Economist, MC-110-4C

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance
• Relocation expenses will not be paid
• More than 1 job may be filled if additional vacancies occur within 120 days
• Some domestic and international travel may be required

To qualify for Pay Band 4C applicants must meet the following:

Basic Requirements

1. Degree: economics that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics accounting or calculus.

AND
In addition to meeting the Basic Requirement applicants must also have one year of specialized experience (comparable to the Pay Band 5A or GS-9 or equivalent non-federal experience) which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. For this position examples of specialized experience are: conducting research or studies associated with the cost benefit analysis (CBA) of public investments especially in developing countries; applying economic theory principles methods and techniques used in the conduct of cost benefit analysis in lower and lower-middle income country contexts; conducting growth diagnostic (constraints analysis) research; conducting research for sector diagnostic studies (i.e. root cause analysis) or beneficiary analysis; applying statistical or programming software (such as Stata or R) to manipulate clean and analyze economic data including large data sets such as household and/or firm surveys; and communicating orally and in writing to develop comprehensive reports and to present and explain complex economic findings and recommendations. Note: This experience MUST be well documented within your resume or application.

OR

Applicants may also qualify based on completing 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree. Such educations must have provided the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work.

OR

Applicant may qualify based on having a combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics as shown above plus appropriate experience or additional education. The quality of the combination of education and experience must be sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant possesses the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform work in the occupation and is comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of a full 4-year course of study with a major in the appropriate field.

Desirable: Advanced degree in economics public policy or a closely related field that has a quantitative analysis component.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit may be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. To receive credit you must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours worked per week.

A new hires direct and overall experience are critical factors in determining a salary offer. It is important that your resume fully reflects all of your directly-related work experience. Salary offers include three key factors:

• The selectees directly related experience at the same level as the position.
• The selectees overall experience in a particular area.
• The salaries of employees in similar positions and with similar levels of experience.

MCC also takes the selectees skill set into account. Applicants should note that salary offers seldom fall near the upper end of the salary range listed in the vacancy announcement. Salary may be set from the minimum to the midpoint of the salary range of the pay some instances based on a selectees extensive experience directly related to the position salary may be set at or above the mid-point up to the maximum salary for that pay band. See information on MCC base pay ranges and salary structure (

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• If you are eligible for CTAPICTAP you must provide proof of eligibility (a recent Standard Form 50 (SF-50)a separation notice) and a copy of your latest performance appraisal including your official rating.
• If you are eligible for CTAP/ICTAP you may apply for a vacancy at or below the grade level you are separated from that does not have greater promotion potential than your last position. You can apply for jobs at higher grades or with greater promotion potential but you will not receive selection priority for those jobs. You must provide proof of eligibility (promotion potential) for the higher grade( SF-50). ( #13. Can I get priority for higher-graded positions)
• If you are not a current federal employee this position may authorize a one time Recruitment bonus to be paid over a specified period. Selected individual will be required to a sign service agreement prior to receiving any bonus payments.
• If you are a current federal employee this position may authorize a one time Relocation bonus to be paid over a specified period. Selected individual will be required to a sign service agreement prior to receiving any bonus payments.
• SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
• Selectee may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience.
• The position may be filled by reassignment change to lower level transfer appointment or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
• You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Please note that qualification claims will be subject to verification.
• Your pay will be set within the range specified in this vacancy announcement and will be based on your qualifications education experience training and availability of funds.
• If the position is advertised with promotion potential the selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition. Selection at a lower pay band level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level nor is the promise of promotion implied.
• DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination.
• Applicants must include their own documented examples of the required experience in their resume. Applicants who copy the duties section of this announcement into their resume as their current experience will be disqualified.
• Selectee may be required to complete a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Form (OGE 450).
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government contractor issued travel card to be used for official business.
• Selectee may be required to complete a probationary/trial period.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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