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As a Palace Acquire Intern you will experience both personal and professional growth while dealing effectively and ethically with change, complexity, and problem solving. The program offers a 3-year formal training plan with yearly salary increases. Promotions and salary increases are based upon your successful performance and supervisory approval.\nDuties\n\n GG-07\n\n Performs a variety of tasks in support of projects assigned to higher level analysts.\n\n Performs special research tasks designed to utilize and enhance knowledge of work processes and techniques, and to afford an opportunity to apply the fundamentals of associated disciplines\n\n Identifies sources of data and performs data acquisition and reduction.\n\n Develops reports which summarize accomplishments and results of assignments, and presents findings within own organization.\n\n Keeps abreast of emerging technologies and professional developments to remain current in the field and for application to work assignments.\n\nGG-09\n\n Plans own work procedures to be applied in support of projects assigned to higher grade operations research analysts.\n\n Performs general operations research assignments consisting of a series of interrelated tasks or problems screened by a higher grade operations analyst.\n\n Assists higher grade analysts in finding solutions to problems requiring a variety of data sources and operations research disciplines.\n\n Develops written summaries and reports to be used by higher level analysts, contractors and/or customers.\n\n Keeps abreast of emerging techniques and professional developments to remain current in the field and for application to work assignments.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\n\n Must meet suitability for Federal Employment\n\n Successful completion of all training and regulatory requirements as identified in the applicable training plan\n\n Student Loan Repayment may be authorized\n\n Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft\n\n To receive further consideration, YOU MUST apply at https://airforceciviliancareers.hirevue.com/signup/JHKjDpf5LXwh5aTSfppL9E/\n\n Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.\n\n U.S. Citizenship is required\n\n PCS expenses if authorized will be paid IAW JTR and Air Force Regulations\n\n Position may be subject to random drug testing\n\n Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.\n\n Selective Service: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service, see www.sss.gov\n\n Position may require an appropriate security clearance.\n\n Mobility - you may be required to relocate during or after completion of your training\n\n Minimum GPA of 2.95 on a 4.0 grading scale\n\n This public notice is to gather applications that may or may not result in a referral or selection.\n\n Employee must maintain current certifications\n\n You will be required to serve a two-year trial period\n\n Qualifications\n\n BASIC REQUIREMENTS: degree in operations research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.\n\nYou may qualify if you meet one of the following:\n\n1. GG-7: You must have completed or will complete a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's from an accredited institution AND must have documented Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) at the undergraduate level in the following:\n\na) Grade Point Average 2.95 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on your official transcript or as computed based on 4 years of education or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of curriculum; OR 3.45 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in your major field or the required courses in your major field completed during the final 2 years of your curriculum.\n\n2. GG-9: You must have completed 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree:\n\na) Grade Point Average - 2.95 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on your official transcript or as computed based on 4 years of education or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of curriculum; OR 3.45 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in your major field or the required courses in your major field completed during the final 2 years of your curriculum. If more than 10 percent of total undergraduate credit hours are non-graded, i.e. pass/fail, CLEP, CCAF, DANTES, military credit, etc. you cannot qualify based on GPA.\n\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:\n\n1. Professional operations research knowledge to apply scientific methods and techniques to analyze systems, process and/or operational problems and procedures.\n\n2. Ability to analyze, interpret and apply operations research rules and procedures in a variety of situations and recommend effective solutions to senior analysts.\n\n3. Ability to perform extensive inquiry into basic data to discover facts or fundamental relationships.\n\n4. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.\n\n5. Knowledge of computer operations and standard software applications.\n\nPART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.\n\nVOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.\n\nAs a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: \n\n- your performance and conduct; \n\n- the needs and interests of the agency; \n\n- whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency of the Government; and \n\n- whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency if the Federal service. \n\nUpon completion of your probationary period OR trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you \n\nreceive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.\n\n Education\n\n IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience; transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation.\n\nFOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.\n\n Additional information\n Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temporary and term positions and if selected, a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.\n\nIf you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here.\n\nTax Law Impact for PCS: On 22-Dec-2017, Public Law 115-97 - the \"Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017\" suspended qualified moving expense deductions along with the exclusion for employer reimbursements and payments of moving expenses effective 01-Jan-2018 for tax years 2018 through 2025. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit GSA Bulletin FTR 20-04 here for additional information.\n\n 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.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\n You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\nTo receive further consideration, YOU MUST log in to https://airforceciviliancareers.hirevue.com/signup/JHKjDpf5LXwh5aTSfppL9E/\n\nOnce there, select the \"Apply Now\" button. You will be directed to Hire Vue to begin your application.\n\nApplicants will be evaluated based on the materials and assessments required for the position. This may include:\n\n Responses to the Hire Vue interview\n\n Hire Vue assessments\n\n Review of transcripts and supporting documents\n\n Resume review\n\nIf you are minimally qualified for this job, you will be placed into one of three pre-defined quality categories based on your application. 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