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.

Duties

This position is being filled through Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualifications will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration. Traditional rating and ranking of applications does NOT apply. Veteran's preference does not apply. Major duties for this position include but are not limited to, the following:

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Appointment to this position may require a background investigation.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal Service THIS POSITION HAS AN INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. or Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Evaluation of Experience Examples of qualifying experience include: individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation; supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; or teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems. Experience in related fields that did not involve the use and understanding of economic principles and theories may not be used as qualifying experience for these positions. Special attention on this point should be given to certain types of work that may or may not have provided professional economic experience. The following examples of work require special care in such determinations: economic statistics; industrial surveys; management of individual business enterprises, including farms; industrial planning; writing or editorial work in economic subjects; and financial market analysis. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE. Specialized Experience: For the GS-14-Applicants for the GS-14 level must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level 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 for the GS-13 level must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level 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 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

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum course work requirements for this position.

Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

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]