<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div><br></div></div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36663"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36664"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36665">The Office of Opinion Research in the U.S. Department of State is
looking for public opinion survey methodologists/statisticians—<wbr>one senior and
one mid-level—with strong experience in survey methodology and public opinion
polls. </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36666"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36668"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36669"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36670"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36671"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36673"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36674"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36675">Where? Washington, DC </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36676"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36678"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36679"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36680">What level? GS-13 (mid-level; $94,796 - $123,234 yearly) or
GS-14 (senior; $112,021 - $145,629 yearly) </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36681"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36683"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36684"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36685"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36686"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36688"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36689">We are an office of survey research and area specialists who
design and conduct international public opinion research on political,
economic, social, and security issues. We’re looking for well-established
advisers on: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36690"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36692"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36693"> <u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36695"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36696">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36697"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36698">Overall survey design
(including innovative research designs for challenging environments and
hard-to-reach populations);</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36699"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36701"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36702">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36703"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36704">Sampling strategies
for probability-based sampling in face-to-face, telephone, and mixed
mode/multiple-frame surveys;</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36705"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36707"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36708">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36709"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36710">Estimating sampling
error in complex sample designs, evaluating unit and item nonresponse, and
identifying post-survey adjustments (e.g., weighting and imputation);</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36711"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36713"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36714">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36715"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36716">Questionnaire design,
including measurement conceptualization to address issues of concern to the
State Department;</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36717"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36719"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36720">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36721"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36722">Advanced multivariate
analysis of public opinion data. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36723"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36725"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36726"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36727"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36729"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36730">Successful candidates will also have excellent communication
skills to be able to train other members of the staff in research design,
sampling, and statistical analysis. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36731"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36733"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36734"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36735"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36737"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36738"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36739">These jobs are open to all U.S. citizens. </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36740">Our positions are
within the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and will require Top Secret
clearance. The U.S. Department of State will begin the clearance process when
candidates are selected—candidates need not already have a security clearance
to apply. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36741"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36743"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36744"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36745"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36746"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36748"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36749"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36750">The formal posting is
available on USAJOBS and is <u id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36751">open
from 9/6/2017 to 9/19/2017</u>: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36752"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36754"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36755"><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/478744600" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36756" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36757">https://www.usajobs.gov/<wbr>GetJob/ViewDetails/478744600</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36759"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36760"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36761">The U.S. Department of State is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36762"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36764"><b id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36765"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36766"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36767"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div>
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Director, Office of Opinion Research (</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36773"><a href="mailto:FarandaRD@state.gov" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36774" target="_blank"><span id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36775">FarandaRD@state.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36776">)</span></font><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" id="m_-5860879960580265266yui_3_16_0_1_1504703394736_36777"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div>
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