A Social Scientist carries out and facilitates social science research to better understand human behavior. Involves activities such as analysis of laboratory results, quality control, data management, and presentations of findings. May utilize statistic or other data analysis software such as SPSS, STATA or SAS.
Forensic Social Scientist Program Manager Department of Commerce Nional Institute of Standards and Technology Special Programs Office-HQ Summary NIST is seeking a Forensic Social Scientist Program Manager. This role leads key operions and applies behavioral science principles to expand access to scientific da and drive informion sharing. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupions for which NIST has a severe shortage of candides. Learn more about this agency Summary NIST is seeking a Forensic Social Scientist Program Manager. This role leads key operions and applies behavioral science principles to expand access to scientific da and drive informion sharing. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupions for which NIST has a severe shortage of candides. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 08/04/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 4, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Gaithersburg, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade ZP 5 Promotion potential 5 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - Conferences, workshops, site s. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0101 Social Science Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk NCS/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
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Control number 878338100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Citizens Videos Duties Help In this position you will: Oversee operional and administrive activities for the Special Programs Office (SPO) to support division priorities and objectives. Conduct studies and evaluions in the social and behavioral sciences to support forensic science, criminal justice, and research program objectives. Coordine stregic initiives, program activities, and cross-functional projects with internal and external stakeholders. Represent the organizion in meetings, working groups, and collaborive engagements with scientific and criminal justice partners. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. citizenship Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Suitable for Federal employment Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure, Form OGE-450
behavioral or social science; or reled disciplines approprie to the position. OR Combinion of educion and experience th provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR Four years of approprie experience th demonstred th the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. In addition to the above basic requirement, this position requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-14 (ZP-4 NIST) level.
Specialized experience is defined as:
Directing high level research in human factors, behavioral science,or industrial/organizional psychology reled to forensic or criminal justice systems; analyzing processes and da to improve performance and reduce operional risks; and providing expert technical guidance to stakeholders. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The qualificion requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificion Standards Handbook . If requesting reconsiderion of your qualificion determinion, please refer to the following site: Applicant Reconsiderion Educion This position has an educion requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to valide th the educion requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts accepted in the applicion package. However, an official copy required before a final offer of employment. Use of foreign educion for qualificions. An accredited organizion must evalue educion completed outside of the U.S. to ensure th it is comparable to educion received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizions from the Department of Educion's website. A copy of the foreign educion evaluion (containing the results with course-by-course listing) is required with your applicion. Additional informion This position is covered under NIST's Alternive Personnel Management System (APMS), a pay-for-performance system with excellent HR flexibilities to help NIST recruit and retain top talent. Learn more about the APMS here ! We may share your applicion package with other selecting officials. Additional selections may be made through this vacancy. Click all links in this vacancy announcement to view additional informion or instructions. You MUST select least
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to be considered for this position. All documents submitted for this announcement must be legible to make qualificion or eligibility determinions. A probionary period may be required. A supervisory probionary period may be required. Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure, Form OGE-450. Obtain and maintain a Noncritical Sensitive -Secret Clearance NIST strives to build a flexible and encouraging work environment to bring out the best in our employees. To help our employees balance responsibilities home and work, NIST offers a variety of work-life flexibilities. For more informion, please our Careers website . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Please prepare a resume th is no longer than two pages ; only the first two pages considered during the review process. Ensure your font is 11 points or larger and upload your resume as a .pdf document . This helps ensure your formting looks exactly the way you intended. How you evalued : You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed in this announcement. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Subject Mter Experts (SMEs) may be used to review your resume to determine your technical qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. SMEs will review ONLY two (2) pages of your resume. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume. Applicions assessed on the following competencies:
All applicants may be referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under Direct Hire Authority, applicants are not red and ranked, and veteran preference does not apply. CTAP or ICTAP eligibility : If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP), you must be determined eligible and red as well-qualified to receive special selection priority. "Well Qualified" means th in addition to meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective placement factor(s), if applicable, you must receive a score of 85 or higher. Please review the following site regarding required documents to support CTAP or ICTAP eligibility and additional informion regarding this authority - CTAP/ICTAP Eligibility Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The documents required may vary based on how you're applying (i.e., as a veteran or disabled veteran, current or former Federal employee, etc.). Please review the Required Documents for this position to find out if there are any documents required with your applicion. Failure to submit required documents, based upon how you apply, may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.
A complete applicion includes:
1) A resume (not to exceed two pages), 2) vacancy question responses regarding technical qualificions, and 3) submission of any required documents . Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, or if the documents submitted are illegible you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).
Resume:
All applicants must submit a resume by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their choosing. Please prepare a resume no longer than 2 pages; only the first 2 pages considered during the review process. Ensure your font is 11 points or larger and upload your resume as a .pdf document. This helps ensure your formting looks exactly the way you intended. Cover letters are optional. To receive any credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and the number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest you review the qualificion requirements for this position as you may need to customize your resume to ensure th it supports the position qualificions. Please refer to the Resume Guidance on how to build an effective resume. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments, and required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. As part of the applicion process, you asked to respond to four narrive questions. While your responses to these questions is not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question. You asked to certify th you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChGPT or Copilot. Once your applicion has been submitted, you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The Human Resources Office will evalue your applicion to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus : Click on this: USAJOBS Help Center - How to see your applicion and job stus Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Need help applying? If you are experiencing any difficulties with the online applicion process (anything after you have clicked the 'Apply Online' button), please contact the Agency Contact listed on this announcement between regular business hours (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET). If you receive any kind of error message, please be ready to provide a screenshot or, a minimum, the error message text and number. We will provide you with a technical support number for further assistance if necessary. If you are having trouble with USAJOBS (searching for jobs, account password/profile issues, or Resume Builder), please the
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Help Center - How to... . We regret th we are unable to support any issues with USAJOBS, as this service is not maintained by the NIST. If you are experiencing a significant hardship th hinders your ability to apply online, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this announcement prior to the vacancy closing de and during regular business hours to discuss your situion. Agency contact informion Kristine Noza kristinejane.noza@nist.gov Address Special Programs Office 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US Next steps We will upde applicant stuses when: A qualificion determinion is made. If found not qualified/eligible, no additional updes provided. Applicions are referred to the selecting official. A selection decision has been made. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after announcement's closing de . Also, note th if you provide an inaccure email address or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion, which could affect your considerion for this position. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The documents required may vary based on how you're applying (i.e., as a veteran or disabled veteran, current or former Federal employee, etc.). Please review the Required Documents for this position to find out if there are any documents required with your applicion. Failure to submit required documents, based upon how you apply, may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.
A complete applicion includes:
1) A resume (not to exceed two pages), 2) vacancy question responses regarding technical qualificions, and 3) submission of any required documents . Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, or if the documents submitted are illegible you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).
Resume:
All applicants must submit a resume by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their choosing. Please prepare a resume no longer than 2 pages; only the first 2 pages considered during the review process. Ensure your font is 11 points or larger and upload your resume as a .pdf document. This helps ensure your formting looks exactly the way you intended. Cover letters are optional. To receive any credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and the number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest you review the qualificion requirements for this position as you may need to customize your resume to ensure th it supports the position qualificions. Please refer to the Resume Guidance on how to build an effective resume. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments, and required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. As part of the applicion process, you asked to respond to four narrive questions. While your responses to these questions is not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question. You asked to certify th you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChGPT or Copilot. Once your applicion has been submitted, you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The Human Resources Office will evalue your applicion to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus : Click on this: USAJOBS Help Center - How to see your applicion and job stus Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Need help applying? If you are experiencing any difficulties with the online applicion process (anything after you have clicked the 'Apply Online' button), please contact the Agency Contact listed on this announcement between regular business hours (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET). If you receive any kind of error message, please be ready to provide a screenshot or, a minimum, the error message text and number. We will provide you with a technical support number for further assistance if necessary. If you are having trouble with USAJOBS (searching for jobs, account password/profile issues, or Resume Builder), please the
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Help Center - How to... . We regret th we are unable to support any issues with USAJOBS, as this service is not maintained by the NIST. If you are experiencing a significant hardship th hinders your ability to apply online, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this announcement prior to the vacancy closing de and during regular business hours to discuss your situion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Kristine Noza kristinejane.noza@nist.gov Address Special Programs Office 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US Next steps We will upde applicant stuses when: A qualificion determinion is made. If found not qualified/eligible, no additional updes provided. Applicions are referred to the selecting official. A selection decision has been made. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after announcement's closing de . Also, note th if you provide an inaccure email address or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion, which could affect your considerion for this position. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 08/04/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 4, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Gaithersburg, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade ZP 5 Promotion potential 5 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - Conferences, workshops, site s. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
