Research Social Scientist

We're Looking for a skilled Research Social Scientist in the National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Managements website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience OR substitution of education for experience OR combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: To qualify for the 0101 Series: EDUCATION: A. Degree in behavioral or social science or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR C. Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. To qualify at the ZP3 or GS11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP2 or GS09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Applying methodological and statistical techniques specific to the social sciences to develop statistical models and datadriven decision support tools for marine and coastal management Participating in the collection preparation and visualization of quantitative data in the social economic or behavioral sciences and Conducting research for socioeconomics topics to include human interactions with ecosystems or natural resources. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: Masters or equivalent graduate degree OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: : A combination of related graduate level education and specialized experience as described above. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of one year is qualifying for combination of education and experience To qualify at the ZP4 or GS13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP3 or GS12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Providing consultation in the development of research methods and data analysis related to social economic or behavioral sciences Developing and tracking project budgets and managing contractual interactions with service vendors and Leading development of products and materials such as reports journal articles and presentations to distribute data findings to the scientific community.

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.