Supervisory Survey Statistician (Regional Survey Manager)
What you'd do
This vacancy is for a Supervisory Survey Statistician (Regional Survey Manager) position at the Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, duty stationed at various Regional Office locations. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Survey Statistician (Regional Survey Manager), GS-1530-7, positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.
Major duties
Manage data collection to ensure training and observation programs are utilizes to foster quality data collection techniques Manage surveys to ensure data collection remains on track and within targeted budget. Ensure work schedules, assignments, and communication strategies are utilized to ensure team performance and cost efficiencies. Collect and tabulate data using a variety of methods or developing new procedures for statistical projects. Communicate progress of data collection operations to management and staff.
What you need to qualify
To qualify for the position of Supervisory Survey Statistician (Regional Survey Manager), at GS-1530-7, you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below. Basic Education Requirement A. 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 B. 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 GS-07, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes applying standard statistical methods and analyses such as measures of central tendency and dispersion; collecting data for surveys or studies, as a team member; reviewing team performance to meet production goals; and providing regular progress updates to management and team members. OR Education: One year of related graduate level education, or superior academic achievement, or a combination of both education and experience. 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.
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