The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making. The position is located in the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Productivity and Technology.

Duties

The BLS headquarters is currently in the process of relocating within the National Capital Area to Suitland, Maryland. If selected for this position, with an assigned duty station of Suitland, MD (Metropolitan Washington DC area), you may be eligible for limited telework with approval from your supervisor, based on onsite duties and responsibilities, while the new headquarters is being completed. Upon completion of the new headquarters offices in Suitland, MD, you will be expected to report in person to the Suitland Federal Center after receiving notification to do so. At that time, you may be eligible for limited telework, consistent with the telework policies of the Department of Labor, with approval from your supervisor, based on onsite duties and responsibilities, and if consistent with telework policies and mission needs of BLS. Duties include, but are not limited to the following: Conduct research to improve existing OPT data products and develop new products. Provides advice and guidance to economists in DPRPD and other OPT divisions on the best methodological approaches to productivity measurement and on the best approaches to research of analytical issues faced by these programs. Identifies the need for additional knowledge in specific areas of analysis of productivity and its components, e.g. output and labor and capital inputs. Initiates, conducts, and disseminates research to overcome identified deficiencies. Serves as an OPT staff expert on research methodology in the fields of economic theory, capital measurement, industrial organization, and international economics.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT Economist, 0110: A) Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR B) Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-12: In addition to the basic requirements above, applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the federal service. The specialized experience requirements for the GS-12 level of this position must be in economics or a closely related field to economics or statistics and must have equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. The specialized experience requirements for the GS-12 level of this position are: 1. Conducting methodological or innovative economic research under supervision or as part of a research team or project that included oversight from a supervisor or other higher-level reviewer. The research should have contributed to the development of improved or new empirical economic methods, theories, or techniques in any area of economics or statistics, or have applied existing economic methods in an innovative manner. AND 2. Contributing to the dissemination or communication of empirical economic research findings in the form of preparing or publishing manuscripts, reports, peer-reviewed journal articles, writing and completing a thesis, writing and completing a chapter of a dissertation, or presenting this information at economic, scientific, or technical seminars within a graduate institution. OR Education Substitution: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree. Completion of graduate level education is qualifying if it provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum course work requirements for this position.

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Contacts

• Address Bureau of Labor Statistics 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Amy Whelan
• Phone: 617-788-2830
• Email: [email protected]