Economist

Economist Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research Summary This position is loced Department of Housing and Urban Development , Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research . This opportunity is also open to Stus Candides under Announcement 26-HUD-12946158 . Please refer to th announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced Department of Housing and Urban Development , Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research . This opportunity is also open to Stus Candides under Announcement 26-HUD-12946158 . Please refer to th announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 24, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913
• $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0110 Economist Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-HUD-12946157-P Control number 871328900 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 1. U.S Citizens or U.S. Nionals; no prior federal experience is required. 2.

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibles. Help This job is also open in another announcement to: Federal employees

• Competitive service Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Land and base management Veterans Military spouses Individuals with disabilities Family of overseas employees Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Special authorities Duties Help HUD's Mission The mission of the U.

S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is to foster strong communities by supporting access to quality, affordable housing, expanding the housing supply, and unlocking homeownership opportunities for the American people. The Department is committed to furthering the promise of self-sufficiency in every American while promoting economic development to revitalize rural, tribal, and urban communities across the country. This position is loced in the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R). PD&R is responsible for providing advice and informion to the Secretary to further the agency's, policy agenda; for maintaining current informion to monitor housing needs, housing market conditions, and the operion of existing programs; and for conducting research on priority housing and community development issues. As an Economist , you will: Manage the formulion, programming and guidance of projects or continuing programs involving economic issues of gre importance and significance Identify particular problems to explore; assess the adequacy of existing programs; and recommend and implement changes. Conduct policy oriented research in development of innovive approaches to existing and new problems in an economic field. Requirements Help Conditions of employment The official duty stion for this position in Alexandria, Virginia . Failure to report to duty this locion may be grounds for a disciplinary action, including removal.

Key Requirements:

Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. Nional. A one year probionary period may be required. Continued employment is contingent upon supervisory certificion th continued employment nefit the Federal Service; the certificion will occur no less than 30 days before the end of the probionary/trial period. Must successfully complete a background investigion. Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, the time requested by the agency. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Go through a Personal Identity Verificion (PIV) process th requires two forms of identificion from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verificion of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Please refer to "Additional Informion Section for additional Conditions of Employment." Qualificions You must meet the following requirements by the closing de of this announcement.

Specialized Experience:

For the GS-14 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Directing or playing a leading role in two or more research studies the same time involving advanced stistical and econometric analysis, simulion modeling, the use of computer software, and advanced housing economics, finance, or public finance theory; AND
• Developing research designs reled to the analysis of housing economics, housing finance, public finance, or microeconomics issues; AND
• Communicing effectively and persuasively, both orally and in writing, on findings of economic studies with special emphasis on describing and assessing the adequacy and significance of the methodology and da employed and findings derived.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, prive sector or volunteer service . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prored basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indice des of employment by month/day/year, and indice number of hours worked per week on your resume. Educion The educion generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions .

Basic Educion Requirements:

A.

Degree:

economics, th included least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in stistics, accounting, or calculus. OR B.

Combinion of educion and experience:

courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus approprie experience or additional educion.

Examples of qualifying experience include:

1.individual economic research assignments requiring planning, informion assembly, analysis and evaluion, conclusions and report preparion; 2.supervisory or project coordinion assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluion and interpretion of economic informion; or 3.teaching assignments in a college or university th included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research th produced evidence of results, (2) direction of gradue theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems. Additional informion

OTHER INFORMATION

We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Relocion expenses will not be paid. Relocion incentive will not be paid. Recruitment incentive will not be paid. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). HUD offers alternive and flexible work schedules. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies for similar positions across HUD. During the online applicion process, you asked to specify if you would like your applicion informion shared with other hiring managers in the Program Office listed in this announcement or in other HUD Program Offices. Opting to share your applicion informion will not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor will it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

(CONTINUED): HUD employees are subject to a number of government-wide and HUD specific ethics laws and regulions, including restrictions on working in a real este reled business, and having Section 8 tenants, along with other prohibited interests and activities. To review applicable ethics rules and HUD specific restrictions, please https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/general_counsel/ethics . 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. Your applicion includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure th your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determinion.

Ring :

You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses to the applicion questions, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion, this position requires an online assessment. This online assessment uses structured questions about your past work to help understand your experience and determine how well your skills fit the role. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questions may result in your removal from considerion. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Problem Solving

• Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of informion; uses sound judgment to genere and evalue alternives, and to make recommendions. Research
• Knowledge of the scientific principles, methods, and processes used to conduct a systemic and objective inquiry, including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretion of da, and the reporting of results. Technical Competence
• Uses knowledge th is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evalues technical informion reled to the job; advises others on technical issues. Written Communicion
• Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing mter for the intended audience.

Cegory ring used to rank and select eligible candides. If qualified, you assigned to one of three quality level cegories: Best (highest quality cegory), Better (middle quality cegory), or Good (minimally qualified cegory) depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, educion, and training reled to this position. Your ring may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the educion and/or experience described in your applicion. Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles listed the top of their assigned cegory and considered before non-preference-eligibles in th cegory.

Referral :

If you are among the top qualified candides, your applicion may be referred to a selecting official for considerion. You may be required to participe in a selection interview. If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan(CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP )) you must be assigned the middle cegory or better to be red as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority. 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 A complete applicion includes: 1.

A resume:

All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) USA Jobs restricts resume uploads to a maximum of 2 pages . Resumes tached in other sections (such as "Documents" or "Other") will not be considered in the determinion of specialized experience. If multiple resumes are submitted, the resume submitted last (based on time stamp) the only one reviewed as a part of your applicion. To ensure readability, resumes must be formted using an easy-to-read font (such as Lo, Calibri, or Arial) with a minimum font size of 10-points and margins no smaller than 0.5 inches. Failure to follow these formting guidelines may result in disqualificion from further considerion. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/de/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. For resume writing guidance, please USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job?

2.

Vacancy question responses:

All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement. 3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).

VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION

If you are claiming veterans preference, please see applicant guide for required documention . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documention as outlined in the applicant guide.

CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN

(CTAP)

OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN

(ICTAP)

DOCUMENTATION

: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click

CTAP/ICTAP

for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.

EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION

: For positions with an educion requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript required if you are selected. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Educion Accredition page . If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions . How to Apply Help HUD has partnered with the Department of Treasury to provide certain personnel services to its organizion. Treasury's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applicions, and extending job offers. Please review the entire announcement before applying. The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m.

• 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday
• Friday).

If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing de. HUD provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the applicion and hiring process. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion: Log into your USAJOBS account ( USAJOBS Login ) A list of announcements in which you have applied the Welcome screen Under "applicion stus," click "Track this applicion" and you taken to the agency website where you can check your applicion stus. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you wish to make changes/updes to your applicion and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Upde Applicion" to be taken back to your applicion. No updes can be made once the announcement has closed. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to USAJOBS Help Center

• How to see your applicion and job stus To preview the questionnaire: https://apply.

usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12946157 The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits specific inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal or credit background unless the hiring agency has made a conditional offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the de of alleged non-compliance by contacting: FairChanceAct@hud.gov Wh are criminal history inquiries? Agency contact informion Applicant Call Center Phone 304-480-7300 hudinquiries@fiscal.treasury.gov Address Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research Treasury Common Services Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. We will review your resume and transcript(s) (if approprie) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigion. 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 A complete applicion includes: 1.

A resume:

All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) USA Jobs restricts resume uploads to a maximum of 2 pages . Resumes tached in other sections (such as "Documents" or "Other") will not be considered in the determinion of specialized experience. If multiple resumes are submitted, the resume submitted last (based on time stamp) the only one reviewed as a part of your applicion. To ensure readability, resumes must be formted using an easy-to-read font (such as Lo, Calibri, or Arial) with a minimum font size of 10-points and margins no smaller than 0.5 inches. Failure to follow these formting guidelines may result in disqualificion from further considerion. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/de/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. For resume writing guidance, please USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job?

2.

Vacancy question responses:

All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement. 3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).

VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION

If you are claiming veterans preference, please see applicant guide for required documention . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documention as outlined in the applicant guide.

CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN

(CTAP)

OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN

(ICTAP)

DOCUMENTATION

: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click

CTAP/ICTAP

for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.

EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION

: For positions with an educion requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript required if you are selected. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Educion Accredition page . If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions . How to Apply Help HUD has partnered with the Department of Treasury to provide certain personnel services to its organizion. Treasury's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applicions, and extending job offers. Please review the entire announcement before applying. The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m.

• 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday
• Friday).

If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing de. HUD provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the applicion and hiring process. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion: Log into your USAJOBS account ( USAJOBS Login ) A list of announcements in which you have applied the Welcome screen Under "applicion stus," click "Track this applicion" and you taken to the agency website where you can check your applicion stus. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you wish to make changes/updes to your applicion and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Upde Applicion" to be taken back to your applicion. No updes can be made once the announcement has closed. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to USAJOBS Help Center

• How to see your applicion and job stus To preview the questionnaire: https://apply.

usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12946157 The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits specific inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal or credit background unless the hiring agency has made a conditional offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the de of alleged non-compliance by contacting: FairChanceAct@hud.gov Wh are criminal history inquiries? Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Applicant Call Center Phone 304-480-7300 hudinquiries@fiscal.treasury.gov Address Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research Treasury Common Services Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. We will review your resume and transcript(s) (if approprie) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigion. 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 this month

• Apply in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 24, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913
• $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-HUD-12946157-P Control number 871328900