Health Science Policy Analyst-NIMHD-DE

If you are a male at least 18 years of age, born after December 31, 1959, have you registered with the Selective Service?

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Thank you for your interest in the Health Science Policy Analyst /Science Writer, GS-0601-14 position at our Agency. We will evaluate your resume and your responses to this Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this questionnaire.

1. Choose the one answer that best describes how you meet the Minimum Education requirements for the Health Science Policy Analyst/Science Writer, GS-0601-14, position as described in the Qualification Section of the Vacancy Announcement.

2. Choose the one answer that best describes how you meet the Additional Requirements for the Health Science Policy Analyst/Science Writer, GS-0601-14 position as described in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.

The following section is used to determine your non-competitive eligibility or priority consideration. If you want non-competitive or priority consideration, you must submit the required documentation to verify your eligibility as indicated.

1. Schedule A (Individuals with Disabilities) - I am an individual who has a permanent, severe physical, psychiatric, or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, and wish to be considered non-competitively.

NOTE: If you select "yes" in response to this question, you must submit Proof of Disability. If you are selected, you will be asked to provide a Certificate of Job Readiness. You can obtain this documentation from a licensed medical professional; licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist (State or private); or any Federal agency, State agency, agency of the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory that issues or provides disability benefits.

For more information on this hiring flexibility, please visit the USAJobs Individuals with Disabilities Page

2. Commissioned Corps Member– I am currently an officer enlisted in the PHS Commissioned Corps. I am interested in staying in the Corps if selected. NOTE: If you select "yes" in response to this question, you will NOT be referred on the competitive Delegated Examining certificate of eligibles, as selection from that list would require you to resign or retire from the Corps. For more information on the Commissioned Corps, please visit the U.S. Public Health Service Commission Corps Website. 

3. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)/Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) -  I am a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency (e.g., IRS, VA, Dept of Labor, etc.) in the same local commuting area of the vacancy. I have a current (or last) performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent. Applicants eligible under ICTAP/CTAP are provided priority selection for vacancies within the local commuting area for which they apply and are well qualified.

NOTE: If you select "yes" in response to this question, you must submit copies of the appropriate documentation, such as a reduction in force (RIF) separation notice, a SF-50 reflecting your RIF separation, or a notice of proposed removal for declining a directed reassignment or transfer of function to another commuting area. You must also submit documentation to reflect your current (or last) performance rating of record.

For more information on ICTAP/CTAP, please visit OPM’s The Employee's Guide to Career Transition Page.

For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training.

1. Design processes to identify research accomplishments and trends.

2. Monitor scientific research advances and trends

3. Analyze public health policies, legislation, and programmatic issues as related to minority health and health disparities.

4. Establish standards for others to follow in planning, reviewing, and evaluating research projects.

5. Identify and recommend new research program initiatives direction.

6. Identify and recommend funding levels for new research initiatives.

7. Monitor scientific project or program progress to assure objectives are met.

8. Provide technical guidance, advise and consultation to
high level officials on broad range of scientific policy and programmatic issues such as improving health, healthcare, and access to healthcare for targeted populations

9. Analyze and present research data for use in developing reports.

10. Develop institutional response to policy inquiries and clearances.

11. Develop position papers, special reports, and recommendations for addressing gaps in research.

12. Develop policies in response to funding level or legislative or program changes.

13. Write major components of position papers on scientific policy or other critical issues related to minority health and health disparities.

14. Collect and analyze statistical, fiscal, and scientific research program data.

15. Establish and maintain scientific coding and research reporting databases and systems.

16. Reconcile conflicting data for which no guidelines exist from comparable studies.

17. Devise new and modified methods to analyze findings for which no guidelines exist from comparable studies.

18. Use qualitative and quantitative techniques to evaluate internal scientific operations.

19. Brief senior level officials on scientific issues such as analyses and action recommendations.

20. Develop scientific or technical presentations.

21. Present scientific or technical information, analyses, and proposals to various audiences.

22. Consult with staff on draft Congressional testimony or official for the record.

23. Organize and facilitate scientific meetings, conferences or workshops.

As previously explained, your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy.

If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position.

24. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.