Operations Research Analyst
What you'd do
This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies through the Certain Competitive Service / Modified Direct Hire Authority. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.
Major duties
At the GS-11 and GS-12 you will perform developmental duties as assigned. At the FPL (GS-13) you will perform the following. You will coordinate project development and management, justification, plans, schedules, study plan development, and support requirements. You will identify data collection requirements for projects. You will perform end to end data modeling skills, source to target mapping techniques, data flow diagrams, etc. You will initiate and perform research and major analytical projects on safety related topics, which often lack precedents or previous research. You will be responsible for receiving, coordinating, and modifying requests for modeling and simulation to conform to available data if time constraints are present. You will develop reports of model conclusions including charts, tables, dashboards, and presentations.
What you need to qualify
GS-11: 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 next lower grade level (GS-09) or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing some of the following: (1) Creating models in different operating environments; (2) Performing analysis through various modeling techniques; (3) Planning and developing theory and methodology; and (4) Developing reports of model conclusions including charts, tables, dashboards, and presentations. GS-12: 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 next lower grade level (GS-11) or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing some of the following: (1) Performing research and major analytical studies on safety related topics; (2) Translating research into project phases, planning methods of approach, subdividing projects into significant phases, collecting data, and interpreting results; (3) Performing statistical analyses, forecasting trends, and risk analyses using modeling and simulation; (4) Developing reports, charts, tables, and presentations based on data and analysis; and (5) Receiving, coordinating, and modifying requests for modeling and simulation. GS-13: 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 next lower grade level (GS-12) or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing some of the following: (1) Coordinating project development and management, justification, plans, schedules, study plan development, and support requirements with analysts, engineers, commanders, staff representatives, agency executives, customers and appropriate organizations; (2) Translating research to project phases, planning methods of approach, subdividing projects into significant phases, collecting data, modifying methodology, interpreting results, and deriving recommendations and conclusions; (3) Implementing architecture into physical design using various software packages (R, Pyhthon, SAS, SPSS); (4) Initiating and performing research and major analytical projects on safety related topics, which often lack precedents or previous research; (5) Receiving, coordinating, and modifying requests for modeling and simulation to conform to available data if time constraints are present; and (6) Developing reports of model conclusions including charts, tables, dashboards, and presentations. 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/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.
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