Summary This position is located in the Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management, reporting to the Strategic Planning Officer. The position description number for this position is 467852. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustment for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position. Relocation expenses will not be reimbursed for the person(s) selected for this position. Responsibilities The incumbent's activities support the Library's planning, performance, and risk (PPR) programs, the Enterprise Planning and Management (EPM) initiative, and other SPPM 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 EPM data governance framework. The incumbent operates and manages the Library's application to collect, link, store, and report on PPR data created by Library planners at various levels. The incumbent collaborates with cross-functional teams, composed of professionals skilled in data science, performance management, risk management, policy analysis, financial management, information technology, and project management, to further promote data-driven decision-making at the Library. Collaborates with service unit planning staff, library leadership and management, and SPPM colleagues to identify problems, appropriate data, analytical approaches, and execution steps to produce solutions, practical analyses and insights. Analyses support the Library's planning, performance, and risk programs and the EPM program and other priorities, focusing on challenges in agency-wide 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 special projects as requested by the SPPM Director and/or Library senior leadership. Translates the result 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 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. Provides application support for the Polaris tool users. Serves as an application administrator-manages users, assigns roles, and grants access. 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 Polaris data and usage, as well as general advice on data analytics. Develops tools and reports to help ensure the quality of the Library's planning, performance, and risk (PPR) data and evaluates its compliance with EPM data governance. Monitors data generated in the EPM tools and incoming data from external sources. Analyzes any immediate data issue, determines the cause, proposes solutions to management, and performs mitigations. 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 collections 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 the process to improve data quality and usage. Performs other duties as assigned. 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 prepare and present a written technical reports and findings. Knowledge of computer programming and development tools. Ability to make recommendations based upon findings that support the agency mission. Ability to analyze, plan, develop and/or execute work. Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing. Education Basic Requirements: Degree: Mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or field directly related to the position. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position. or Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown in paragraph A above, plus additional education or appropriate experience. Additional Information Although it is the Library's policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting rates of pay, a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid at step one of the grade. The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must submit a complete application package that is received by the closing date of this announcement. Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluation of an appropriate personnel security/suitability investigation. For more information, please see: Vetting Process This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email ADA@loc.gov. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis. 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. Certification from health care providers are not accepted. For more information contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 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. The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and is part of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greater number of vacancies indicated during the life of this vacancy announcement. Initial permanent appointments to the Library of Congress require completion of a one-year probationary period. Probationary periods served at other Federal agencies do not count toward this requirement. The Library of Congress may offer repayment for all or part of federally insured student loans. However, not all service units within the Library of Congress participates in the repayment of federally insured student loans. Therefore, determination to repay a federally insured student loan is subject to approval by the appropriate service unit. A "Not to Exceed" (NTE) status is used to identify an appointment with a specific ending date. However, the Library has the right to separate a NTE employee at any time due to either performance issues or budget constraints. Are you a veteran? Please indicate the @type of veterans' preference you are claiming in your application materials and/or applicant profile and provide the appropriate supporting documentation to validate your claim. Those applying for 5-point preference must submit Member Copy 4 of your DD 214. Those applying for 10-point preference must fill out an SF-15 (click here for the form) and provide the required documentation listed on the back of the form. If required supporting documentation is not attached, Veterans' Preference will not be considered in the application process.
