This position is located in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI). This position is inside the bargaining unit.

Duties

Major duties for this position are listed below:

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

You must meet the Basic Requirements listed and the "Specialized Experience" to qualify for this position, as described below. Basic Requirements (Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): Undergraduate Education: Major Study - economics, industrial relations, law, sociology, political science, public administration, or other related fields. Courses in statistics or mathematics applicable to the social sciences are creditable up to a maximum of 12 semester hours. Graduate Education: Major study - one or a combination of the social sciences that included social science research methodology and techniques, and provided a knowledge of the history, concepts, methods, and techniques of social insurance and/or the social and economic conditions under which social insurance programs operate. OR Experience related to social insurance. This includes experience applying statistics or mathematics to the social insurance field. Specialized experience must have demonstrated: - A knowledge of current social and economic conditions under which social insurance programs operate, and the principles of the Federal/State/local relationships; - The ability to extend and modify existing techniques and methods or to develop new ones to identify, isolate, and resolve special problems; and - The ability to develop effective collaborative relationships with personnel in other fields and with groups having conflicting objectives. Qualifying experience may have been gained through work in the following or similar types of programs: unemployment insurance; old-age and survivors' insurance; workers' compensation; disability compensation; or other public or private programs covering common social insurance risks. In addition to the basic requirements above, you must also meet the specialized experience listed below. Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-11, in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as meeting at least 2 of the following: Providing technical assistance to Unemployment Insurance (UI) stakeholders such as state UI agencies, employers, work advocates, Federal, State, and local workforce partners. Reviewing new and proposed legislation, regulations, and guidance to determine impacts to Unemployment Insurance programs. Implementing policy guidance and/or operating procedures for State/Federal Unemployment Insurance programs/systems. WHEN DOCUMENTING EXPERIENCE IN YOUR RESUME, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. NO ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE MADE ABOUT YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE. There is no education substitution for specialized experience at this grade level.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Employment and Training Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Shasta Needham
• Phone: 972-850-4755
• Email: [email protected]