This vacancy is for a Survey Statistician position in the Department of Commerce located at the U.S. Census Bureau in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 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

Apply statistical techniques and methods in performing project related activities. Plan, coordinate, implement, and monitor project/survey activities for large-scale household surveys and/or smaller-scale surveys, including surveys of institutions. Communicate with supervisor and employees performing work for the assigned programs and projects. Gather survey requirements, develops specifications, procedures, survey materials, and training for data collection and post collection editing activities for multiple modes of data collection, including paper, automated, and web instruments. Document procedures, problems encountered, and lessons learned and makes preliminary recommendations for improvements.

Requirements

• Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• U.S. Citizen
• Suitable for Federal employment.
• Registered for Selective Service if applicable. (www.sss.gov)
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• This is a BARGAINING unit position.

Qualifications

This vacancy is advertised under 2 different announcements. Please read the 'Who May Apply' section carefully to determine your eligibility. If you are not eligible under this announcement, please see Announcement Number, Survey Statistician, GS-1530-7/9, 23-ADEP-12074372-DE-MG. 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 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: planning, strategizing, identifying, researching, and formally documenting requirements and/or specifications for a large program; measuring and ensuring compliance with quality standards for data collection, processing, analysis, or dissemination activities; reviewing or analyzing data from censuses or large-scale social science or demographic surveys; communicating complex and technical program information in person and to a variety of audiences; writing professional publications or official documents; and monitoring projects and developing project plans and schedules; applying statistical techniques such as measurements of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance, preparing charts and tables, developing and/or presenting reports on statistical studies or surveys, and making preliminary recommendations on problems encountered. Education: 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a doctoral degree or you have a Ph.D. degree 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: applying techniques such as measurements of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance, serving as a technical advisor and providing guidance on various statistical techniques and methods, developing reports on collected data, writing procedures for automated or computer-assisted statistical survey operation, and performing experimental design, data analysis, sampling, forecasting, quality control, and operations research. Applying theory and techniques to plan and organize data collection and processing efforts for large-scale censuses or surveys; and analyzing factual information to recognize and evaluate significant and critical factors to solve complex problems, draw rational inferences based on statistical data, and prepare comprehensive reports. Education: Education cannot be substituted at this 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.

Contacts

• Address Associate Director for Economic Programs 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20233 US
• Name: Michelle Gamble
• Phone: 301-763-4481
• Email: [email protected]