This position is located at Department of Housing and Urban Development, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. This opportunity is also open to Status eligibles under announcement 24-HUD-223. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As a Data Scientist, you will: Serve as an authoritative source to PIH, REAC and other offices in data management and statistical areas with respect to all phases of study design, data analysis, and statistical interpretation of the results relating to projects under consideration. Evaluate study proposals in terms of appropriateness of study design, outcome measures, data collection and analysis methods, and quality control. This includes developing data sets, queries, and data storage methodologies and requires the application of data management principles, procedures, practices, methodologies, and tools such as modeling techniques, data backup, data recovery, data dictionaries, data warehousing, data mining, data disposal, and data standardization processes. Conduct the planning, development, implementation, and administration data, reports, data storage, and data retrieval. Examples of data accessed include but is not limited to demographic data; program outcomes; program utilization metrics; risk and asset analytics, qualitative and quantitative program specific data; economic indicators; financial and economic data. Translate medium to complex concepts, findings, and limitations into concise, plain language. Closely ties findings and conclusions into the agency mission, original problem statement, and team objectives. Research and design presentations and interpretations of analytical outputs tailored to specific audiences including the use of interactivity and narrative storytelling where appropriate. Collaborate with teammates, customers, and stakeholders in a reproducible and organized manner. Consult with internal and external stakeholders and customers to identify the appropriate data, methodological approach, and design. Conduct observational analyses using software and/or advanced programming languages such as R, Python, or SAS to explore/group data, test hypotheses, predict outcomes, and inform decisions. Derive meaning from big data (i.e., datasets that may be large, disparate, unstructured, and/or complex), including structured, loosely structured, and unstructured data.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: For the GS-13 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: -Performing quantitative and qualitative analysis to support executive decision making; AND -Experience developing a data warehouse using SQL, Python, R or similar data management technologies; AND -Preparing and delivering technical/narrative reports for making program decisions; AND -Creating consumable data visualizations to promote understanding of results or trends (graphs, charts, dashboards). Specialized Experience: For the GS-12 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:- Experience developing a data warehouse using SQL, Python, R or similar data management technologies; AND -Creating consumable data visualizations to promote understanding of results or trends (graphs, charts, dashboards). Specialized Experience: For the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: -Experience utilizing data management technologies, such as SQL, Python, R or similar; AND -Preparing technical/narrative reports for making program decisions. OR Education: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or an LL.M, if related or equivalent doctoral degree. OR Combination: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the specialized experience requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the education requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours), may be used to combine education and experience. Experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Education

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

To be qualified for this position, you must meet the basic educational and/or work experience requirements for Data Scientist positions in the federal government. These requirements are:

A) A degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or field directly related to the position. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position.
OR
B) A combination of education and experience with courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours/45 quarter hours) as shown in paragraph A above, plus additional education or appropriate experience.

Contacts

• Address Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]