[Oppslist] Economist position - Climate change - at U.S. EPA in Washington, DC

[Rosseel.Kevin at epamail.epa.gov]

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Vacancy Information Hiring Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Announcement Number: HQ-OAR-DE-2006-0025
Position: ECONOMIST, GS-0110- 12 / 13
Series/Grade: GS-0110-12/13
Salary Range: $65,048.00 TO $100,554.00
Promotion Potential: GS-13
Duty Location: 1 vacancy in Washington DC Metro Area, DC
Opening Date: 05/31/2006
Closing Date: 06/13/2006


U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DELEGATED EXAMINING VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Economist, GS-0110-12/13

LOCATION:  Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Programs,
Climate Change Division, Climate Economics Branch (CEB) in
Washington, D.C.

PROMOTION POTENTIAL:  GS-13

WHO CAN APPLY:  Any U.S. citizen may apply.

NOTE:  This position is also being announced under Merit Promotion
procedures under announcement number HQ-OAR-MP-2006-0025.  To be
considered under multiple announcements, applicants must apply
separately under each announcement.

TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES:

In accordance with Federal and Agency travel regulations, the candidate
selected for this position will be reimbursed for all travel,
transportation, and relocation expenses associated with reporting for
duty to this position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate will join mission efforts of the U.S. EPA
and will support the Climate Economics Branch (CEB) of the Climate
Change Division.  The Climate Change Division (CCD) is responsible for
developing the official U.S. inventory of greenhouse gases (GHGs);
conducting economic analyses of the mitigation of GHGs; assessing
long-term projections of climate change, including potential impacts
to human health and the environment; and coordinating domestic and
international policies relating to climate change.

The Climate Economics Branch (CEB) is responsible for designing and
carrying out analyses related to assessing long-term GHG scenarios,
land-use change and carbon sequestration, climate impacts, adaptation,
and integrated assessment. In addition, the Branch is responsible for
conducting analyses of the economic effects of GHG emission reductions
and carbon sequestration, including reductions related to GHG
intensities,
capital vintaging, and technological diffusion.

The incumbent of the new Economist position will serve as an
organizationally titled "Climate Mitigation Specialist" for Forestry
& Agriculture, focussing primarily on developing and assessing
analyses and data of terrestrial carbon sequestration and land-based
GHG emissions and mitigation potential, using economic models, including
sector-specific forestry and agriculture economic models, computable
general equilibrium models, and integrated assessment frameworks.

Work undertaken will involve characterization of mitigation
opportunities
in the forestry and agriculture sectors, development of data needed to
assess the costs and benefits of such opportunities, and design,
implementation, and management of economic analyses for these sectors.

Major duties of the incumbent involve development of economic modeling
tools for analyses of the long-term role of forestry and agriculture
in GHG emissions mitigation and potential climate change, as well as
the delivery of related information products to a broad range of program
audiences.  Specifically:

-- Research key issues related to proposed mitigation and adaptation
   strategies and regulations and develop innovative approaches and
   policy ideas for adapting to and reducing GHG emissions
   including research design issues related to GHG emissions.

-- Design, develop and improve computer-based economic modeling tools
   such as computable general equilibrium models that can be used to
   assist policy-makers in analyzing various policy options designed
   to adapt to or reduce climate change from individual sectors of the
   economy (e.g. the electric sector, the transportation sector, the
   agriculture sector).

-- Provide technical economic guidance to contractors and others
   regarding major aspects of implementing and interpreting economic
   analyses associated with GHG programs.

-- Conduct briefings and make presentations of the latest economic
   modeling tools and techniques to inform, guide and assist the
   Climate Change Division in modeling and analyzing various policy
   options to reduce or adapt greenhouse gas emissions.

-  20% of work time will be spent performing contract management duties.