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The Economic Analysis Division uses economic and social science analysis to help transportation leaders make policy, programmatic, regulatory, and procurement decisions in three broad areas:
- Regulatory and financial decision support: analyze data to support level of funding, allocation of costs, or regulatory stringency decisions
- Evaluation and impact assessment: support program performance management by developing action-oriented recommendations based on evaluations of program areas, technologies, operating practices, markets, and the impacts of programs on societal benefits and local economies
-Travel behavior modeling and forecasting: inform decisions about infrastructure investment and proposed regulation by forecasting how travel behavior, vehicle fleet mix and safety are likely to change under different scenarios
We seek experienced professionals and/or recent Masters and PhD graduates to join our team. These new hires, working with project managers and other Volpe colleagues, will employ qualitative and quantitative techniques to solve problems in all modes of transportation. Volpe uses the General Schedule (GS) pay scale and the division intends to hire at the GS-9, 11 level depending on the qualifications of applicants.
The work that you do can save lives, save time, reduce emissions, promote civil rights, and help the government make every dollar count. You will gain new skills and be able to guide your career along any number of possible paths, from more technical to more managerial. Staff who succeed in this position have improved their leadership abilities, learned to interact with clients effectively, and grown into subject matter experts. The position offers noncompetitive promotion potential to the GS-12, and potential for competitive promotion to project manager positions at the GS-13 and GS-14.
The ideal candidate for this position enjoys and excels at applied research. If you have already sought out and enjoyed a rigorous academic curriculum and research experience, you will be happy with our work. Flexibility, creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take initiative will help you to find—or to create—the projects that interest you the most. Good social skills will allow you to establish a close rapport with our clients both over the phone and in the field. Here is your opportunity to study trains, planes, automobiles, boats, buses, bicycles, traffic lights, pipelines, sidewalks, or hyperloops—yes, even hyperloops.
05/22/2017 to 05/31/2017
$54,812 - $86,208 per year
GS 09 - 11
Occasional travel - Occasional travel of 5-10% is required.
No
Permanent
Part-time - Full Time & Part Time
12
No
OST.RVOLPE-2017-0082
470286000
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