Economist Statistician (Economics)

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.

This position is with the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Office of Field Operations Regional Office Division of Compensation and Occupational Requirements.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to :

• Works with National Office staff to design and implement a national training program that will be used to train all new hires supporting the NCS and ORS programs.
• Provides training to staff to improve survey collection procedures and survey non-response; and assists journey-level Field Economists in developing strategies for soliciting participation from critical respondents in multiple BLS surveys.
• Develops data collection and response turnaround training based on a thorough knowledge of the socio-economic conditions of the region or area.
• Develops and conducts national training workshops and provides on-the-job training for field staff on the more complex industries and procedures.
• Participates on national teams which address program related issues and problems that are nationwide in scope.

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.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Requires a valid drivers license.

Qualifications

This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled either as an Economist or Statistician (Economics).

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

Economist GS-0110:
A) Degree in economics that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics accounting or calculus.

OR

B) A combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in economics as shown in A above plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Statistician (Economics) GS-1530:
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.

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above applicants must also meet the minimum qualifications to be considered.

For GS-13: Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) to perform the duties of the position successfully and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level and includes professional experience with economic or statistical theory principles and research methods.

Qualifying specialized experience includes:

• Independently collect or review data that require planning information assembly demonstration of procedural knowledge analysis and evaluation conclusions and report preparation; and
• Develop recommendations for systems requirements or recommendations to management for process improvement as a member of a project team or on-the job training/coaching and the assessment of collection procedures and strategies.

For additional information refer to the Office of Personnel Management Operating Manual for Qualification Standards Group Coverage Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions. Individual Occupation Requirements for Economist Series GS-110. Individual Occupation Requirement for Statistician Series GS-1530.

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

This position is inside the bargaining unit. If the duty location is within the Washington D.C. metropolitan area the position will be included in the Local 12 AFGE bargaining unit. If the duty location is outside the Washington D.C. metropolitan area the position will be included in the NCFLL bargaining unit.

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:

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