Education Research Analyst

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at: Department of Defense Education Activity, Department of Defense Education Activity Americas, Virtual School, Quantico, VA Description of the Working Environment: Work is performed in an office setting. The desired applicant will preferably have recent experience (above school level) in research and data analysis.

Duties

• Develop and maintain large scale databases for DoDEA.
• Perform quantitative data analysis tasks (such as moving and combining datasets from different platforms; cleaning, aggregating data, and analyzing data) for DoDEA educational project/program development.
• Create, collect, analyze and interpret quantitative and qualitative data for DoDEA.
• Analyze statistical reports to enable DoDEA leadership to make strategic decisions.
• Provide recommendations for improvement to DoDEA leadership based on collected data.
• Conduct research and relate it to educational issues.
• Combine data in commonly used data software tools (such as Microsoft Excel) for review/fluency.
• Verify the integrity of DoDEA data collection (which includes classroom observations, focus groups, interviews, and assessment data).
• Perform qualitative data analysis tasks {such as coding and analyzing data in Qualitative Data Analysis software (such as NVivo) for DoDEA educational project/program development.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens Current Competitive Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Civilian Employee (Current DoWEA) Current Department of War (DoW) Civilian Employee (DoW Transfer) Current Excepted Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Employee (Excpt Svc DoWEA) Current Excepted Service Department of War Employee (Excepted Svc DoW) Current Excepted Service Employee (Excepted Service) Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 (E.O.12721) Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 (E.O.13473) Non-Department of War (DoW) Transfer (Non-DoW Transfer) Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities (Unique Auth) Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible (PPP DoW MRNG) Priority Placement Program, DoW MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement (PPP DoW MRNG Dis) Priority Placement Program, DoW Retained Grade Preference Eligible (PPP DoW RG) In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Minimum Education Requirement: A Master's degree in the field of Education. Degree must have included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in a field related to the work of the position to be filled (such as statistics, data collection, data analysis, data reporting, research methods, etc.), of which at least one course was in research methods and at least two courses were in statistics. The course work must have been completed at or accepted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or university. The undergraduate/graduate course work must have included study in at least three of the following five areas: 1. Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material. 2. Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness. 3. Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments. 4. Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training. 5. Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training. Specialized Experience Requirements (5 years): Specialized experience is experience gained while applying research principles and methods that required broad and thorough knowledge of one or more scientific fields or interdisciplinary areas to educational research work and experience in teaching, educational research, development of educational materials and aids, educational testing, educational administration, or comparable activities in an elementary and/or secondary school, a research contractor that partners with systems, state education system, federal education agency, and/or higher education level, which has clearly demonstrated success in the application of principles, methods, and techniques of education and familiarity with current developments in PreK-12th grade education, training and research. Professional Licensure/Certification Requirement: None You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Attention to Detail Computer Literacy Data Analysis Partnering Research

Education

Foreign Degrees and Course Work from Non-accredited Institutions. Foreign Degrees and Course Work from Non-accredited Institutions. Credits or degrees earned from a foreign college or university must be evaluated prior to acceptance. Three evaluation procedures are acceptable: a. The work must be evaluated and interpreted by a current member of National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). This website provides a list of current organizations who can perform your evaluation. You must select and work directly with one of these organizations. b. The foreign institution that awarded the degree is on a list endorsed by a regionally accredited university or on a list endorsed by a state department of education for the purpose of teacher certification in that state (this procedure will require an English translation of the transcript and a copy of the document awarding the degree, together with an authenticated list produced by an American university or a state department of education); and c. The work may be evaluated by the graduate division of a regionally accredited university and declared the equivalent of similar undergraduate or graduate work in a U.S. institution. Graduates of non-accredited institutions may have their undergraduate work validated by admittance to graduate school and completion of a minimum of 5 SH of credit in a regionally accredited graduate college.

How to apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/24/2026 to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application (https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13049954). Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.