This position is located in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness (OASD(R)), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, USD(P&R). The ASD Readiness is responsible for policy formulation, program and budget review, and staff oversight for all military readiness programs: Service and Joint to include inter-agency, intergovernmental, and multi-national.

Duties

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice, under this recruitment, applications will be accepted for each location and/or installation identified in this Public Notice and selections are made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application. This Public Notice is to gather applications which may or may not result in a referral or selection. This position is being filled under Direct Hire Authority (DHA) in accordance with Section 1109 of FY 2020 NDAA; P.L. 116-92 and Section 9905 of Title 5, U.S.C. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration. Incumbents typical work assignments may include the following: This position serves as a Senior Operations Research Analyst, responsible for conducting a full range of operations research analysis activities necessary to advise the Secretary of Defense and his senior-level staff in support of their readiness related decisions. Undertakes efforts to investigate, develop and analyze complex readiness problems (associated with force structure, manpower, equipment, budget, infrastructure or systems) and provides advice and insights about the probable effects of alternative solutions to these problems. Responsible for readiness analysis as it relates to the National Defense Strategy, Guidance for the Employment of the Force, Defense Planning Guidance and other readiness-related strategic documents and decisions. Designs and builds user focused analytics that extract timely, actionable information from diverse complicated data sources and from mathematical modeling and simulation to inform decision makers and policy analysts. Identifies new and existing products, technologies, and/or architectures to streamline the design of solutions to operational problems.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment
• Required to participate in the direct deposit program
• This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI and SAP.
• This position may require you to work other than normal hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays and/or overtime.
• This position may be required to travel away occasionally (10%) of the time from their normal duty station for official business on military or commercial aircraft.
• Writing Sample: If you are invited for an interview, you will be required to provide a writing sample, which will be a timed writing exercise you will turn in at the end of a scheduled session.

Qualifications

For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration. Read more about what should I include in my federal resume? at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/ Basic 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. You may qualify at the GS-15 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability with: applying a wide range of qualitative, analytical, statistical, and evaluative methods and techniques to conduct analysis of various business operations, activities and capabilities to plan, coordinate, and execute studies and/or projects, evaluate the data and present innovative recommendations for resolution. analyzing, interpreting, and presenting obligation and execution performance of Special Operations-related programs and functions in charts, papers and in formal meetings with senior members. executing and controlling projects which represent an important segment of the agency's operating programs and/or projects; completing assignments that involve initiating, applying, and planning major developmental studies. providing significant and innovative recommendations for advancing programs and/or methods. 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 qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts to support your educational claims. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours 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 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: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Office of the USD for Personnel and Readiness Human Resources Directorate 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350 US
• Name: Washington HQ Services
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]