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Economist
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
This announcement is issued under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) to recruit for positions for which there is a critical hiring need. Selectee(s) will receive a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service and may be required to serve a one year probationary period.
What You'll Do
- →This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer which provides sound decision support in the areas of budget, financial management, and program and economic analysis services.
- →Typical work assignments at the full performance level include, but are not limited to: Planning and executing projects to collect, validate, and manage detailed economic data, including establishing data requirements, sources, quality controls, and documentation sufficient to support reproducible analysis.
- →Conducting independent economic research and analysis supporting CISA analytic requirements (e.g., economic impact studies, cost-benefit analyses, and decision-support tool development), applying appropriate economic theory, quantitative methods, and qualitative techniques as required.
- →Identifying and resolving methodological issues affecting study design, data acquisition, and interpretation (e.g., model selection, data limitations, assumptions, uncertainty, and sensitivity), and establishing analytically sound approaches to ensure valid and defensible results.
- →Leading the design and execution of complex or pioneering economic studies and programs of critical importance to CISA by defining research scope and objectives, evaluating feasibility, managing analytic risk/uncertainty, and coordinating work across stakeholders and contributing analysts as needed.
- →Preparing and delivering technical written products and briefings (reports, graphics, charts, and presentations) that communicate methods, assumptions, limitations, findings, and actionable recommendations clearly and concisely to senior leadership and other stakeholders.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S. citizen.
- ✓Selective Service - Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service, see http://www.sss.gov/ All Federal employees are required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer for salary payments.
- ✓DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- ✓Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.
- ✓You must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
- ✓This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
- ✓This position may be designated as essential personnel.
- ✓Essential personnel must be able to serve during continuity of operation events without regard to declarations of liberal leave or government closures due to weather, protests, and acts of terrorism or lack of funding.
- ✓Failure to report for or remain in this position may result in disciplinary or adverse action in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations (5 U.S.C. 7501-7533 and 5 CFR Part 752, as applicable).
- ✓This position requires a pre-employment drug test.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to a drug test to screen for illicit/illegal drug use prior to receiving a final offer of employment.
- ✓A final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result.
- ✓If you are using your education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements specified in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent with your application.
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted that include your name, the name of the educational institution, course title(s), number of credits, grade, and date of completion.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8b02721c-1073-4a65-aaf9-a96f4b2dc998
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