This position is located in the U.S. International Trade Commission, Office of Operations, Office of Analysis and Research Services, Statistical Analysis and Methodology Division. As a Survey Statistician, you will be involved in the collection, compilation, and analysis of data; preparation of reports; and the presentation of relevant information. In addition, you will develop analytic and management data tools, conduct research, and advance office initiatives.

Duties

A Survey Statistician (Economics) participates in providing statistical analysis and developing statistical applications, coordinates the Commission's survey work across mission areas, advises teams on using statistics to define and quantify analytical problems, suggests methodologically sound statistical treatments and approaches to resolve data issues, and coordinates reviews and data quality control procedures. Additionally, this position will also oversee the division's data warehousing efforts across all missions areas. The incumbent in this position will plan, carry out, and lead assigned projects for collecting and analyzing detailed statistical data, in addition to checking the statistical accuracy of such work products. The incumbent should be knowledgeable in relational databases and in multiple computer programming languages including, importantly and in particular, SQL. The incumbent should also be well versed in international trade statistics, and in particular be knowledgeable in the area of U.S. merchandise import and export statistics. The incumbent should also be well versed in managing data across a number of platforms, software, and analytical tools including but not limited to the Microsoft office suite (Excel and Access), Oracle, PostgreSQL, SAS, R, and STATA. The incumbent will coordinate the management of the division's data warehousing efforts across all mission areas, and should be able to demonstrate the ability to translate analytical and programmatic needs into system requirements and actionable items for information technology support. The incumbent in this position will also conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses in support of Commission statutory and non-statutory work products. Additionally, the incumbent in this position will manage the data portion of the Commission's technical assistance requests and oversee the provision and management of data used in many of the Commission's statutory work products, both programmatic and administrative. This position requires a high level of accuracy, resourcefulness, initiative, creativity, attention to detail, self-correction, and the ability to work independently.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen or national.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• You will be required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement.
• You must be able to pass a background investigation.
• You are required to register for Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/03/1959.

Qualifications

You must meet all the requirements below by the closing date of the announcement and they must be clearly identified in your application, resume, or supporting documents. This includes any general and specialized experience, education, and/or selective placement factors mentioned. These are used to determine if you possess the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities to successfully perform in this position. You must meet the following United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements for the advertised position. OPM's prescribed Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Statistics Series can be found at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/statistics-series-1530/ BASIC REQUIREMENTS: To meet the Basic Qualifications, all applicants must meet one of the following: 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. 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. GRADE LEVEL REQUIREMENTS: In addition to meeting the Basic Entry Requirements above, applicants must have the experience listed below. Specialized Experience: For GS-14, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector which has given the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Specialized experience for this position includes: having technical judgment in the formulation of plans for statistical support programs, in the execution of plans, in the interpretation of findings, and in the recommendations; developing action plans to achieve objectives, establishing statistical project schedules and guidelines for the purpose of evaluating efficiency, accuracy and compliance to specifications; monitoring statistical program progress, analyzing program areas and solving difficult and unique statistical problems. You must provide a copy of your transcript to support this requirement. Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

Education

For proof of education, you are required to submit a copy of your transcript(s) or list of courses with credit hours, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements, if it has been certified. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click on the link for a list of accreditation organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials: https://www.naces.org/members

Unofficial transcripts are accepted when applying to the position. Official transcripts will be required if you are selected. Education is also verified as part of the background investigation.

Contacts

• Address Office of Analysis and Research Services 500 E St SW Washington, DC 20436 US
• Name: Melanie West
• Email: [email protected]