This position will serve as the Senior Economist within the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). The individual will provide authoritative, professional advice and consultation on economic and statistical matters to senior agency officials, government officials, private organizations, or the general public. To learn more about EBSA visit our website. To view our current vacancies visit Join EBSA. This position is Inside the bargaining unit.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to: This position will serve as the Senior Economist within the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)'s Office of Research and Analysis, Division of Economic Research and Analysis. - As a senior economist, the incumbent formulates, conducts, and guides economic research projects, analyses, or programs with great impact and significance to the agency. These analyses are concerned with new initiatives and innovations in economic analysis, theory, concepts, and analytic techniques and methods development as applied to a particular area of economic activity. Conceptualizes large or complex economic problems, performs economic research, and conducts integrated studies related to economic programs, functions, and principles. Applies a high degree of insight to isolate and define key features of the problem - interpreting relationships and incorporating unprecedented economic factors that cut across all sectors of the economy. - Plans, manages, and contributes to the accomplishment of significant economic research programs, policies, or special studies - interpreting relationships and incorporating economic factors that cut across all sectors of the economy. Assigned economic programs are extensive and varied - requiring considerable collaboration and elaborate research machinery to effectively research, investigate, and resolve critical economic problems. Based on analytical findings, provides authoritative advice to management officials for decision-making purposes directly impacting important aspects of the nation's economy. - Undertakes studies and/or manages project teams that engage in the economic analysis of major planning or program and policy issues related to the agency's specific area of focus. This includes, but is not limited to, determining the requirements of assignments; planning the scope and approach to be taken; furnishing guidance as to policies, interpretation, and conclusions of data; analyzing factors and conditions affecting project evaluation; and formulating conclusions and recommendations for consideration by senior officials in establishing policy and making decisions. - Serves as an agency representative and senior consultant to agency and departmental officials, the private sector, other federal government leadership, state and local agencies, Congressional interests, and other stakeholders on a wide range of economic issues, policies, and concerns. Prepares and delivers formal and informal briefings and presentations on the area(s) of expertise in meetings, conventions, interagency task forces, etc. - clearly communicating and explaining complex technical principles and analyses to stakeholders, customers, and other appropriate audiences. Prepares memos and documentation about the data trends and productivity measures, which originate from Department, other Agencies, or the private sector. - May serve as the technical expert for system design and/or testing. Leads the planning and decision-making processes involved in system requirements development, acceptance testing, and implementation of system changes. Provides innovative recommendations for system improvements that advance program operations and goals. - Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

You must meet the Basic Requirements listed in the Education Requirements section and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Economist, as described below. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: A. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR B. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to meeting the basic education requirements above, applicants must meet the following experience: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent in the public sector. This experience must have equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience must demonstrate a thorough understanding of economic principles and theories and a wide knowledge of current economic factors and their implications. Specialized experience is defined as using advanced economic theory, statistical or econometric methods to analyze policy, legislative, regulatory issues relating to various aspects important to private employee benefits (e.g., economic research studies or use of current statistical software packages like SAS, Stata, or R to conduct analysis) or experience using primary and secondary databases relevant to private employment-based health and retirement benefits (e.g., Form 5500, Form M-1, Form PR, Current Population Survey, Survey of Consumer Finance, SIPP, Health and Retirement Survey, Panel Survey of Income Dynamics, Morningstar, health claims data, or various industry databases relevant to private employee benefits) to provide accurate technical analysis, guidance, and/or briefings to EBSA investigative staff as well as senior level managers.

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 Employee Benefits Security Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Sheree Grant
• Phone: 202-693-7627
• Email: [email protected]