You will serve as a STATISTICIAN in the Navy Drug and Alcohol Deterrence Branch of NAVY CULTURE AND FORCE RESILIENCE OFFICE.

Duties

You will analyze data to assess multiple program alternatives. You will develop tactical plans to meet long-term goals. You will convey project task accomplishments via written reports provided to leadership. You will compile statistical data to identify trends, issues, or decision points. You will advise organizational leadership in the development of solutions to technical issues. You will devise flexible and creative methods to capturing data and analysis. You will serve as a technical expert with respect to all phases of statistical interpretation.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Work is sedentary in nature. Some walking, standing, bending, and carrying light items are required. Public speaking is frequently required.
• Stress associated with coordinating efforts to the schedule of others and the constant demand for task completion within short timeframes is a significant factor. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.
• The incumbent works in an adequately lighted and ventilated office environment. Occasional travel may be required. The use of conference size and larger rooms for presentations and group classes will also be required.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Writes and presents technical papers or reports on statistical analysis, studies, or surveys; 2) Applies advanced statistical techniques to design, data analysis, sampling, forecasting, quality control, or operations research; 3) Provides technical expertise to support statistical analyses and methods; and 4) Applies statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, variance analysis, and significance tests. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/statistics-series-1530 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

I have successfully completed 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
I have a combination of education and experience with courses as shown 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.

Contacts

• Address NAVY CULTURE AND FORCE RESILIENCE OFFICE Director N17M 21st Century Sailor Office 5720 Integrity Drive Millington, TN 38054 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]