Social Scientist

We're Looking for a skilled Social Scientist in the Department Of Education Headquarters based in Washington, District of Columbia. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Minimum Qualification Requirements You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS14 if you possess the specialized experience below. Specialized Experience for the GS14 One year of experience in either federal or nonfederal service that is equivalent to at least a GS13 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments: 1. Experience leading the design and execution of rigorous researchsuitable for publication in an academic journal or by a social science research firm (or equivalent)that uses advanced quantitative statistical methods to examine questions relevant to education and the education sciences or a related field (e.g. learning and instruction education policy education outcomes). 2. Experience translating findings from rigorous quantitative research in social scientific fields related to education outcomes in ways that effectively communicate the resulting knowledge to a wide array of audiences including but not limited to publication in scientific peerreviewed journals or presentations at appropriate conferences. 3. Experience with federal research grant processes from project and program development through application procedures and processes and management of projects and programs of research that lead to the accumulation of knowledge and understanding of education that can be used to improve learner outcomes. 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 how to plan coordinate and implement scientific research programs that lead to the accumulation of knowledge and understanding of education and/or research training programs that support the development of scholars with expertise in scientifically rigorous research methodologies. 2. Ability to decipher available research information synthesize across multiple areas of research and effectively present meaningful and pertinent facts and results for nontechnical audiences. 3. Knowledge of federal research grant processes including application procedures and scientific peer review sufficient to develop longrange plans to support the Institutes programs. 4. Ability to communicate the theory concepts principles and practices of rigorous scientific methods including key evaluation types (implementation and impact evaluations) and key nonexperimental quasiexperimental and experimental methods (including but not limited to mixed methods statistical analysis of scientific data and randomized control trials) to others with a range of technical expertise.

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.