This position is located in the Department of Labor (DOL), Women's Bureau (WB), Office of Policy and Programs (OPP), Quantitative Research Branch (QRB). This position serves as a statistical expert and advisor to Women's Bureau (WB) leadership on policy and program matters that foster and enhance the welfare of women job seekers and wage earners. This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled as either an Economist or Statistician (Economics).

Duties

The mission of the Women's Bureau (WB) is to promote the welfare of wage-earning women. The WB Office of Policy and Programs (OPP) upholds this mission by 1) planning and conducting statistical, economic, legislative, and policy research and analyses; 2) disseminating research and analytical findings to WB and DOL administrators, other Government agencies, the private sector, external stakeholder groups, and the public; 3) participating in the development of DOL policies and programs to improve the economic status of working women and cooperating with and advising other agencies (e.g., Federal, State, and local) to help maximize their effectiveness in this area; 4) providing a channel for access by constituent groups to the government policy-making process; 5) developing and administering programs to meet the needs of targeted groups of women; and 6) engaging in competitive grant making and carrying out a variety of education, outreach, and technical assistance activities. As an Economist/Statistician (Economics), you will perform the following duties, which is not an all-inclusive list: Uses large-scale national datasets to review, tabulate, and analyze employment and demographic data, statistics, and trends related to women in the workforce. Oversees and/or conducts elements of high-priority research assignments that involve data analysis and fact-finding on a variety of priority areas that impact working women. Provides technical support and serves in lead roles for WB data initiatives and survey data collections including the National Database of Childcare Prices. Determines appropriate statistical databases and sources; obtains background information from primary and secondary sources; conducts data analysis; obtains and tabulates survey data; interprets statistical findings and results; develops and presents in-depth analyses. Conducts data analysis and statistical modeling; carries out statistical validation; integrates application programming interfaces (APIs) into QBR analyses and data visualizations; interprets statistical findings and results, develops data visualizations, conducts in-depth analyses and creates detailed reports used by WB executive staff to formulate Agency policies, strategies, and legislative initiatives. Uses statistical data research and analysis methods and techniques (e.g., descriptive statistics, regression analysis, sampling design, missing data analysis, etc.) to conduct quantitative studies and to develop technical analyses on key issues relevant to working women. Uses statistical software and data visualization techniques, tools, and standards to develop statistical charts and graphics using Excel, Tableau, R, or other statistical software packages.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years old and a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain and maintain the necessary security/background investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period.

Qualifications

To qualify for Economist/Statistician (Economics), applicants must meet the basic requirements and specialized experience for the series in which you wish to be considered. Basic Requirement for Economist, 0110 Series: A. Bachelor's (or higher) degree in economics that includes 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. - OR - B. Combination of education and experience which includes courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for Statistician (Economics), 1530 Series: A. Bachelor's (or higher) 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/cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. -OR- B. Combination of education and experience which includes courses as 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for Economist/Statistician (Economics), you must also meet the following specialized experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level, in the Federal Service, conducting statistical research and analysis on women's employment issues which includes applying classical and modern advanced statistics, survey data collection and analysis, and sampling design to carry out major data studies; utilizing large scale national datasets and other sources of employment and demographic data and mastery of a major statistical software package(s); compiling and assembling statistical data and applying statistical techniques and analysis of data, as well as providing technical assistance on complex statistical analyses; preparing write-ups of research findings and conceptualizing, executing, and administering quantitative research and analytical studies.

Education

You must submit all applicable academic transcripts (official or unofficial) demonstrating that you meet the basic education requirements. If you do not submit sufficient academic transcripts necessary to demonstrate that you meet the basic requirements as described in this announcement, your application will be deemed incomplete, and you will receive no further consideration for this vacancy.

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 course work requirements for this position.

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Contacts

• Address Womens Bureau 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: DeAundra McKinnis
• Phone: 617-624-6644
• Email: [email protected]