Supervisory Interdisciplinary Social Science Analyst Statistician Psychologist

We're Looking for a skilled Supervisory Interdisciplinary Social Science Analyst Statistician Psychologist in the Defense Human Resources Activity based in Alexandria, Virginia. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

You may qualify at the GS 14 if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS13 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Expert knowledge of designing collecting and overseeing multiple complex largescale probabilitybased sample surveys. Expertise in military personnel topics (e.g. readiness organizational climate sexual assault retention military spouse employment) is preferred. Expert experience in applying and presenting (orally and in writing) social science methodologies theories and analytic techniques (such as statistics psychology and social sciences) to synthesize complex analytical findings for senior leadership. This position requires graduatelevel statistical training including 9 semester hours in statistics at the graduate level. Expert knowledge of advanced social/statistical methods techniques and practices and expert knowledge of analytic techniques (descriptive inferential univariate regression and other multivariate) commonly used in behavioral science research to analyze data from largescale probabilitybased sample surveys to determine attitudes and opinions. Proficiency in budget formulation execution and contract management including tracking multimilliondollar portfolios justifying budget requirements and serving as a Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) supporting the Contracting Officers Representative (COR). COR training is preferred. In addition to meeting qualifications your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0101/0180/1530 series as listed below: B. If you are applying for the Social Science 0101 series you must have the following. 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. C. If you are applying for the Psychology 0180 series you must have the following: Degree: major or equivalent in psychology for all specializations except clinical psychology and counseling psychology. D. If you are applying for the Statistics 1530 series you must have the following: Degree: that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics) and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences medicine education or engineering or in the social sciences including demography history economics social welfare geography international relations social or cultural anthropology health sociology political science public administration psychology etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods e.g. courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing. OR Combination of education and experience courses as shown in A above plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling (b) collecting computing and analyzing statistical data and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency dispersion skewness sampling error simple and multiple correlation analysis of variance and tests of significance. 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.