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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 98 13:12:31 EST
From: "Ted Macaluso" <[log in to unmask]>
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Please post the following job announcement on PUBPOL. Thank you.
OFFICE OF ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE/USDA
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL
OPPORTUNITIES
The Office of Analysis and Evaluation (OAE) of the
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA invites letters of
interest for intergovernmental personnel act (IPA)
mobility assignments during 1998/1999. OAE is
seeking two-to-five experienced researchers and/or
state/local program staff to serve as policy analysts and
evaluators for periods ranging from six months to two
years. Individuals may participate in studies and
evaluations of the nation's domestic food and nutrition
assistance programs (including Food Stamps, School
Lunch and Breakfast, WIC, and the Child and Adult
Care Feeding Programs), policy development on those
programs, or special projects.
The Office provides program analysis and policy support
to the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service,
Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and
the policy research community. OAE offers researchers
and analysts the opportunity to contribute to major
developments in food assistance policy and program
evaluations; it further offers state and local program
staff the opportunity to work with policy and program
staff at the national level.
We particularly encourage applications from individuals
with interests in one or more of the following broad
areas:
1. Food Security, Dietary and Nutrition Outcomes
among low-income populations (e.g., food security
measurement/analysis; the effects of participation in
FNS programs - such as Food Stamps, School
Lunch, and Child Feeding - on access to and choice
of healthful diets, nutrition and health status; and
tools/techniques for nutrition education evaluation);
2. Program Operations, Targeting and Delivery
(success at servicing needy, at-risk populations;
program gaps and overlaps; urban-rural delivery);
3. Program Integrity (reducing waste, fraud and abuse;
improving detection and sanctioning systems,
appropriate application of biometrics and alternative
technologies);
4. Program Forecasting and Budget Analysis (program
participation dynamics, program interactions,
projections of budgetary needs).
Interested candidates should be either:
1. College or university faculty members or policy
analysts in nonprofit organizations with appropriate
substantive expertise and methodological skills, with
training in such areas as public policy, public health,
nutrition, public administration, statistics, sociology,
economics, econometrics, public finance and other
related disciplines;
2. Staff in state or local departments of human service,
social service, welfare, or public health with
expertise in food assistance or nutrition program
delivery and some training or experience with social
science research methods.
In most instances, a selected candidate's salary and
benefits at the home organization will remain in place
and will be paid by the federal government according to
the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Mobility
Program. Following the mobility assignment, candidates
return to their home organization.
Please address letters of interest to:
Office of Analysis and Evaluation
Attn: Theodore F. Macaluso, Ph.D.
Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 208
Alexandria, VA 22302
Please include a curriculum vitae/resume, list of
publications and/or relevant accomplishments, names of
three references, and a brief description of one or two
topics or areas in which you would like to work. Please
also explain why you would like to spend time in a
policy analysis/program evaluation/policy-making
environment and the particular contributions you hope
to make. Positions are open until filled. Applications
will be reviewed as they are received. If you have
questions, please call either Dr. Ted Macaluso or Dr.
Leslie Christovich at (703) 305-2019
Equal Employment Opportunity:
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities
on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender,
religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual
orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all
prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for
communication of program information (Braille, large
print, audio tape, etc.) should contact USDA's
TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA,
Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten
Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964
(voice or TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity
provider and employer."
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