This position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Enterprise Integration (OEI), Office of Data Governance and Analytics (DGA).

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-12. At the GS-07, GS-09, and GS-11 grade levels, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-12. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds. Promotion is not guaranteed, and no promise of promotion is implied. Supports other statisticians by providing professional knowledge and skills through evaluating and analyzing all aspects of statistical application; Applies knowledge of statistical theory, principles, and techniques to adapt, combine, and help develop statistical methodologies to analyze sometimes complicated datasets from a broad range of studies for a variety of disciplines; Applies advanced statistical theories and professional knowledge in conducting research in study design and data collection and contributes to the plan and preparation of research protocols; Performs statistical analysis for the data collected from approved research; Communicates and interprets the statistical results to other statisticians and researchers to ensure that data are accurately reported; Helps evaluate and analyze, either individually or as part of a team, the statistical validity of projects; Assists with study design, statistical methodology, end point measures, reliability, and validity of the instruments, stopping rule for safety monitoring, data collection and data analysis; Assists in developing recommendations and/or corrective actions to ensure adequate and appropriate statistical procedures are used in said projects; Keeps team leader or supervisor and other team members informed of relevant outcomes; Helps with data research project design and development, including small and large studies; Collects, processes, and analyzes, data; Use specialized software (SAS, R, SQL, Python, ESRl/ArcGIS) to prepare data to be used in statistical studies, analyze data, and produce reports; Helps prepare data to be used in statistical studies to include integrating and matching data from multiple sources, cleaning and validating data, imputing missing values, and recoding; Analyzes and interprets statistical data to identify relationships, trends, and any other factors as defined in the study design; Uses verbal and written communication stills to translate technical statistical information into language understandable by key stakeholders and may be asked to communicate findings to stakeholders; Prepares and helps prepare profiles, fact sheets, data tables, reports, intranet/internet/web content and other products documenting the results of statistical analysis; Performs other duties as required. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized.

Requirements

Qualifications

BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT: A bachelor's 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. Transcripts required. ~OR~ A combination of education and experience. A bachelor's degree 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. Transcripts required and experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS GS-07: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in Federal service Specialized experience includes: knowledge of statistical theory, principles, and techniques; preparing data to be used in statistical studies to include integrating and matching data from multiple sources, cleaning and validating data, or assigning missing values. This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit. ~OR~ A bachelor's degree with SAA in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position is fully qualifying. Applicants who wish to apply under this provision must submit proof from their educational institution that they meet one of the criteria listed below. To qualify for SAA, applicants must have completed all the requirements for a bachelor's degree in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled and meet one of the following: Rank in the upper one-third of your class in the college, university, or major subdivision. A grade-point average of "B" (a GPA of 2.95 or higher out of a possible 4.0) for all completed undergraduate courses, or those completed in the last two years of undergraduate study. A grade point average of "B+" (a GPA of 3.45 or higher out of a possible 4.0) for all courses in your major field of study, or those courses in your major completed in the last two years of undergraduate study. Membership in a national honor society (other than freshman honor societies) recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies. For a list of recognized honor societies please visit http://www.achsnatl.org/quick_link.asp. For more information regarding SAA please visit http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-II/s2-e5.asp#e4f. ~OR~ One year of graduate education that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. One year of full-time graduate education is the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. Transcripts required. ~OR~ An equivalent combination of specialized experience and graduate education that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. Your experience must be detailed in your resume and transcripts required. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS GS-09: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in Federal service. Specialized experience includes: knowledge of statistical theory, principles, and techniques; adapting, combining, and developing statistical methodologies to analyze complicated datasets from a broad range of studies; applying verbal and written communication stills to translate technical statistical information into language understandable by the public; and communicating findings to stakeholders. This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit. ~OR~ A master's degree, equivalent graduate degree, or 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. One year of full-time graduate education is the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. Transcripts required. ~OR~ An equivalent combination of specialized experience and graduate education that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. Your experience must be detailed in your resume and transcripts required. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Computer SkillsCritical ThinkingData ManagementMathematical Reasoning IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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 experience. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary and does not require any special physical effort. Work of the position is performed in a typical office environment. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov).

Contacts

• Address AS Office of Enterprise Integration 810 Vermont Ave Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]