Summary
This position is located in the Data Analytics Division, Financial Services Directorate, Chief Operating Officer.
The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.
The incumbent of this position will work a flextime work schedule.
This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.
Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement.
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
Anyone may apply - By law, employment at most U.S. Government agencies, including the Library of Congress, is limited to U.S. citizens. However, non-citizens may be hired, provided that other legal requirements are met and the Library determines there are no qualified U.S. citizens available for the position.
Duties
This position is located in the Financial Services Directorate (FSD), reporting to the Supervisory Program Manager in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The incumbent’s activities support the Enterprise Planning and Management (EPM) initiative and other FSD activities to help drive improved decision making at the Library of Congress (Library). The incumbent studies data, builds analyses, synthesizes insights, creates presentations, and delivers practical and timely solutions to Library planners. The incumbent ensures the timely fusion of external data sources into the data holding and monitors the content for quality and compliance with the data governance framework. The incumbent operates and manages the future application to collect, link, store, and report on planning data created by Library planners at various levels.
The incumbent collaborates with cross-functional teams, composed of professionals skilled in data science, policy analysis, financial management, performance management, information technology, and project management, to further promote data-driven decision making at the Library.
Collaborates with FSD and Library colleagues to identify problems, appropriate data, analytical approaches, and execution steps to produce solutions, practical analyses, and insights. Analyses support the EPM program and other priorities, focusing on challenges in agency wide budgeting, planning, organizational performance management, risk management, and financial management. Analyzes data, applies, and explains statistical and mathematical principles. Is responsive to a variety of stakeholders and team members with varying skillsets. Coordinates with colleagues on any on-demand analysis and internal audit requested by FSD’s management.
Translates the results of analysis into clear, visual communications to help Library managers make informed decisions. Translates complex concepts, findings, and limitations into concise, plain language. Presents the results of quantitative and qualitative analyses to non-technical audiences. Researches and designs presentations of analytical outputs tailored to specific audiences, including the use of interactive and narrative storytelling where appropriate. Works with stakeholders to create meaningful presentations and interpretations of analytical outputs.
Applies methods of exploratory data analysis, selecting appropriate models and identifying when data is insufficient to reach conclusions. Conducts observational analyses to explore/group data, test hypotheses, and predict outcomes. Works with large datasets and numerous confounding variables. Derives meaning from complex data sets that include structured, loosely structured, and unstructured data. Synthesizes findings and turns them into meaningful insights.
Develops, documents, and maintains tools and reports to help ensure the quality of EPM data and evaluates its compliance with the EPM data governance. Monitors data generated in the EPM tool and incoming data from external sources. Analyzes any immediate data issue, determines cause, proposes solutions to management, and perform mitigations.
Develops and maintains a Data Quality Assurance Plan to address systemic deficiencies in data quality; including the descriptions, causes and effects, potential mitigations, constraints, and benchmarks for successful mitigations. Collaborates with colleagues and contractors to perform mitigations. Develops the capability to monitor and report quality benchmarks.
Participates in the EPM internal process of reviews, studies, projects, and data validation efforts to evaluate system performance and identify vulnerabilities. Monitors data flows and stored datasets to make improvements to data collection and ingestion. Assesses potential biases in data selection, processing, and ingestion to ensure that data sources are fit for their intended uses. Recommends changes to processes to improve data quality and usage.
Sets up and manages studies to collect new sources for the EPM data holding. Experiments and creates new methods to collect data and build tools to automate collection. Identifies valuable data sources and automates the collection process, documenting all involved processes. Knowledge of computer programming languages and tools for data analysis will be highly valued.
Provides application support for the EPM tool users. Serves as an application administrator--manages users, assign roles, and grants access. Follows prescribed guidelines for access and uses official channels to manage approvals. Troubleshoots application usage issues with users. Assists the creation of training materials and conducts training for new users. Generates and maintains application documentation. Provides users with advice on EPM data and usage, as well as general advice on data analytics. Develops partnerships with different teams to overcome application-related hurdles.
The position description number for this position is 439883.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Library of Congress employees are prohibited from using illegal drugs, including marijuana. The Library is part of the Federal Government and abides by federal law, so regardless of individual state or District of Columbia laws, marijuana use is illegal, considered criminal activity, and can affect your employment at the Library. In addition, past or current drug use and activities (e.g., selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment.
Qualifications
Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.
Ability to conduct data science analysis. **
Ability to provide support for a software application. **
Knowledge of computer programming and development tools. **
Ability to analyze, plan, develop and execute work in data analysis and/or processing.
Knowledge of computer science, mathematical, and statistical theories, techniques and methods.
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
Benefits
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
The Library of Congress evaluates applicants through an applicant questionnaire and a structured interview. Applicants may also be screened for some jobs through licensing, certification, and/or education requirements, a narrative/application review, and/or a preliminary telephone interview. The knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that are marked with a double asterisk (**) in the vacancy announcement and the applicant questionnaire are considered the most critical for a position. To be considered for final selection, applicants must demonstrate fully acceptable experience in these designated KSAs in the narrative/application review, preliminary telephone and/or full structured interview. The various assessment tools listed above are designed to verify or explore applicants' experience, knowledge, and training directly related to the job in order to identify the best qualified applicants for selection.
For more information regarding eligibility requirements, please see the Library of Congress Merit Selection Plan, Section 8.5, at: Merit Selection Plan You may preview questions for this vacancy.
Required Documents
Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent).
Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an appropriate certificate of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certification may be issued by the State Vocational Rehabilitation Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant’s college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify that the applicant has a severe disability and must be dated within three years of the date of the application. The program does not accept certification from health care providers. For more information contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Programs at 202-707-6024 or email spp@loc.gov. FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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Next steps
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