You will serve as a OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYLST in the Analytics, Operations & Plans, Director Maritime Operations Center of NAVMEDFORPAC SAN DIEGO CA. This announcement uses the OPM Federal Wide direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

Duties

You will monitor and improve the analysis and evaluation of available data at Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP). You will provide cross-functional support for the continued monitoring and assessments of operational readiness of each of the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Commands (NMRTCs) in the NMFPs area of responsibilities (AOR). You will plan major studies; execute and control projects representing major organizational efforts; You will serve as a consultant or technical advisor to general officers and senior executives; and provide innovative recommendations to advance programs. You will utilize databases associated with the Navy and Marine Corps readiness systems and MHSs clinic information system. These systems may include but not limited to MRRS, LIMDU SMART, IDES, MIP, M2, DMHRSi, MDR, GENESIS, etc. You will review and validate Business Case Analysis and/or Capability Based Assessment submissions. You will provides guidance to NMFP leadership on the accuracy of submissions, providing recommendations as to feasibility and mission requirement of submitted requests. You will evaluates and provide technical guidance on current policies and procedures of the Uniform Services, Department of Defense and federal agencies concerning cost effectiveness and health care delivery efficiency.

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.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites.

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-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: Experience utilizing operations research and data, risk, and systems analysis using visualization and/or programming tools to support decision making and in support of capability development, product development, quality improvement, or publication; Experience applying broad areas of classical and modern advanced actuarial science, operations research (stochastics, simulation and optimization, statistics) or mathematics; Experience using quantitative techniques to solve problems or provide alternative solutions for management on complex healthcare delivery issues in support of an organized team-based environment; Experience designing studies and applying analytic techniques including, but not limited to, statistics, linear and dynamic programming, queuing theory, and game theory in the healthcare sector; Experience performing modeling analyses in order to discover potential relationships between factors in various healthcare delivery environments; and Experience applying (1) military operational planning concepts, (2) healthcare terminology; (3) functions and business practices of clinicians, medical administrators, and ancillary and support personnel; (4) hospital, medical clinic, dental clinic, and other mission-specific command administrative structures; and (5) hospital financial management objectives, business practices, internal management processes, and measurement techniques. 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 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

A bachelor's or higher degree in operations research.

OR

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.

If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (https://www.ed.gov/). Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

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/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address NAVMEDFORPAC SAN DIEGO CA 4170 Norman Scott Road San Diego, CA 92136 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]