You will serve as a RESEARCH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCIENTIST in the HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT of NAVHLTHRSCHCEN SDIEGO. Salary Range GS-13 $117,776 - $153,113 / GS-14 $139,176 - $180,931 ***This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants. Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, HOW TO APPLY, and WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT sections below for instructions.***

Duties

You will serve as a senior scientific advisor, providing direction and guidance on scientific and technical activities of the department. You will develop prevention interventions designed to reduce isssue related to psychological and behavioral health problems, such as alcohol and drug abuse, chronic pain and sleep problems. You will use unconventional or novel approaches and sophisticated research techniques to solve complex problems. You will train and oversee research staff in conducting research on military public health.

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.
• Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.
• A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
• 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

Qualifications

ALL applicants must meet the Basic Requirements: Successful completion of Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position (Must submit transcripts w/application for consideration) - Social Science Series 0101 (opm.gov) FOR GS-14 In addition to the meeting the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Utilizing behavioral and/or social science to develop and evaluate interventions designed to the enhance individuals, (e.g., service members'), psychological and behavioral health and operational performance; Communicating technical information orally and in writing to scientific and nonscientific audiences to prepare, perform and/or complete multiple required tasks, (i.e., preparing manuscripts, reports, briefings, and presentations; so that they can successfully compete for research funding; and so that they can facilitates utilization and implementation of departmental research results through high-level briefings, reports, manuscripts, and presentations presented to operational and scientific org); Using regulations, procedures, policies, and practices regulating the protection of human subjects in research studies to plan, design, develop and execute ethical research projects that protect the rights of research participants while developing and evaluating interventions to enhance behavioral health and performance in operational environments; Defining operational problems that can be addressed through psychological and behavioral health research, (i.e., reviewing/assessing empirical literature- developing research protocols; collecting /analyzing data to meet project goals; evaluating the feasibility of potential solutions; and identifying practical applications for research results, etc..); Preparing manuscripts, reports, briefings, and presentations on topics in the area of military public health to compete for research funding; AND Training and overseeing research staff in conducting research on public health, (e.g., military public health). FOR GS-13 In addition to the meeting the Basic Requirements for this position, 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: Utilizing behavioral and/or social science to develop and evaluate interventions designed to the enhance individuals, (e.g., service members'), psychological and behavioral health and operational performance; Communicating technical information orally and in writing to scientific and nonscientific audiences to prepare, perform and/or complete multiple required tasks, (i.e., preparing manuscripts, reports, briefings, and presentations; so that they can successfully compete for research funding; and so that they can facilitates utilization and implementation of departmental research results through high-level briefings, reports, manuscripts, and presentations presented to operational and scientific org); Using regulations, procedures, policies, and practices regulating the protection of human subjects in research studies to plan, design, develop and execute ethical research projects that protect the rights of research participants while developing and evaluating interventions to enhance behavioral health and performance in operational environments; Planning and carrying out clinical trials that may require modification of existing procedures in multiple concurrent and/or sequential phases w/coordination of both internal and external collaborators; Solving complex problems often requiring unconventional or novel approaches and sophisticated research techniques in a series of conceptually related programmed research efforts, and to provide guidance for other scientists who are also engaged in complex, long-term projects; AND Defining operational problems that can be addressed through behavioral health research, (e. g., reviewing and assesses relevant empirical literature; developing detailed research protocols; collecting and analyzing data to meet project goals; evaluates the feasibility of potential solutions; and identifies practical applications for research results). 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=GS-PROF. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/social-science-series-0101/ HIGHLY DESIRED: A senior scientist and principal investigator, the incumbent defines operational problems that can be addressed through behavioral health research; reviews and assesses relevant empirical literature; developing detailed research protocols; collecting and analyzing data to meet project goals; evaluates the feasibility of potential solutions; and identifies practical applications for research results. Other activities include financial and technical management of projects; project planning; engaging sponsors and customers; establishing and maintaining collaborations with outside agencies; obtaining necessary agreements and approvals; training and overseeing research staff; preparing of manuscripts, reports, briefings, and presentations; and guiding projects to meaningful conclusion. The incumbent shall aggressively pursue funding of research programs. The incumbent develops short- and long-term plans to ensure that all research conducted within their program will address important and timely issues affecting the health and readiness of service members. 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. Must have a proven and verifiable track record of conducting behavioral health research with a military population. An incumbent must possess an advanced educational degree in Behavior Health Science and a proven scientific track record of conducting community based and operational environment-based research. Incumbent must understand the research environment, such as but not limited to an advanced knowledge of writing and gaining approval of human use research studies, understanding, and maintaining privacy of human subjects, collecting, and analyzing collected data and providing high levels briefings to senior officiasl. Incumbent must have the knowledge/experience to successfully conduct behavioral health research immediately as an independent principal investigator at the Naval Health Research Center.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
OR
Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
OR
Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field

Foreign Education: Required for vacancies with Positive Education or Education Substitution: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/officies/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address NAVHLTHRSCHCEN SDIEGO 140 Sylvester Road San Diego, CA 92106-3521 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]