{"id":45086,"date":"2022-02-02T13:12:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T21:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=45086"},"modified":"2022-02-02T13:12:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T21:12:27","slug":"job-education-research-scientist-department-of-education-seattle-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-education-research-scientist-department-of-education-seattle-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Education Research Scientist, Department of Education (Seattle, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><strong>For more information, please follow this link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usajobs.gov\/job\/633808700#\">https:\/\/www.usajobs.gov\/job\/633808700#<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary-<\/strong> $95,567 &#8211; $159,823 per year<\/p>\n<div id=\"duties\" class=\"usajobs-joa-section usajobs-joa-section-beta usajobs-joa-accordion-overview\">\n<h2 class=\"usajobs-joa-section--pilot__header usajobs-joa-section--beta__header\">Duties<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.<\/p>\n<p>As a Education Research Scientist, AD-1730-00, you will be responsible for:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Develop plans for agency support of education research, evaluation, large scale assessment, data science, or statistics and oversee research, evaluation, and statistics activities and programs carried out or funded by the agency.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Conduct scientific reviews of research, evaluation, and large scale educational assessment, data science, or statistics plans and products; and analyze data and synthesize information from education and related research.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Prepare written products to convey research to a variety of audiences; engage in dissemination and outreach activities, such as publishing scholarly work and attending scientific conferences; and consult with staff across the Department on issues related to research, evaluation, and statistics.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Monitor grants and contracts that support education research, evaluation, large-scale assessment, data science, or statistics; manage national data collection, analysis, and reporting contracts, or manage the scientific peer review of research grant competitions.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Engage in dissemination and outreach activities such as publishing scholarly work and attending scientific conferences and professional meetings; communicate Departmental objectives effectively and diplomatically in formal and informal gatherings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"usajobs-joa-section--pilot__header usajobs-joa-section--beta__header\">Requirements<\/h2>\n<h3>Conditions of Employment<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"usajobs-list-bullets\">\n<li>Must be a U.S. Citizen.<\/li>\n<li>Relocation Expenses will not be paid<\/li>\n<li>You must successfully complete a background security investigation.<\/li>\n<li>Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.<\/li>\n<li>You may be subject to serve a one-year probationary period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"qualifications\">\n<h3>Qualifications<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Minimum Qualification Requirements<\/strong><br \/>\nYou may meet the minimum qualifications for the Associate Education Research Scientist, AD-1730-00, if you possess the specialize experience or Education below:<\/p>\n<p>Specialized Experience<br \/>\nOne year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-12 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0Experience leading the design and execution of rigorous research in the education sciences or related fields, including education assessment, using multiple appropriate methodological and statistical approaches (e.g., design of experiments, quasi-experiments, sample surveys, education assessments and the analysis of data arising from them).<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 Experience disseminating findings from rigorous research in ways that effectively translate the resulting knowledge to a wide array of audiences, including but not limited to publication in scientific peer-reviewed journals or presentations at appropriate conferences.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0Experience conducting scientific reviews of planned or completed education research and its resulting products.<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>EDUCATION (see EDUCATION SECTION of the vacancy announcement)<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)<br \/>\nThe 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).<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Knowledge of contemporary issues in education policy and practice, awareness of the federal, state, and local role in education policy and practice, and demonstrated skill in project management.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 Knowledge of education research methods that yield internally and externally valid conclusions and statistical or psychometric methods appropriate for the analysis of longitudinal and cross-sectional data arising from complex sample surveys, assessments, experiments, quasi-experiments, or administrative sources.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0 Ability to communicate scientific information in plain language, demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, and demonstrated ability to consult, mentor, or guide the design, conduct, or use of education research.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0 Ability to effectively hold self and others accountable to standard operating procedures defined in law, regulation, guidance, or equivalent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>Applicants must meet BOTH Basic Requirement and Specialized experience requirement at all levels in order to qualify for this position.<\/p>\n<p>Basic Requirements:<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nOR<br \/>\nB. Combination of education and experience &#8211; (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.<\/p>\n<p>for the Education Research Scientist, AD-1730-00:<\/p>\n<p>Education cannot be substituted for experience for this position and grade level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0If 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. \u00a0For further information, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ous\/international\/usnei\/us\/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html\">Foreign Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9433,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[15],"tags":[4,28,33,141,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45087,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45086\/revisions\/45087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}