You will serve as a SUPERVISORY OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST within the Operations Research Analysis Division of HQ US MARINE CORPS.

Duties

You will simultaneously supervise and guide the actions of multiple subordinates in support of multiple programs and test events. You will supervise and manage government personnel and enforces the work unit assignments and/or performance work statements of personnel hired in support of test planning, execution, reporting, and archiving. You will oversee the work of personnel, evaluates work of the subordinates and processes employee evaluations, and gives advice and counsel on work or administrative matters. You will prepare evaluation strategies, plans and reports using decision analysis techniques, optimization, statistical and mathematical processes and the incorporation of modeling and simulation to facilitate the evaluation of systems. You will integrate a multitude of information from developmental and operational testing to provide a holistic assessment of system capabilities and limitations. You will formulate issues, criteria, measures of effectiveness, and the methodologies to be used in operational evaluations. You will provide professional analytic support to MCOTEA Operational Test Project Officers (OTPO) and Test Managers during the conduct of operational tests and the subsequent preparation of evaluation reports and briefings.

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.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: developing analytical approaches to operational test plans; determining test criteria, measures of effectiveness, and data requirements, performing data analyses on operational test data; design and management of testing and evaluation programs; and, design of modeling and simulation tools. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ 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


1515:

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.

A transcript must be submitted with your application.

Contacts

• Address HQ US MARINE CORPS 3280 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]