PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended. This position is in the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Chief Financial Officer/Performance Improvement Officer, Enterprise Planning, Performance, and Evaluation Division. The incumbent's responsibilities include completing program evaluations, studies, briefings, and reports to support funding requests, program changes, and performance improvement efforts.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Support the evaluation planning process by updating the learning agenda and annual evaluation plan to identify and set priorities for evaluations. Design studies, including formulating research, evaluation, or analysis questions, project objectives, hypotheses, data collection and measurement (qualitative and quantitative) strategies, and rigorous approaches for testing hypotheses. Coordinate with and provide support and assistance on design, conduct, interpretation, and use of research/evaluation, performance management, and analyses to Fiscal Service, its business areas, Treasury, and other federal, state, and local entities. Serve as liaison with research/evaluation, policy, and practitioner experts, public sector leaders, and other stakeholders to obtain input on broad research/evaluation directions and specific projects, and to promote understanding of study findings as well as bureau issues, programs, policies, and populations. Interpret data and findings to inform the development of agency initiatives, policies, and practices. Prepare papers to convey and interpret study findings for use by other professionals, including papers for presentation at professional meetings.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé. For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as the following: - Leading colleagues in the planning and design of program evaluations; AND - Implementing program evaluations, including performing qualitative and quantitative analyses of programs and policies to draw conclusions to improve programs and policies; AND - Developing presentations and briefings to present program evaluation results and recommendations. For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as the following: - Conducting program evaluations that includes the planning, design, implementation, or reporting of evaluation studies to improve programs and policies; AND - Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses of programs and policies; AND - Documenting results of research, evaluations, or analyses in written documents. OR A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is: - Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses to draw conclusions or make recommendations; AND - Developing data visualizations to summarize qualitative or quantitative analyses in a clear and well-organized manner. OR You may qualify with a Master's or equivalent graduate degree. OR You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as the following: - Conducting research or literature reviews and summarizing findings; AND - Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses and summarizing findings. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-13, you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-12, you must have been at the GS-11 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-9 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-9, you must have been at the GS-7 level for 52 weeks.

Education

Education Requirements:

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelors or higher degree in 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.

Contacts

• Address Enterprise Planning Performance, and Evaluation Division 200 Third St Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]