Supervisory Statistician (Health)

Summary

This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) located in Hyattsville, Maryland. This announcement will close at 11:59 PM, on the day that 50 applications have been received or the closing date of the announcement, whichever comes first.

Duties

• As a Supervisory Statistician (Health), GS-1530-15, you will perform the following duties: Planning, directing, and overseeing a comprehensive statistical research program, including developing methodologies, integrating multiple data sources, and advancing national population health research and reporting. Directing statistical analyses of national health surveys and integrated data systems, evaluating trends in health status, health care utilization, expenditures, and outcomes, and disseminating research findings. Leading collaborative research initiatives with federal agencies, academic institutions, and national and international partners, providing expert consultation on statistical methodologies and population health data analysis. Supervising and managing branch operations and personnel, including assigning work, establishing priorities, evaluating performance, identifying training needs, and ensuring the effective accomplishment of program objectives. Developing and implementing strategic research plans, policies, and program priorities, overseeing resources and research activities, and providing scientific guidance to support public health decision-making and organizational goals.

Qualifications

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration. Applicants must demonstrate that they meet both the Basic Requirement and the Specialized Experience requirements as noted below. Basic Requirement: You must possess one of the items listed below (A or B) A. Degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), AND 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. NOTE: Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements are given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods (e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing). OR B. Combination of education and experience: course as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience must include a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance. AND Specialized Experience: GS-15: You must possess at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, performing ALL of the following: Directing the development and execution of publication and production plans to disseminate statistical and analytical research findings through flagship reports, data query systems, and other products Leading the design and dissemination of statistical and analytical products, including major publications and data query systems, to communicate research findings and support data-driven decision-making. Supporting the development and implementation of analytical methods and statistical standards for health survey data Providing technical expertise on trend analyses used in population health reporting and healthcare policy evaluation. Documenting Experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experie…

Education

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov. TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement listed above. Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts at the time of application WILL result in an ineligible rating. Please see "Required Documents" section below for what documentation is required at the time of application. Click the following link to view the occupational questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13099983