U.S. Department of Commerce

Survey Statistician


Pay$51332.00 - $66731.00 / year
LocationGainesville/Florida
Employment typeOther

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 816726800
      This vacancy is for a Survey Statistician position in the Center for Enterprise Dissemination located in any Federal Statistical Research Data Center within the U.S. Census Bureau.

      This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Survey Statistician, 1530-9, FPL GS-12 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

      Duties


      • Respond to questions from and/or provide assistance to the internal/external data user community.
      • Coordinate a program of research for subject matter experts using household and economic survey data.
      • Plan, coordinate, implement, and monitor project activities for approved research projects using household and economic survey data.

      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).
      • A one-year probationary period may be required.
      • This is a NON-BARGAINING unit position.
      • The initial cutoff date for referral is 11/13. After this date, the cut off dates are as follows: 12/23, and 1/28.

      Qualifications


      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

      A 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 GS-09, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: Communicating in-person and in writing to various audiences or stakeholders; applying statistical techniques, methodology, or methods; participating or assisting in a research and/or statistical project.


      OR

      Education: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.

      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.

  • About the company

      The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with promoting economic growth. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, and helping to set industrial standards. This organization's main purpose is to create jobs, promote economic growth, encourage sustainable development and block harmful trade practices of other nations. The Department of Commerce is headquartered in the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, DC.