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Duties

This is not a remote position. Work will be performed primarily in Reading, PA, which includes travel throughout Berks County.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE IS REQUIRED - Driving conditions include highway and local streets, driving at night and in adverse weather conditions. Work in retail stores is typically completed during normal business hours.
• Temporary travel outside the duty station by various modes of transportation is required.
• Personal visits to housing units are necessary and require walking/standing for long periods. Collection from housing units is likely to include walking on uneven surfaces.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet qualifications, legal and regulatory requirements for the position by the closing date of this announcement. GS-05: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 level. Specialized experience is the experience that is in or related to the work of the position being filled which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying experience may include: Experience using personal computers and applications to perform research or related work that involved collecting, compiling, verifying, analyzing, or reporting data; OR Cold-calling sales, survey, marketing, retail sales or public outreach work; OR Interviewer or in-take experience that required detailed record-keeping and/or oral persuasion skills with public contact. OR Education substitution: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study with a major in economics, or 24 semester hours of courses in subjects such as business law, statistics, algebra, precalculus, calculus, or economics. Equivalent combination of education and experience are qualifying.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.

Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Bureau of Labor Statistics 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Mitchell Desy
• Phone: 312-353-1591
• Email: [email protected]