Statistician

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OIG is organized into six operational units: the Immediate Office of the Inspector General, Office of the Counselor, Office of Audits and Evaluations, Office of Healthcare Inspections, Office of Investigations, and Office of Management and Administration. In addition to the Washington, DC, headquarters, OIG has offices located in more than 60 locations throughout the country.

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Duty locations are limited to the following for this position: San Diego, CA; Aurora, CO; Washington, DC; Bay Pines, FL; Atlanta, GA; Hines, IL; Baltimore, MD; Frederick, MD; Kansas City, MO; Durham, NC; Manchester, NH; Portland, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA. Any current VAOIG employee selected will remain at their current duty location.

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

- Conduct theoretical and quasi-experimental investigations to develop new or improve existing theories and techniques for the solution of problems in accuracy, reliability, availability and maintainability and which serve to expand the framework of knowledge in systems analysis.

- Design complex samples, survey instruments, and quasi-experimental designs. Takes into account time, cost, travel and return on investment and the fact that databases used in the process have limitations of scope and problems of quality in certain data elements.

- Provide advice and guidance on the correct use of methodology based on the derived or modified theory, including obtaining or generating the necessary input information, understanding and meeting the assumption associated with the specific application, and properly interpreting and using the results of the methodology.

- Serve as a technical expert in a variety of data modeling techniques, the incumbent applies complex data modeling theories and techniques to support projects in addition to supervising the data analysis and visualization activities of subordinates on their projects.

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Conditions of employment

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

Key Requirements:

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2. Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.

- A probationary or trial period may be required. Continued employment is contingent upon supervisory certification that continued employment will benefit the Federal Service; the certification will occur no less than 30 days before the end of the probationary/trial period.

- Must successfully complete a background investigation.

- Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required.

- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.

- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.

- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.

- Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.

- Obtain and use a Government-issued purchase card for business-related travel.

- File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement

To be qualified for this position at the GS-11 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as:

- Assisting in researching and compiling data for inspection, audit and investigation activities; AND

- Supporting data processing and analysis using analytic platforms and software; AND

- Contributing to the development of data briefing, dashboards, presentations based on data analysis, etc. OR

- Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR

-3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR

-LL.M., if related OR

-A combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement, must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be used in meeting this requirement.

In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement , if applicable:

For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-9 level for 52 weeks.

To be found well-qualified, and in addition to meeting specialized experience, the applicant must have documented the following experience: Having a solid and comprehensive understanding of the position. Can perform the required tasks efficiently and is proficient in applying the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the job.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan(CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority.

Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a nontemporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Education

You must meet the minimum basic education and/or work experience requirements for Statistician positions in the Federal government. These basic requirements include:

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. 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.

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education

Additional information

- We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Applicants who apply for this position may be considered for other positions within the Office of Inspector General that require the same knowledge, skills, and abilities.

- This is a non-bargaining unit position.

- We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.

- Office assignment may be at one of the locations listed on the announcement subject to availability and OIG management discretion.

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.

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes:

- Challenging work, opportunities for advancement, competitive salaries, bonuses and incentive awards.

- Eleven paid holidays, 13 days of sick leave, and 13 to 26 days of vacation time each year.

- Access to insurance programs that may be continued after you retire.

- A wide choice of health insurance plans, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and no waiting periods. We pay a substantial amount (up to 75%) of the health insurance premiums.

- A retirement program which includes employer-matching contributions.

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