Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Location: Washington, DC

Work Environment: Virtual

Term Length: 2 years

Salary Coverage: Home institution (full)

Salary Range: $89,370 – $116,181

The DOE ODEI is looking for a highly collaborative self-starter who wants to make a positive impact on the federal workforce via DEIA presidential initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute towards the secretary’s key DEIA priorities through research, statistical analysis and program evaluation.

The incumbent will:

• Partner with ODEI team to identify opportunities for research and evaluation of DEIA programs and processes, evaluating results against success metrics.
• Leverage technical expertise to design and implement research and evaluation approaches using qualitative and quantitative methods including statistical analyses. Establish measurement and research framework.
• Identify critical issues and understand DOE’s DEIA efforts in order to drive improvements.
• Communicate methodology, workplans, data collection, analysis and findings through reports and presentations.
• Engage and partner with stakeholders to implement evaluation or research projects, interpret data and develop recommendations.
• Review, communicate, and stay abreast of findings from relevant literature (such as academic journals and case studies) related to DEIA research and evaluation.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services/Division of Laboratory Systems

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Location: Atlanta, GA

Work Environment: Hybrid

Term Length: 2 years

Salary Coverage: Agency (partial)

Salary Range: $114,471 – $118,540

The health equity officer leads and directs the integration and promotion of health equity activities across the Division of Laboratory Systems. The incumbent will help division leaders fulfill current Health Equity initiatives and aid in the fulfillment of programs within the division to expand health equity.

The incumbent:

• Provides consultation on scientific and programmatic issues, in particular around health equity.
• Formulates and develops program policy and guidance, in particular around health equity.
• Plans strategies on how to manage and deliver program operational oversight.
• Provides advice and guidance on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility initiatives for DLS and programs related to Health Equity efforts across DLS in collaboration with Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services Health Equity Officer and CSELS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Officer.
• Coordinates, and provides quality assurance for increasing the promotion of health equity across the division, center, and agency.
• Collaborates and engages with leadership within CSELS Divisions and across CDC.
• Works closely with the CSELS and DLS Senior Level Leadership, including collaborating with:
  • Associate Director for Science to plan and review science across the center through a health equity lens,
  • Associate Director for Communication on internal and external consensus building and marketing,
  • Associate Director for Policy on strategic partnerships, engagement with external organizations, and policy-related matters, and
  • Associate Director for Evaluation and program leads on developing appropriate health equity focused metrics and milestones for monitoring and evaluation.
• Fills gaps for DEI&A topics and formulates plans to improve measures outlined by division leadership for expanding workforce diversity and inclusion goals.
• Works with chief information officers across CDC to align CSELS/DLS activities with broad agency strategies and may need to engage with external partners.
• Serves as the DLS Liaison for Health Equity and DEI&A initiatives to senior level leadership,
• Works with other DLS leadership to develop and manage our CORE Health Equity Science and Implementation Strategy.

Management, Office of the Chief Financial Officer

*Secret Security Clearance Required

Location: Washington, DC

Work Environment: Hybrid

Term Length: 2 years

Salary Coverage: Agency (full)

Salary Range: $126,233 – $164,102

The purpose of this detail is to support and enhance the existing staff and expertise of the Division of Program Analysis and Evaluation, enabling PA&E to better meet its mission of providing leadership and coordination for department- and component-level compliance with the Evidence Act Title 1 requirements and to better harness the benefits of evaluation in decision making.

The incumbent’s responsibilities include:

• Designing, conducting, and overseeing program and policy evaluations – 40%. Coordinates, designs, conducts, or oversees highly technical evaluation projects and studies of the context, implementation, performance, quality, and effectiveness of homeland security programs, policies, and operations. Selects and uses appropriate social science, research, and evaluation theories, principles, methods, and practices in applied settings to assess effectiveness and identify ways to improve programs, policies, and operations.
• Supporting planning and implementation of DHS evaluation framework –25%. Plans and coordinates activities that support the development and implementation of DHS evaluation policy, learning agendas, annual evaluation plans, capacity assessments, and their integration with strategic planning, performance management and planning, and budget planning.
• Building stakeholder capacity for evaluation – 20%. Designs, facilitates, and coordinates webinars, workshops, conferences, guidance, training materials, and tools to support DHS staff who are preparing for or overseeing an evaluation.
• Advising on evaluation research and use – 15%. Serves as an expert advisor to and liaises with evaluators, leadership, program, policy, and other internal and external (federal, state, local, private sector) homeland security audiences regarding the value, justification, design, conduct, findings, and use of evaluation.

Chief Evaluation Office

Location: Washington, DC

Work Environment: Hybrid

Term Length: 1.5 years

Salary Coverage: Agency (full)

Salary Range: up to $122,530

The IPA detailee will support the Department of Labor’s Chief Evaluation Office in a variety of research efforts in collaboration with DOL agency partners.

CEO develops evaluation research in a way that upholds the Department of Labor’s Evaluation Policy principles of rigor, relevance, transparency, independence and ethics. CEO is, in particular, looking for applicants with expertise in behavioral economics to support our Behavioral Interventions team, as well as those with topical or research expertise in: unemployment insurance, employment and training, disability and employment, and worker protection and enforcement, including research related to the work of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Wage and Hour Division, the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. IPA fellows’ work may include designing, procuring and managing research contracts and grants, supporting a DOL agency’s entire research portfolio and strategy, and/or DOL-wide capacity-building efforts, such as professional trainings and events.

Ideal IPA Fellow candidates for CEO’s research and evaluation teams will have topical expertise in program implementation or research related to one of the priority areas outlined above, as well as advanced training in research methods, including experimental, quasi-experimental and mixed methods approaches. Those interested in working with CEO’s Behavioral Interventions research portfolio would ideally have relevant methodological expertise as well as familiarity with DOL’s worker protection and enforcement efforts. Candidates should be established professionals with program management or implementation experience, and/or experience in conducting academic-quality research.

Location: Washington, DC

Work Environment: Hybrid

Term Length: 1.5 years

Salary Coverage: Agency (full)

Salary Range: $121,065 – $128,187

IPA Fellows selected to work with CEO’s Data Analytics team may support a variety of DOL agency requests to analyze existing internal and external data. The Data Analytics team works with DOL agency partners to provide technical assistance and analyses such as: applied economic modeling, analytical project oversight, data provision, and statistical consulting. Fellows may work on one or more analytical projects in collaboration with DOL agencies, depending on their interests and areas of expertise.

Ideal IPA Fellows candidates for the Data Analytics team will have experience in advanced multivariate econometric modeling, using one or more of the major statistical software packages (e.g., SPSS, SAS, STATA, R). Strong applicants will have some of the following characteristics, typically obtained through an advanced degree: mastery-level knowledge of broad areas of statistics or econometrics and skill in applying them to social science problems; experience gathering, cleaning, and using large datasets; any proficiency with machine learning and web scraping techniques.

Location: Washington, DC

Work Environment: Virtual

Term Length: 2 years

Salary Coverage: Home institution (full)

Salary Range: $103,690 – $134,798

The IPA will assist the Department of Transportation in the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. The new legislation calls for innovative approaches to transportation systems, and the Office of Innovation and Engagement is responsible for mining these ideas from the workforce. The IPA would gain experience in driving change through a large federal agency, including engaging with the 12 modes through the innovation community of practice.

The DOT IDEAS platform is a department-wide ideation platform that helps facilitate ideation. DOT employees can build and share ideas, experiences, opinions, knowledge, and best practices in an open environment. The DOT IDEAS system operates from a central Office of the Secretary for data access, monitoring, and assistance delivering services as required. The IPA will:

• Work with OIE to create, edit, maintain, and troubleshoot technology or website matters; develop, design, or enhance websites, SharePoint.
• Assist with system integration to ensure that the idea management process integrates with the web presence to ensure that modes can present their site for idea management, metrics for reporting ideas can occur at the modal and department-wide perspective, and the innovation coaches can provide feedback based on the metrics.
• Coordinate briefings and responses to community of practice representatives, track potential programmatic risks, and resolves challenges associated with progress/completion of ideas, including monitoring of idea submissions, spotlighting trends, data analysis, developing reports, presentations, and executive communications.

Other duties include:

• Provide ongoing status update to leadership, the OIE team, modal representatives and other internal stakeholders.
• Organize and coordinates briefings and responses to community of practice representatives.
• Track potential programmatic risks and resolves challenges associated with progress/completion of ideas, including monitoring of idea submissions, spotlighting trends, data analysis, developing reports, presentations, and executive communications.
• Create videos, web-based messaging and training, collaborates and engages employees, managers, executives, and agency stakeholders throughout the department and acts as an advocate for the OIE products and services.
• Collaborate to develop an innovation toolkit that includes processes for stage gating ideas through the idea lifecycle, implementing human-centered design principles, recommending communications and technology enhancements, designing web-based training and tools to support the ideation process, and creating business cases for idea implementation.
• Develop knowledge of all OIE functional areas: program operations, engagement, communication, research, and technology.
• Facilitate group processes for innovation projects as the opportunities become available.

Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program, Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water

*Must be able to qualify for a Confidential Security Clearance

Location: Washington, DC

Work Environment: Fully virtual

Role Availability: Multiple openings

Term Length: 2 years

Salary Coverage: Federal agency (full)

Salary Range: $178,200 – $232,200

Application Deadline: October 27, 2023

The Underground Injection Control Program (UIC) authorizes the injection of fluid into the subsurface in a manner that is protective of underground sources of drinking water. One type of injection activity that is managed by the UIC program is the geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide through Class VI injection wells. This is one technology that can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere and mitigate climate change. EPA is seeking skilled experts to support activities associated with Class VI injection wells.

These IPA assignments will assist EPA in making decisions associated with Class VI injection well activities. Participating groups will gain an understanding of how EPA reviews and processes Class VI injection well permit applications. This knowledge could be taken back to participating state/local governments to assist in the development of state or tribal UIC Class VI program.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Agency in evaluating permit applications for Class VI injection wells. This would include (but is not limited to) evaluations of:
  • Subsurface geologic conditions
  • The area surrounding the well where underground sources of drinking water (USDWs) may be endangered
  • Well construction and operation
  • Financial assurance
  • Monitoring and testing plans
  • Emergency response plans
• Assist the Agency in enhancing public engagement associated with Class VI permit activities.
• Work closely with and/or in a team to provide support in reviewing state, tribal, and territorial Class VI program applications and assistance in rulemakings associated with state, tribal, and territorial programs.
• Support the Agency in the development of tools and resources to assist in permitting and state, tribal, and territorial program determinations.
• Provide scientific advice and guidance to managers, scientists, and engineers where applicable.
• Assist the agency in the development of long and short-range plans; organizing and directing the work of a team and providing expert advice to senior leadership where applicable.

Office of General Counsel, Civil Rights and Finance Law Office

Location: Washington, DC

Work Environment: Hybrid

Term Length: 2 years

Salary Coverage: Home institution (full)

Salary Range: $144,128 – $172,500

Consistent with Executive Order 13985, EPA is strengthening its civil rights and environmental justice programs. In support of this goal, OGC provides significant support to both the external civil rights program and office of grants. OGC need a skilled legal expert to help ensure it is advancing legal approaches that consider impacts of racial disparities and work to eliminate them. The office needs support to examine and assess its current regulatory guidance for the Title VI program and ensure it is distributing federal financial assistance consistent with current law and EO 13985 and impacts of discriminatory activities on overburdened communities.

The employee will:

• Work on drafting updates to EPA’s civil rights regulations and may provide legal counsel related to expenditure of agency funds, including issues that arise under grants and cooperative agreements, as well during formulation of the Agency’s budget.
• Provide advice to the agency’s external civil rights compliance program, which is responsible for ensuring that recipients of the agency’s financial assistance do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
• Perform a variety of external civil rights work, which involves in part, providing legal advice and counsel regarding administrative complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and EPA’s implementing regulations prohibiting discrimination.
• Provide legal advice and counsel to a variety of program offices at EPA headquarters, as well as regional offices, with respect to Equal Protection Clause and First Amendment (Establishment Clause, freedom of assembly and free speech) issues.

Office of the Secretary

Location: Washington, DC

Work Environment: Virtual

Term Length: 1 year

Salary Coverage: Home institution (full)

Salary Range: $132,368 – $172,075

The primary goal of this IPA assignment would be to assist OGE in complying with Executive Order 13985 in the areas of hiring and advancement, procurement, and communications. Regarding communications, OGE has identified two specific aspects of this program area to target for assessment and improvement: internal DEIA programs and its external communications targeted to the public.

The incumbent will:

• Review OGE policies and programs related to the areas of hiring and advancement, procurement, and communications, with an eye toward advancing equity.
• Assess internal DEIA programs and external communications targeted to the public.
• Develop and provide equity and DEIA training programs to OGE staff