research and program evaluation activities. -For example, this could include independently developing requests for proposals or funding opportunity announcements that outline requirements for mixed-methods and randomized evaluation research to understand the causal link between a federally-funded grant program and worker employment and wage outcomes across multiple states. - For example: It could also include independently managing contractor-led or directly implementing federal, state or local program evaluations, using rigorous econometric and statistical methods. For example, applicants must understand the need and have the ability to design rigorous and cost-effective evaluations, particularly experimental designs using random assignment and non-experimental designs using multivariate statistical. AND Applicants must demonstrate expertise and training in a range of rigorous program evaluation methodologies and related capabilities. -For example: experimental randomized control trials, quasi-experimental methods such as difference in difference or propensity score matching; survey methods such as instrument design and testing and statistical approaches to sampling; rigorous qualitative methods such as semi-structured interviewing techniques, participatory evaluation approaches and anthropological observational study; and/or other inferential statistical analysis techniques and experience using one or more of the major statistical software packages (e.g., SPSS, SAS, STATA, R). -For example, the application should also demonstrate experience related to evaluating, using rigorous methods, labor, health, social support or education-related programs, such as those funded or implemented by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration or Department of Labor worker protection and enforcement agencies. GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience, at this level, consists of planning and managing, with some supervisory support, complex and rigorous statistical research and program evaluation activities. -For example, this could include developing requests for proposals or funding opportunity announcements that outline requirements for mixed-methods and randomized evaluation research to understand the causal link between a federally-funded grant program and worker employment and wage outcomes across multiple states. It could also include managing contractor-led or directly implementing federal, state or local program evaluations, using rigorous econometric and statistical methods. -For example, applicants must understand the need and have the ability to design rigorous and cost-effective evaluations, particularly experimental designs using random assignment and non-experimental designs using multivariate statistical. AND: Applicants must demonstrate expertise and training in a range of rigorous program evaluation methodologies and related capabilities. -For example: experimental randomized control trials, quasi-experimental methods such as difference in difference or propensity score matching; survey methods such as instrument design and testing and statistical approaches to sampling; rigorous qualitative methods such as semi-structured interviewing techniques, participatory evaluation approaches and anthropological observational study; and/or other inferential statistical analysis techniques and experience using one or more of the major statistical software packages (e.g., SPSS, SAS, STATA, R). -For example, the application should also demonstrate experience related to evaluating, using rigorous methods, labor, health, social support or education-related programs, such as those funded or implemented by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration or Department of Labor worker protection and enforcement agencies.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Melissa Storey
• Phone: 215-446-3704
• Email: [email protected]