This announcement is issued under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) to recruit for positions for which there is a critical hiring need. Selectee(s) will receive a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service and may be required to serve a one year probationary period. Who May be Considered: U.S. Citizens View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.

Duties

This position is part of the Workforce Planning and Strategy branch within the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer. Workforce Planning is a systematic and ongoing process to identify the size, composition, location, and capabilities of a workforce needed to achieve an organization's goals. All levels of leadership and management work in coordination to determine workforce needs. The outputs inform budget and human capital strategy. Typical work assignments include: Identify and address workforce planning and management issues (e.g. recruitment, retention, and training). Establish manpower, personnel, and qualification data element standards to support workforce management and reporting requirements. Establish and monitor the scientific and development initiatives for projects assigned which include exploratory, advanced or full scale development programs. Manage the compilation, cataloging, caching, distribution, and retrieval of data. Working across disciplinary boundaries developing multidisciplinary solutions to complex problems relating to human capital critical infrastructure.

Requirements

Qualifications

To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required education and experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying. Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic Requirements AND Minimum Qualification requirements as listed below. Basic Requirements Economic Series 0110: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in 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 above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirements General Physical Sciences Series 1301: Degree: Bachelor's degree ( or higher degree) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to one of the majors shown above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for Operations Research Series 1515: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in operations research; or a degree with 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. IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS ABOVE, YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: You qualify for the GS-13 grade level, if you have: EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level (or equivalent) performing the following duties: Understanding of industrial organization psychology application using frameworks, job analysis, and or job announcements; Providing leadership oversight for Agency-wide Human Capital programs, projects, or studies to steer data-driven decisions and/or to develop new requirements in human capital policies, procedures and program operations, legislation, and agency regulations; Running focus groups to develop positions descriptions for volume based or liked positions in an organization. You qualify for the GS-14 grade level, if you have: EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level (or equivalent) performing the following duties: Understanding of industrial organization psychology application using frameworks, job analysis, and or job announcements; Providing leadership oversight for Agency-wide Human Capital programs, projects, or studies to steer data-driven decisions and/or to develop new requirements in human capital policies, procedures and program operations, legislation, and agency regulations; Running focus groups to develop positions descriptions for volume based or liked positions in an organization. Demonstrating standardization of understanding the design and application of knowledge, skills, abilities, and tasks (KSATs) in a formalized taxonomy; Creating standard job analyses, applying KSATs to global or bulk position descriptions, and educating other human capital personnel on the value of standardization. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for a position by substituting education or training for experience, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted that includes your name, the name of the educational institution, course title(s), number of credits, grade, and date of completion. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

Education must be from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements. You must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private U.S. organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information.

Contacts

• Address Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 1616 N. Fort Myer Dr. CISA-FMD Stop 0380 Arlington, VA 20598-0380 US
• Name: Jakawana Minton
• Email: [email protected]