This vacancy is for a Survey Statistician position in the American Community Survey Office located at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. The Census Bureau is accessible from the Metro Rail Green Line - Suitland Station. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Survey Statistician, GG-1530-14, FPL GG-14 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Duties

Plan, coordinate, schedule, carry out, monitor, and report status of activities for large-scale survey and other projects with multiple stakeholders. Oversee and direct the work of individuals and project teams for a large-scale survey. Consult, collaborate, and build partnerships with stakeholders and communicate technical information with a variety of audiences. Serve as the subject matter or technical expert for various operations and/or other projects for a large-scale survey.

Requirements

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 A 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 GG-14, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GG-13 in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: Overseeing major projects or programs involving nationwide data collection; developing and monitoring project schedules, resources, priorities, and reporting on status; leading a team in daily operations; Identifying and resolving issues on project teams; communicating complex information both in person and in writing to a variety of audiences; Identifying client needs, managing their expectations, keeping them informed of project status and outcomes.

Contacts

• Address American Community and Survey Office 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20233 US
• Name: Nakia James
• Phone: 301-763-5245
• Email: [email protected]