Summary This vacancy is for an SURVEY STATISTICIAN position in the Associate Director for Field Operations located at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. The Census Bureau is accessible from the Metro Rail Green Line - Suitland Station. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other SURVEY STATISTICIAN, 1530-11/12, FPL GS-12 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience. Responsibilities Conducts detailed analyses of complex functions and work processes of broad administrative or technical programs and makes recommendations for improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of work operations. Develops new methods, organizational structures, and management processes. Counsels and advises program managers on methods and procedures, management surveys, management reports, and control techniques. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education. Specialized experience: For the Grade 11, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the Grade 9 grade level in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes initiating data collection and processing projects, including coordinating field data collection activities, and selecting and/or modifying complex statistical techniques, methods, and or procedures, to ensure accurate and timely data results; Writing procedures for automated or computer-assisted statistical survey operations; Preparing documentation of procedures, findings, and problems encountered including recommendations; Disseminating results of statistical studies or surveys through written documents and oral presentations. OR Education: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. Specialized Experience: For the Grade 12, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the Grade 11 grade level in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes planning, researching and implementing a full range of data collection and processing projects, performing experimental design, data analysis, sampling, forecasting, quality control, and operations research; Planning procedures for collecting and tabulating data, recommending new or improved methods, and analyzing findings and evaluating the statistical limitations of data; Acting as a technical advisor by providing guidance to staff on various complex statistical techniques and methods used to conduct projects; Presenting findings of statistical studies or surveys through written documents and oral presentations. AND Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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. Education Additional Information If hired for this position with the Census Bureau, at its headquarters office located in Suitland, Maryland, you will be expected to temporarily telework to maximum extent while the headquarters building is being renovated. Once renovations are completed for your area, you will be notified when to return to the office. At that time, you will be expected to work from your duty station, and you may be eligible to telework, up to 8 days a pay period depending on your respective work schedule, with approval from your supervisor. Additionally, the following links provide information on various hiring authorities that may enable you to apply through merit assignment procedures or be eligible for a non-competitive appointment. CTAP The Department of Commerce provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Office. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis. TTY users can contact the Human Resources Office via the Federal Relay Service, 1-800-877-8339.
