This vacancy is for a Survey Statistician position in the American Community Survey Office, Group Quarters Data Collection Branch located at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. The Census Bureau is accessible from the Metro Rail Green Line-Suitland Station. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Survey Statistician, GG-1530-13 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Duties

Plan, coordinate, schedule, carry out, monitor, and report status of activities for large-scale survey and other projects with multiple stakeholders. Oversee and direct the work of individuals for a large-scale survey. Consult, collaborate, and build partnerships with stakeholders and communicate technical information with a variety of audiences. Serve as the subject matter or technical expert for various operations and/or other projects for a large-scale survey.

Requirements

• Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• U.S. Citizen
• Suitable for Federal employment.
• Registered for Selective Service if applicable. (www.sss.gov)
• Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by closing date.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• A supervisory probationary period may be required.
• Term appointment for up to 2 years. This appointment may be extended.
• This is a NON-BARGAINING unit position.

Qualifications

This position may be filled as a term appointment not to exceed (NTE) 10/18/2025. This appointment may be extended 2 additional years at management's discretion. Minimum Education Requirement - 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 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: For the GG-13, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GG-12 (equivalent to a GS-12) in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: overseeing major projects or programs involving nationwide data collection; applying logic and critical thinking skills to build systems and process data; communicating complicated data modification techniques to a variety of audiences; and providing leadership in a statistical specialty area. OR Education: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer.

Contacts

• Address American Community Survey Office 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20233 US
• Name: Noni Jones
• Phone: 301-763-7783
• Email: [email protected]