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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.