Analytics Survey Operations Subject Matter Expert

Description

The Analytics Survey Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) identifies areas in which theoretical research may enhance Office of People Analytics (OPA) clients’ performance and leads efforts to advance understanding in these areas. The SME will provide expertise including an understanding of current survey best practices and appropriate implementation of the latest techniques and tools. In addition to providing specialized advice, delivers presentations, leads client meetings, and performs assessments.

The Analytical Support for OPA contract provides analytical and IT support to plan and analyze DoD-wide surveys, interviews, and focus groups and to conduct in depth analysis using various data sources. OPA is part of the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA), a DoD Field Activity tasked with enabling DoD policy offices to make decisions based on sound administrative/personnel record data and survey data. OPA Health & Resilience (H&R) and Retention & Readiness (R&R) focus on providing these offices with scientific survey data and related focus group and interview data. Data is related to attitudes and opinions on a wide range of personnel issues across the entire Department of Defense (DoD) community or specific topics or populations of interest to policymakers (e.g., financial issues, sexual assault responders, military chaplains). The data is used to formulate, monitor, and refine policies and programs affecting the morale, health, well-being compensation, benefits, training, selection, assignments, readiness, and retention of DoD personnel and their families.

** The Analytical Support for OPA job posting is in anticipation of future work.

Primary Responsibilities

• Identify trends and make recommendations for improvements
• Identify and drives process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports
• Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization
• Assist with quick turn ad hoc analyses and requests for information (RFIs)
• Assist with complex analyses of data
• Provide expert advice and programming for performing analyses, technical notes or memorandum documenting the statistical issues considered, and recommendations made
• Produce ad hoc reports as requested
• Develop recommendations to improve operations going forward
• Contribute to written reports and team projects
• Ensure full compliance with all contract requirements, schedules, and provisions
• Create charts, graphs, and presentations for OPA leadership and external clients
• All other duties as assigned
• Provide expert advice on survey design, construction, and execution of survey studies

Basic Qualifications

• Demonstrates mastery of scarce capability or area of expertise which dictates high compensation
• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to pass a National Agency Check and Law Credit (NACLAC) and obtain/maintain a favorable FBI National Criminal History Check (contract requirement)
• Be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office® software applications (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, and Project) and SharePoint®
• Communication skills to collaborate with colleagues and clients
• Must possess at least a PhD or MA/MS (or equivalent) in area of specialty and at least 8 years’ experience and documented experience as a specialist (title and responsibility appropriate to recognized expert in field)
• Possess highly specialized knowledge in areas of particular value of clients
• Problem-solving skills to find multiple viable solutions for a challenge
• Critical thinking skills to determine what data and information is useful for the task
• Possess strong writing and analytic skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Former Military/Veteran/Wounded Warrior
• 5 years of experience working in a military environment performing in a similar subject area

Pay Range:

Pay Range $97,500.00 - $150,000.00 - $202,500.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.