You will serve as a Operations Research Analyst in the Warfighting Assessment and Readiness Directorate of OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FACILITY.

Duties

You will be responsible for any or all of the major phases of complex systems studies, operations research analyses, or war games. You will act as a project team specialist or as an independent research analyst. You will develop new theoretical and mathematical frameworks to be applied, especially in the assessment of proposed capabilities based on recent scientific findings. You will examine major, critical, and complex issues including alternative forces employment strategies, force requirements, force war fighting capabilities, and logistics requirements.

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.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• 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.
• Off island travel of two to four trips per year of up to two weeks’ duration may be required. Deployment in support of operations/ Fleet exercises may be required for up to one month or longer.
• Occasional assignment to exercises and at sea experiments may require living on board war ships for several weeks at a time.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

Qualifications

In addition to 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: as a professional Operations Research Analyst utilizing a range of statistical methods to identify and produce mathematical models derived from operations research analysis by modifying operational dilemmas to create efficiencies of operational processes. 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 IOR: 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:

I have a bachelor's or higher degree in operations research.
OR
I have successfully completed a bachelor's or higher 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 and at least 3 of the 24 semester hours are in calculus.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.
Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

Contacts

• Address OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FACILITY 250 Makalapa Drive Building 81 Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-3131 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]