Supervisory Economist

Summary

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 Office of Field Operations Division of Industrial Price Programs.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Leads liaison activities and technical support functions between regional and national offices on issues related to assigned surveys and training activities. Resolves operational problems coordinates responses on technical issues and ensures timely and effective responses from technical experts in other organizations.
• Designs national data collection plans for survey programs including overall workload position control resources budgets and deliverables to provide survey microdata within parameters of timeliness quality response and productivity.
• Designs the conceptual technical and operational framework of the certification and quality programs for the subject survey(s).
• Develop and maintain procedures and training to support the data collection certification and quality programs. Monitors execution of on-the-job training and mentoring to support certification programs.
• Serves on management oversight groups to contribute to the accomplishment of program and organizational goals. Provides input to senior staff in formulating short-term and strategic plans. Advises senior management in national and regional offices of the likely impact of program and BLS initiatives on data collection training and staff development quality resource utilization and management goals.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
• Requires a supervisory 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

In addition to the basic requirements above applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-13 in the Federal Service. This experience must have equipped you with the particular knowledge skills and ability to successfully perform the duties of this position. This experience must demonstrate a thorough understanding of economic principles and theories and a wide knowledge of current economic factors and their implications. Examples of qualifying experience include:

• Developing national data collection plans to ensure high-quality data is collected for survey programs.
• Monitoring developing documenting and improving survey collection procedures and strategies including conducting survey training.
• Creating performance monitors for productivity response timeliness quality and cost; communicating the output to regional offices to improve overall performance.
• Completing projects using Agile development processes; serving as a tester and product owner.
• Serving on matrix teams making presentations to large groups including external stakeholders developing workplans completing complex tasks negotiating outcomes and meeting tight deadlines.

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 coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Additional information

The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers improve working conditions expand high-quality employment opportunities and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers.

Refer to these links for more information: GENERAL INFORMATION REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

As a condition of employment all personnel must undergo a background investigation for access to DOL facilities systems information and/or classified materials before they can enter on duty: BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

You may not be aware but in the regulations for agency ethics programs there are requirements for supervisors. Section 2638.103 of Title 5 of the CFR states: Every supervisor in the executive branch has a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. It is imperative that supervisors serve as models of ethical behavior for subordinates. Supervisors have a responsibility to help ensure that subordinates are aware of their ethical obligations under the Standards of Conduct and that subordinates know how to contact agency ethics officials. Supervisors are also responsible for working with agency ethics officials to help resolve conflicts of interests and enforce government ethics laws and regulations including those requiring certain employees to file financial disclosure addition supervisors are responsible when requested for assisting agency ethics officials in evaluating potential conflicts of interest and identifying positions subject to financial disclosure requirements.

Supervisory Financial Disclosure (If applicable): This position is subject to the confidential financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Therefore if selected you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest(s) and your prospective position with DOL. This information will be required annually.

For more information click Telework Position Information. This is not a remote work position. The selectee will report to an assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and is eligible for participation in telework as determined by management in accordance with DOL policy.

Based on agency needs additional positions may be filled using this vacancy.

The Fair Chance Act (FCA) prohibits Federal agencies from requesting an applicants criminal history information before the agency makes a conditional offer of employment. If you believe a DOL employee has violated your rights under the FCA you may file a complaint of the alleged violation following our agencys complaint process Guidelines for Reporting Violations of the Fair Chance Act.

Note: The FCA does not apply to some positions specified under the Act such as law enforcement or national security positions.

All Department of Labor employees are subject to the provisions of the Drug-Free Workplace Program under Executive Order 12564 and Public Law 100-71.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

Manager