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As an Economist/Operations Research Analyst, you will be responsible for: (1) ensuring the accuracy and quality of financial data used in agency risk analysis and policymaking; (2) using technical abilities to identify data quality issues, develop solutions, and test for validity; (3) working with multiple stakeholders to implement solutions; (4) working with multiple technology platforms to validate models/data prepared by others in the agency and System institutions; and (5) conducting research on developments in farm policy, the agricultural economy, and the agricultural finance sector.
This position is located in the Office of Regulatory Policy, Agricultural and Economic Policy, which manages policy and regulation development activities that ensure the safety and soundness of the Farm Credit System (FCS).
This position is being advertised at 4 grade levels: VH-37, VH-38, VH-39, and VH-40. The salary ranges for each grade include a 25.86% geographic differential for McLean, VA.
This position is also advertised for non-competitive and status eligible candidates under job opportunity announcement VA-18-0380-MP. If you would like to be considered under both merit promotion (MP) and delegated examining (DE) procedures, you must apply to both announcements.
Learn more about this agency06/27/2018 to 07/27/2018
$79,786 - $197,142 per year
Salary range includes 25.86% locality differential.
VH 37 - 40
Occasional travel - Up to 10% for training and conferences.
No
Permanent
Full-time - Competitive Service - Full Time
40
No
VA-18-0380-DE
503678100
As an Economist/Operations Research Analyst, you will:
You must meet all qualification requirements and submit all required supporting documentation by the closing date of this announcement. If you are found to be among the most highly qualified candidates you will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview.
You must meet all qualification requirements, including specialized experience and educational (basic) requirements of the position by the closing date of the announcement.
All applicants must meet the basic educational requirement(s):
To qualify for the Economist (0110) series: A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university with a major in economics that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus; or a combination of education and experience including courses equivalent to a major in economics plus appropriate experience or additional education.
To qualify for the Operations Research Analyst (1515) series: 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.
In addition to the basic requirements above, your application must also demonstrate the specialized experience.
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the next lower level in the Federal service.
To qualify for the VH-37 (GS-11) level, you must have specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level, VH-35 (GS-09). The experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Specialized experience for this position includes:
Education (Master’s degree or higher) may be used as a substitute for specialized experience at the VH-37 grade level; education and experience may be combined at the VH-37 grade level.
To qualify for the VH-38 (GS-12) level, you must have specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level, VH-37 (GS-11). The experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Specialized experience for this position includes:
There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the VH-38 (GS-12) grade level.
To qualify for the VH-39 (GS-13) level, you must have specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level, VH-38 (GS-12). The experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Specialized experience for this position includes:
There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the VH-39 (GS-13) grade level.
To qualify for the VH-40 (GS-14) level, you must have specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level, VH-39 (GS-13). The experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Specialized experience for this position includes:
There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the VH-40 (GS-14) grade level.
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.
This position has a positive education requirement as part of the Basic Qualification Requirements. You MUST submit copies of your transcript(s) that include: your name, the name of the educational institution, course titles, number of semester/quarter hours, grade(s) earned and degree(s) awarded. Educational institutions must be accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics relevant to the duties of this position:
Your resume serves as the basis for the determination of your qualifications and should highlight relevant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this position. Your resume must include the following information:
You must provide the information specified above in your resume to be considered for this position. Your resume must include enough detail to permit a valid determination that you meet eligibility and specialized experience requirements for each grade for which you are applying. Take a look at this online video for ideas on how to communicate your qualifications.
If review of your resume and your responses to the self-assessment questions demonstrate that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, a score will be manually determined that reflects your documented experience. This may result in a lower score which may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
Your application will be evaluated and rated under Category Rating and Selection procedures. Eligible candidates will be placed in one of three pre-defined quality categories as described below:
Highly-Qualified Category: In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must fully demonstrate proficiency in all major aspects of the position.
Well-Qualified Category: In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must demonstrate proficiency in some but not all of the major aspects of the position.
Qualified Category: In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must demonstrate a basic level of knowledge, skill and ability of the position.
Under category rating procedures, veterans' preference points and the "rule of three" are not applied. Eligible veterans are placed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each pre-defined quality category. Preference eligibles who meet minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent (i.e., CPS and CP) are listed in the Highly-Qualified category except when the position is being filled is scientific or professional at the VH-35 (GS-09) grade level or higher.
Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) candidates must be rated "Well Qualified" (score of 85 or higher) for the position to receive priority consideration.
You must provide a complete Application Package through USAJOBS that includes your resume, responses to the Applicant Questionnaire and supporting documentation:
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. 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.
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NOTE: Paper applications and documents sent via mail will NOT BE ACCEPTED.
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