The Transition to Veterans Program Office (TVPO), located in the Defense Personnel and Family Support Center (DPFSC) within the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA),is responsible for the design and delivery of transition services including pre-separation counseling.

Duties

As a INTERDISCIPLINARY at the GS-0180/1515/1530-13/14 some of your typical work assignments may include: Developing, delivering, and reporting on TAP (Transition Assistance Program) evaluation and assessments essential to the operation and improvement of transition assistance missions. Developing statistical analysis plans and data management procedures. Planning and organizing evaluation projects, researching issues to be assessed, and consulting with TAP experts. Providing evaluation findings, interpretations, and recommendations on program improvements to other TAP specialists to facilitate transition assistance service delivery programs.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service http://www.sss.gov
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Work Schedule: Full time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible
• Clearance: Noncritical Sensitive (Secret)

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-14, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service: Technical expert in performing quantitative statistical analysis using complex analytic methods. Advises management officials regarding appropriate uses and limitations of personnel measurement devices and survey techniques. Develops changes to plans and/or methodology as needed. Recommends applicable changes needed to policy and regulatory requirements based on conducted statistical analyses. You may qualify at the GS-13 if you fulfill the following qualifications: A.One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service: Interpreting policy and regulatory requirements to determine the best method of data evaluation and analysis methods used for analyzing problems. Developing data evaluation instruments, measures, and tools such as surveys, field observations and questionnaires. Consulting with management officials on conducting statistical analysis, methods, and techniques. Establishing general specifications of data content, collection, and dissemination. Please keep your résumé to a reasonable length. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0180/1515/1530 series. Psychology Series, 0180 Individual Occupational Requirements: Degree: major or equivalent in psychology for all specializations except clinical psychology and counseling psychology Operations Research Series, 1515 Individual Occupational Requirements: 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. Statistics Series, 1530 Individual Occupational Requirements: Degree: that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing, or Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance. *NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. 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

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY FOR THE IOR? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: Foreign Education

Contacts

• Address Defense Human Resources Activity 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350-110 US
• Name: DE Applicant Inquires
• Phone: 614-692-0420
• Email: [email protected]