FDA Looking for Social Scientist (Remote) at Maryland, United States Full Time

Social Scientist

Job Vacancy link: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/755422200

Open/Close Date: 10/19/2023 – 10/25/2023

Salary: $71,099 – $109,908 per year

Summary:

The Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is responsible for planning, managing, directing and coordinating major tobacco program objectives to implement the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. This position is located in the Division of Research and Evaluation which works with regulatory specialists responsible for leading, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the research and evaluation programs and activities of the Office of Health Communication and Education to include but not limited to public education campaigns and regulatory communication.

Responsibilities/Job Duties:

• Applying knowledge of behavioral and social science theories, methods, and techniques to the development of public education campaigns, health communication projects, and program evaluation.
• Planning, designing, implementation, and analysis of health communication projects.
• Consulting and measuring outcome of data obtained in studies designed to investigate comprehension, judgment, knowledge, and behavior related to tobacco products.
• Reviewing literature to maintain current knowledge about measuring and evaluating public education initiatives at local, state, and national levels.

Qualifications

The position of Social Scientist falls under the 0101 occupational series. To qualify for this position at grade GS-12/13, you must meet all requirements by 11:59 pm EST on 10/25/2023.

Basic Requirements

Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

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Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.

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Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.

Minimum Qualifications:

Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. The specialized experience must demonstrate one year of full-time work experience , or the equivalent if part-time (for example, an employee working 20 hours per week for a 12-month period should be credited with 6 months of experience.) Experience may have been obtained in either the federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations.

GS-12: You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11, in the Federal service, which includes: assisting in obtaining data and research to assist in developing consumer surveys to evaluate consumer perceptions, intention and/or use of products that could be applied to tobacco or other regulated products.

GS-13: You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12, in the Federal service, which includes: designing and developing research protocols using behavioral and social science perspective of public health issues and/or conducting research on consumer perception, intention and/or use of products that could be applied to tobacco and/or other regulated products.