Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens, No Prior Federal Experience is Required

• Serves as strategic planner, consultant, and expert on particularly complex and high-priority matters related to health care payment and delivery. Conducts analyses of the effects of health care legislation, initiates or participates in studies of the drivers of health insurance premiums, studies and reports on the supply and price of health care items and services, and conducts further analyses of competitive models for Medicare, and other national health care programs.
• Contributes to a broad range of OIG responsibilities, which include preparing OIG reports and testimonies, designing and producing state-of-the-art analytical studies that underlie those OIG products, and constructing and improving associated analytic models.
• Maintains specialized expertise in the broad areas of health economics and health policy, conducts risk assessments, and identifies emerging issues and opportunities for impact to guide OIG's strategic planning, in consultation with OIG's senior executives;
• Conducts research and applies theories of production, efficiency, disparities, competition, and regulation to better inform policymakers on the most efficient, or cost-effective, and equitable course of action. Such research may include the economic evaluation of new technologies, as well as the study of appropriate prices, competition, optimal public and private investment, and strategic behavior.
• Develops and maintains relationships with HHS program officials and other policy and academic experts in health economics to inform strategic planning and advance OIG's opportunities for impact;
• Reviews and analyzes policy documents on issues affecting the program or operations of OIG, makes recommendations to OIG senior executives for action on such documents, and performs staff work as needed to ensure appropriate followup;
• Independently or in collaboration with the OIG Chief Data Officer, identifies opportunities and methodologies for expanding OIG's use of advanced data analytics to support audits, evaluations, and investigations of health care programs;
• Advises component offices on recommendations arising from audits, evaluations, and other analyses, including conducting more sophisticated cost-benefit analyses of recommended program and policy changes;
• Provides OIG senior executives the necessary data, information, and advice to make policy decisions. Ensures that OIG senior executives are fully prepared in advance of meetings with HHS program officials or Congressional briefings on significant policy issues to be discussed, appropriate background information needed, and the most recent status of relevant issues;
• Participates in and keeps informed of all OIG programs and activities in this portfolio, and reports significant problems to OIG senior executives with recommendations for their resolution;
• Serves as an expert advisor on OIG's audits, evaluations, enforcement activities, public outreach, and communications in this portfolio; and
• Oversees or participates in special projects, work groups, and other collaborative efforts that cut across organizational and functional lines and ensures that the OIG senior executives are fully informed of the progress of such projects and that OIG leadership's views and policies are represented and incorporated into final products.

To learn more about Senior-Level (SL) positions in the Federal Government, visit OPM's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/scientific-senior-level-positions/.

Conditions of employment

• U.S Citizenship is required.
• Registration with the Selective Service (if applicable).
• Suitability for Federal employment determined by background investigation.
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• Public Financial Disclosure Report is required.
• You must meet the requirements of the job by 11:59 (Eastern Standard Time) of the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements,including education, and any selective placement factors described below within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Education used as part of an application package will only be considered if complete transcripts are submitted and must be from an accredited institution as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. To see if your institution is accredited, please follow this link: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must be evident in your resume and demonstrate the following: planning, managing, and organizing economic data analysis activities and analyzing health economics and health policy statutes and regulations.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, your experience, education, and training will be rated using a job questionnaire that is based on the technical qualifications needed to perform this job. You will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics) required for successful performance in this position:

1. Strong background in health economics and the ability to work effectively as part of a team on issues of current interest to the Congress.
2. Ability to understand and analyze the benefits and costs of different methods and models of health care delivery and financing from all viewpoints--such as patients, providers, payers, vendors, and manufacturers.
3. Demonstrated record of internal and external organizational collaboration, including partnering with other components of same organization to achieve results, and reaching beyond the immediate organization to outside stakeholders and customers to achieve results.
4. Ability to collaborate across internal and external organizational boundaries and communicate orally and in writing to effectively lead and participate in meetings and briefings with senior officials.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION: Advanced training and education leading to a Master's degree in a relevant discipline such as decision sciences, health economics, operations research, biostatistics, epidemiology, or a related quantitative social science field. A Ph.D in economics or related courses of studies is preferred..

This agency uses Category Rating Procedures. Under Delegated Examining (All U.S. Citizens), we will use your resume and responses to the job questionnaire to place you in one of three categories. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be placed in one of the following categories:

• Best Qualified: Applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a superior level of all evaluation criteria.
• Well Qualified: Applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a satisfactory level of evaluation criteria.
• Qualified: Applicants possessing the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities.

The Category Rating Process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three" but protects the rights of Veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category. Veterans' preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent will be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the GS-09 level or higher).

If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses will be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

Your resume is limited to 5 pages must clearly and concisely document specialized experience and support your responses to the vacancy questions.