Summary

This position is located in the Bureau of Global Public Affairs, Office of Research (GPA/RA/RE). The incumbent serves as a Supervisory Program Analyst responsible for managing staff who conducts social science, data science, and communications activities to produce audience research reports and message testing recommendations for the Bureau's campaigns and activities. The incumbent analyzes assigned programs, establishes goals/measures, and provides program oversight GPA program initiatives.

Duties

• Develops and implements audience research and analysis strategy to measure and improve program effectiveness including the creation and use of logic models, performance measurement plans and indicator tracking tables in support of US foreign policy.
• Develops and leads prelaunch research studies, to include designing mixed-mode sampling frames (including probability and non-probability frames such as area frames, list frames, cluster frames, and snowball sampling) for quantitative surveys.
• Provides oversight of quantitative and qualitative audience research work assigned to subordinates, to include review of analysis in R and or Python.
• Assesses the relevance and implications of global political, economic, and environmental developments and events potentially affecting the formulation, advancement, and execution of GPA programs, resources, and U.S. foreign policy.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Obtain/maintain eligibility to access Sensitive Compartmented Information
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/

• Experience independently designing complex mixed-mode sampling frames for quantitative surveys, including the use of survey experiments and Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) to test communications approaches and content.
• Experience using open source coding languages, to include but not limited to: R or Python, to analyze audience research data.
• Experience developing comprehensive audience research and analysis strategies to measure program effectiveness.

• Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others;
• Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances;
• Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress;
• Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and
• Capacity to "see the job through."

• For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or OAA@state.gov.
• If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.

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1. Qualified - In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must demonstrate a basic level of the required competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities) for the position.
2. Well Qualified - In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must demonstrate proficiency in some but not all of the required competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) for the position.
3. Highly Qualified - In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must fully demonstrate proficiency in all of the required competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities) for the position.

• Knowledge of design and management of public opinion survey research.
• Ability to apply research and analytic techniques.
• Skill in program management.
• Ability to plan and organize.
• Ability to establish and maintain liaison with officials throughout the foreign affairs community.