You will serve as a OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST in the PROGRAM ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION DIVISION of HQ US MARINE CORPS.

Duties

You will be responsible for providing the highest degree of analysis and decision support to Marine Corps senior leaders for analysis and evaluation of Marine Corps and Marine Corps-related Navy programs. You will establish and maintain liaison with commands and program managers and works closely with their representatives to ensure that requirements definition, funding requirements and risks to mission are captured. You will initiate, formulate, plan, execute, and apply new techniques, as well as original methods, to analyze important and unusual problems and to meet study objectives. You will exercise a great deal of initiative and originality to solve a wide range of collection and analysis problems that may require adapting, modifying or developing methods, procedures and techniques to meet the needs of the specific situation. You will conduct complete studies and oversee projects with high visibility, unusual urgency or program criticality. You will personally prepare or direct the preparation of reports, which include charts, graphs and other tabular representations of data, with narrative descriptions of the study methodology, findings, and problems encountered.

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.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• 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.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• 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.

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: utilizing a broad range of statistical programs to develop and advise on new and improved technologies and concepts to provide operations research analysis, process improvement, funding decision guidance, AND providing leadership and guidance on the resolution of highly complex, unprecedented operations research problems. 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 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

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.

Contacts

• Address HQ US MARINE CORPS 3280 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]