This position is with the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), within the Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management (DTSEM), Office of Statistical Analysis, located in Washington, D.C. This position is at the full performance level. This position is Inside the bargaining unit. This is NOT a remote position, selectee will report to the office above.

Duties

Identifies data requirements, establishes procedures for integrating information from various data sources, and coordinates modification of existing data collection systems to improve data availability and quality. Conducts independent research to assess the validity and consistency of data reporting methods and the ability of existing data systems to meet OSHAs needs. Participates in the development and maintenance of OSHA-wide performance measurement systems that evaluate OSHA's effectiveness in achieving its mission and meeting the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). Leads and/or participates in DTSEM, agency-wide and interagency efforts to improve OSHAs ability to collect, use, and disseminate high quality occupational safety and health data. Develops briefing materials, options and recommendations for Directorate and Agency leadership to consider resulting from participation on committees and workgroups.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement. You must meet both the Basic Requirements and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Statistician, as described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Statistics Series, 1530. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/statistics-series-1530/ Basic Requirement: A. 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 B. 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 is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-13,in the Federal Service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience for the GS-14 include applying quantitative and qualitative statistical methods to the analysis of occupational safety and health and enforcement data; designing and/or conducting statistical studies; preparing reports to provide recommendations based on analytical findings.

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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Jennifer Eagle
• Phone: 617-565-2546
• Email: [email protected]