The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making. This position is with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Boston/New York Region, and is the Branch Chief of Economic Analysis and Information (EA&I). This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled as an Economist of Statistician (Economics).

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Serves as the economist on the immediate staff of the Regional Commissioner and provides advice and counsel to the Regional Commissioner on a variety of economic and policy issues. Develops an overall plan for economic analysis in the region centering around regional data and the EA&I strategic plan. Prepares or supervises the preparation of news releases and other materials suitable for the mass media. Provides analysis and prepares materials for the top BLS and Department officials, and prepares background studies and papers on a variety of BLS programs and/or economic issues and events that may have an impact on the needs and uses of the Bureau's data. Makes presentations to education, labor, business, industry organizations, research groups and other groups on Bureau programs explaining the uses and limitations of the data. Develops and maintains important external relationships with officials of state and local governments, business, industry, private research agencies, academia, professional groups, and the media, by providing a regional, as well as national economic perspective on the Bureau programs. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
• Requires a valid driver's license.
• Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the eligibility and qualification requirements of time-in-grade (52 weeks at the next lower grade), time-after-competitive-appointment (90 days), and minimum qualifications (52 weeks equivalent to the next lower grade in federal service). These requirements must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled either as an Economist or Statistician (Economics). BASIC REQUIREMENTS Economist, GS-0110: A) Degree in economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting or calculus. OR B) A combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Statistician (Economics), GS-1530: 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) 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. In addition to meeting the Basic Requirement above, applicants must also meet the minimum qualifications to be considered For GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 in the Federal Service. 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. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Providing technical assistance and guidance in the collection, processing, estimating, analysis, and interpretation of data; Proficient at presenting materials of a technical nature to a diverse group and provides training to a diverse group; Recommending changes in technical procedures, organization, staffing, and budget to improve program effectiveness and data adequacy; Reviewing program plans and specifications and comments on their adequacies and expected impact; Has experience reviewing data and completing data quality reviews; Experience in data collection and data collection procedures valued. Note: Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met and reflect your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure, and the type of appointment (i.e. competitive/excepted). In some cases, you may need to submit more than one SF-50.Reference the "Required Documents" section for additional requirements. For additional information, refer to the Office of Personnel Management Operating Manual for Qualification Standards, Group Coverage Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions. Individual Occupation Requirements for Economist Series GS-110. Individual Occupation Requirement for Statistician Series GS-1530.

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 Bureau of Labor Statistics 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Yanitza Roman
• Phone: 312-596-5400
• Email: [email protected]