Statistician (Education), GS-1530-15 FPL-15 (Direct Hire)

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This Statistician (Education) position is located in the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Evaluation (NCEE) in Washington, DC. The incumbent will be a Senior Program Evaluator and will have responsibility for leading the design and execution of a portfolio-wide strategy for rigorous program evaluation relevant to ED's scope of responsibility and responsive to applicable law. Minimum Qualification Requirements You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-15, if you possess the specialize experience. Specialized Experience for the GS-15 One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-14 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments: 1. Experience designing, conducting, and managing program evaluations in K-12 or postsecondary education, of which at least one must be an impact evaluation, including evaluations conducted by contractors. 2. Experience leading the development, publication, and dissemination of statutorily-informed program evaluation standards that apply across multiple local, state, or federal agencies or across multiple divisions within a single local, state, or federal agency. 3. Experiencing chairing local, state, or federal interagency working groups consisting of senior leaders with executing statutory functions: the collection, processing, and protection of statistical data; or the collection and processing of non-statistical data; or program evaluation. 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 planning and executing evaluation of education programs and education related interventions. 2. Ability to navigate high-stakes conversations with senior agencies and senior officials to ensure goals are achieved. 3. Knowledge of how to monitor and re-compete contracts that have been issued in the education sciences.

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