Social Scientist

We're Looking for a skilled Social Scientist in the National Park Service based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement08/29/2024unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position starting and ending dates of employment (month/year) and the resume must reflect full and/or parttime or total number of hours worked (i.e. work 40 hours a week rather than indicating fulltime). If parttime the hours must be annotated to be able to prorate the amount of qualified specialized experience. SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position performs socioeconomic duties and experience working with a diversity of socioeconomic methods to establish protocols for analyzing and reporting socioeconomic monitoring data and results for recreation leisure protected area and visitor use programs over time is required. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. AND To qualify for this position at the GS12 grade level you must possess ALL of the following basic and minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: BASIC REQUIREMENT: Degree: 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. AND EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes ALL of the following: (1) provides leadership to parks and programs regarding socioeconomic monitoring data (2) conducts data analyses including utilizing primary and secondary data sources (3) generates tools and reference materials to assist parks and their stakeholders to understand socioeconomic data methods and approaches analyses and results (4) maintains socioeconomic monitoring databases to receive manage document and communicate to various stakeholders and (5) Provides technical assistance to park managers and interested external stakeholders in the use and interpretation of socioeconomic monitoring data and results. You must include hours per week worked. You must include months years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Parttime hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as varies. Experience listed as fulltime will be credited at 40 hours per week. Qualifications Statement Instructions: A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire or if you fail to submit all required documentation you will be rated ineligible not qualified or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications experience you can lose consideration for this position. Plese follow all instructions carefully errors or omissions can affect your rating. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.