Survey Statistician

Summary

This vacancy is being filled via the Direct-Hire Authority (DHA) for a Survey Statistician position in the Center for Enterprise Dissemination located in any Federal Statistical Research Data Center within the U.S. Census Bureau. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Survey Statistician, 1530-11/12, FPL GS-12 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Duties

• Respond to questions from and/or provide assistance to the internal/external data user community.
• Review and assist in the preparation of analytic reports, working papers, articles in peer reviewed journals, or presentations at conferences and other professional meetings.
• Coordinate a program of research for subject matter experts using household and economic survey data.
• Plan, coordinate, implement, and monitor project activities for large-scale research.

Qualifications

Minimum Education Requirement: 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. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be 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 Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included 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: For the GS-11, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: Communicating in-person and in writing to diverse audiences or stakeholders; Applying statistical techniques, methodology, or methods; Assisting developing research plans or conducting research using survey, administrative, or public-use data; Writing reports, papers or presentations that document or summarize research findings. Applicants must demonstrate and provide evidence in at least 3 of the above areas to be qualified. OR Education: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. Specialized Experience: For the GS-12, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: Communicating in-person and in writing to diverse audiences or stakeholders; Applying statistical techniques, methodology, or methods; Assisting developing research plans or conducting research using survey, administrative, or public-use data; Authoring/co-authoring academic papers, publications, or reports that summarize/document research findings; Providing project or research guidance regarding data collection, analysis, and/or interpretation, and proposing recommendations. Applicants must demonstrate and provide evidence in at least 4 of the above areas to be qualified. Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer.