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Salary- $67,052 – $126,742 per year
Duties
APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 200th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.
We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.
As a Associate Education Research Scientist, AD-1730-00, you will be responsible for:
• Assist with developing, implementing and managing research, evaluation, data science, or statistics activities carried out or funded by the agency and overseeing research, evaluation, and statistics activities and programs carried out or funded by the agency.
• Assist in conducting scientific reviews of research, evaluation, and statistics plans and products and analyzing data and synthesizing information from education and related research.
• Assist with the preparation of written products to convey research to a variety of audiences, engaging in dissemination and outreach activities, such as publishing scholarly work and attending scientific conferences, and consulting with staff across the Department on issues related to research, evaluation, and statistics.
• Assist with monitoring grants and contracts that support education research, evaluation, data collection, or statistics, managing national data collection, analysis, and reporting contracts, and managing the scientific peer review of research grant competitions.
• As directed, conduct evaluations of agency activities. Provide progress reports on major initiatives and prepare summaries of issues.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Relocation will not be paid.
- You may be subject to serve a one-year probationary period.
- Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.
- Must be a US Citizen
- You must successfully complete a background security investigation.
You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
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. We will consider all qualifying experience, including any volunteer experience.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification Requirements
You may meet the minimum qualifications for the Associate Education Research Scientist, AD-1730-00, if you possess the specialize experience or Education below:
Specialized Experience
You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
Specialized Experience for the Associate Education Research Scientist, AD-1730-00
One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-09 performing two (2) out of two (2) of the following duties or work assignments:
(1) Experience conducting high-quality research in the education sciences or related fields (e.g., instruction; cognition; historically under-served student populations, including students with disabilities; educator preparation and development; economics of education; education policy; program evaluation; statistical methods and measurement).
(2) Experience applying appropriate methodological and statistical approaches to answer research questions in the education sciences (e.g., experimental or quasi-experimental methods; analysis of complex survey data).
OR
EDUCATION (see EDUCATION SECTION of the vacancy announcement)
OR
A combination of both education and experience in which the total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).
1. Knowledge of contemporary issues in education policy and practice, awareness of the federal, state, or local role in education policy and practice, and demonstrated skill in project management.
2. Knowledge of education research methods that yield internally and externally valid conclusions, statistical methods appropriate for the analysis of large complex sample survey, experimental, quasi-experimental, and descriptive data.
3. Ability to communicate scientific information in plain language and communicate effectively both orally and in writing and demonstrated ability to consult, mentor, or guide the design, conduct, or use of education research.
4. Demonstrated ability to effectively hold self and others accountable to standard operating procedures defined in law, regulation, guidance, or equivalent.
Education
Basic Requirements: A. Degree that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of coursework in a field related to the work of the position to be filled (as presented in the description of duties), of which at least one course was in research methods and at least two courses were in statistics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience – (including at least 24 semester hours in a field related to the work of the position to be filled, including at least one course in research methods and two courses in statistics, plus appropriate experience or additional education). The experience must have demonstrated (1) a thorough knowledge of the principles underlying the work of this series, and (2) understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the methods and techniques applied in performing work in this series.
You may minimally qualify for the Associate Education Research Scientist, AD-1730-00 with the below:
Two years of graduate education (beyond a bachelor’s degree).
or
A master’s degree or equivalent degree. or
LL.B. or J.D., if related
or
A combination of specialized experience and education that when taken as a percentage of the required education and experience total 100% or more.
Foreign Education:
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, please click Foreign Education.