This position is located at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Research. The incumbent designs, executes, and disseminates economic analyses to support the following CFPB functions: research of consumer financial markets, monitoring of developments in consumer financial markets, rulemaking, supervision, enforcement, and financial education.

Duties

As a Supervisory Economist (Deputy Assistant Director) you will: Supervise or conduct sophisticated economic analyses to address important economic and policy questions designed to provide information, analysis, technical advice, and recommendations on current developments in markets for consumer financial products. Support analysis with statistical, mathematical, and econometric methods and techniques, with a high degree of professional judgment. Oversee the establishment of methods and systems for quantitative and qualitative collection of data, designed to support the formulation and conduct of policies related to consumer behavior, consumer credit markets, and consumer financial services markets. Supervise or organize in the collection of data which may include planning and implementing surveys of households and firms. Oversee the development of techniques to maintain and develop databases and related information structures for research and policymaking and oversees methods and systems for data collection or analysis of economic information relevant to formulation of policy.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Individual Occupational Requirements: 1. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR 2. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in 1above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Examples of qualifying experience include: Individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation; or Teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems. For Applicants Competing for a Temporary Promotion -- Bureau employees who permanently hold the CN-72 level or below and who meet the qualifications, as stated in this announcement. Specialized experience: To qualify for the CN-72, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the CN-60 grade level in the Federal service (for qualification purposes, the CN-60 is broadly equivalent to the GS-14). For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Conducting economic research on issues impacting an organization; AND Formulating, planning and guiding economic studies that provide information, technical advice, and recommendations on policy issues; AND Overseeing the collection of quantitative or qualitative data and plans or overseeing methods to analyze quantitative or qualitative data for policy formulation. OR Leading economic research assignments with responsibility for formulating and guiding, directing, and/or exercising control over research problems; AND Leading both development of methodologies and use of econometric models to conduct economic analysis in support of policy formulations; AND Supervising or coordinating project assignments involving a staff of professional economists and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information. CFPB uses an experience-based process to set pay for employees. Experience is evaluated and credited using the employee's résumé. To ensure that all of your prior work experience (e.g., internships, volunteer work, details, part-time, self-employment, secondary jobs, etc.) is considered and accounted for, please ensure that your résumé covers the following: your entire work history with specific start and end dates (MM-DD-YYYY) provided for each listed position hours worked per week for each position degrees and the dates conferred (MM-YYYY) Part-time experience will be credited pro-rata based on a 40-hour work week, while work of 32 hours or more will be rounded up to full-time experience. If you have multiple positions that have overlapping start and/or end dates, only 40 hours of experience will be credited for a given work week. Refer to Resume Tips for more information on how to submit a comprehensive résumé. See information on our base pay ranges and salary structure. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

Education

Education Requirements:

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent.

Individual Occupational Requirements:1. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR2. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in 1above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Examples of qualifying experience include:

1. Individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation; or
2. Teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.

Contacts

• Address RESEARCH Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]