You will serve as a SUPERVISORY OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST in the Capabilities Analysis Branch (CAB), Operations Analysis Directorate (OAD) of MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT CMD.

Duties

You will provide leadership, guidance, support, and technical advice in planning and executing studies by supervising study leaders and operations research analysts. You will directly lead studies conducted by military/civilian study teams or contractors working under the Marine Corps Studies System. You will contribute to the development of methodologies to be used in the analyses of future combat operation, forward presence, crisis responses, combat development, and systems acquisition to include conducting Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs).

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.

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-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: : Mastery knowledge application of operations research and decision support to military problem specifically in the area of combat development and systems acquisition. This includes fires, maneuver, logistics, command and control (C2), intelligence, seabasing, electronic warfare, aviation, cyber operations, force structure, force employment, and force deployment. -Knowledge and mastery of operations research techniques including mathematical modeling and combat simulations is required. -Mastery knowledge of Marine Corps forces, units, equipment, programs, doctrine, and warfighting concepts is critical. Familiarity with joint analytic agencies across the defense establishment is desired. - Knowledge, skill, and innovation in all aspects of study planning to include assessing an understanding the problems, developing plans and approaches, devising new methods or extending theory to new and unusual applications. 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 Operations Research Series 1515 (opm.gov) 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 possess 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 MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT CMD 3300 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]