Supervisory Industry Economist (Associate Division Chief)

Summary

This position is located in the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) Data Division (DD)Federal Communications Commission (FCC) located in Washington DC.

THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED TO FILL ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS.

Duties

As Associate Division Chief the incumbent serves as subject matter expert and advisor providing leadership and oversight to a professional staff of data scientists economists IT Specialist and other professional and technical employees. The Supervisory Industry Economist has responsibility for (a) providing OEA economic analysis oversight strategic planning policy recommendations and establishing goals and objectives for economics standards data models modeling and simulation; (b) working with OEA senior leadership to provide program guidance and/or advice; (c) overseeing the coordination and implementation of data analytics economic research strategy regulations Executive Orders OMB Circulars and Agency goals and objectives; (d) managing data and economic analytics from planning through execution; (e) providing senior-level analytic and technical support to Bureaus and Offices and (f) supervising data scientists economists IT specialists project managers and other staff. The incumbent reports to the Chief of the Data Division and/or other OEA leadership on specific assignments projects and initiatives.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• FCC Employees Only.
• Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Current FCC employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade & status.
• Resume must not exceed two pages and must meet resume format criteria.
• Education-Transcripts Required

In order to be considered for this position applicants must:

ALL FCC EMPLOYEES MUST provide a legible Personnel Action SF-50 that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade. If an SF-50 is not submitted the application will be rated as ineligible. To request a copy of your SF-50 please send an email to

Qualifications

Interested candidates should be passionate about the ideals of our American republic committed to upholding the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution and committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government. Hiring decisions will not be based on race sex color religion or national origin.

Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

GS-15

In order to be deemed as qualified candidates resumes must demonstrate the required specialized experience in addition to the required competencies listed addition candidates must meet the educational qualification requirement.

Education- Degree: economics that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics accounting or calculusOR a combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics as shown in A above plus appropriate experience or additional education.

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Specialized Experience

Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 the Federal service. For this position specialized experience includes the following:

1. Overseeing the design implementation or improvement of advanced data analytics involving large or nationwide datasets complex geospatial data and/or crowd-sourced technical datasets requiring sophisticated data cleansing techniques;

2. Establishing or implementing data quality data validation data management or analytical standards and processes across multiple programs or organizational components;

3. Providing technical leadership in the use of advanced statistical analytical computational or data science methods to evaluate data quality solve complex problems identify trends and support organizational or policy decisions;

4. Advising senior management on complex data analytical technical or program issues and translating technical findings into clear recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences; and

5. Leading multidisciplinary teams and projects involving economists data scientists analysts information technology professionals project managers contractors or other technical and professional staff.

SME REVIEW

Subject matter experts will review your application to determine if you meet the specialized experience in addition to the following required Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Ability to apply advanced economics data science statistical computational geospatial and analytical methods to large complex structured and unstructured datasets to identify patterns evaluate data quality solve complex problems and develop reliable findings that support organizational and policy decisions.
• Skill leading the development and implementation of complex business logic data process flows data quality controls large-scale data collections and data algorithms to ensure that organizational data are accurate complete usable and appropriately managed.
• Skill leading complex data programs projects and multidisciplinary teams involving economists data scientists analysts IT professionals contractors and other stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively establish priorities allocate resources resolve technical and programmatic problems evaluate results and ensure successful completion of major organizational initiatives.
• Ability to communicate complex economics modeling data science and other analytical and technical information clearly to senior executives policymakers attorneys technical specialists regulated entities and other stakeholders; and in so doing provide authoritative advice and recommendations that translate complex governance and analytical findings into understandable information supporting executive-level decision-making.

If you are deemed to be qualified by the Subject Matter Experts your application will be referred to the hiring manager for hiring consideration. Alternatively if your application is not deemed as qualified by the Subject Matter Experts your application will not be referred to the hiring manager for hiring consideration.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID 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 experience.

Education

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Additional information

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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