Recent Graduate Mathematical Statistician

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 is an appointment under the DOL Recent Graduates program. The program duration is one year. Upon successful completion of the program and at the agencys discretion the appointee may be converted to a term or permanent position in the competitive service.

For more information click Pathways Programs.

Duties

The duties described are for the GS-09 level. At the GS-07 level assignments will be of more limited scope and performed with less independence and complexity. Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide technical support for the development and implementation of statistical methodology for BLS OEUS Programs including survey design planning and evaluation creation of sampling frames sampling design and sample selection estimation and variance estimation appropriate to sample design statistical validation of survey results and quality measurement and control.
• Participate in research and evaluation studies to address issues in survey design estimation variance estimation and other statistical issues.
• Participate in the development and implementation of a broad spectrum of sample and survey designs for the establishment and household surveys.
• Participate in the development and implementation of monitoring systems for estimates and variances.
• Prepare drafts of technical statements of statistical findings evaluations and recommendations regarding survey design and estimation processes.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be at least 16 years.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• The entire duration of the Recent Graduate Appointment constitutes a trial period.
• Appointees must sign a DOL Pathways Recent Graduate Program Participant Agreement.

Qualifications

Applicants must have graduated within the past two years (with an associate bachelor master professional doctorate diploma vocational technical degree or certificate etc.) from a qualifying educational institution or career or technical educational program including registered Apprenticeship Programs Peace Corps AmeriCorps Job Corps Climate Corps).

You must meet the Basic Requirements and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Recent Graduate - Mathematical Statistician as described below.

Basic Requirement
Mathematical Statistician 1529: A) Degree: that included 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics of which at least 12 semester hours were in mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics.

OR

B) Combination of education and experience -- at least 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics including at least 12 hours in mathematics and 6 hours in statistics as shown in A above plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Evaluation of Education: Courses acceptable toward meeting the mathematics course requirement of A or B above must have included at least four of the following: differential calculus integral calculus advanced calculus theory of equations vector analysis advanced algebra linear algebra mathematical logic differential equations or any other advanced course in mathematics for which one of these was a prerequisite. Courses in mathematical statistics or probability theory with a prerequisite of elementary calculus or more advanced courses will be accepted toward meeting the mathematics requirements with the provision that the same course cannot be counted toward both the mathematics and the statistics requirement.

Evaluation of Experience: The experience offered in combination with educational courses to meet the requirements in B above should include evidence of statistical work such as (a) sampling (b) collecting computing and analyzing statistical data and (c) applying known statistical techniques to data such as measurement of central tendency dispersion skewness sampling error simple and multiple correlation analysis of variance and tests of significance. Without other indications of statistical experience work required in the processing of numerical or quantified information by other than statistical methods is not considered appropriate qualifying experience.

Specialized Experience
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.

GS-07 : Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience includes:

• Working on the design of a quantitative study that included addressing the following: identifying which data may address the phenomena being measured identifying what statistics need to be produced identifying how estimates will be calculated and identifying how data will be analyzed; OR
• Reviewing collected quantitative data to ensure its statistical accuracy (internal and/or external validity) or reliability (precision); OR
• Producing estimates and outputs. Examples include means medians rates percentiles totals and indexes. This may have involved executing computations and/or creating or editing graphs/visualizations of estimates using statistical software.

OR

Education Substitution:
GS-07: 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement. Superior Academic Achievement is based on (1) class standing (2) grade-point average or (3) honor society membership.

1. Class standing -- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college university or major subdivision such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration based on completed courses.
2. Grade-point average (G.P.A.) -- Applicants must have a grade-point average of: 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (B or better) as recorded on their official transcript or as computed based on 4 years of education or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (B or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.
3. Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society. A list of acceptable honor societies can be found at Association of College Honor Societies

OR

Combination of Education and Specialized Experience:
GS-07: An appropriate combination of graduate level education and specialized experience.

GS-09 : Applicants must have one year for specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience includes:

• Making decisions regarding which persons or businesses to obtain or collect data from and/or which statistical method(s) to use. This may have included assisting with activities such as identifying the sampling unit and gathering and preparing sampling frames OR assisting in the study selection or execution of a sampling method to draw samples from a sample frame such as probability sampling (e.g. probability sampling may include utilizing cluster simple random proportional to size stratified systematic or a combination of sampling methods (i.e. multi-stage sampling)); OR
• Completing the preparation of data to include but not limited to performing statistical processes for weighting data and/or addressing sampling error non-sampling error (i.e. non-response error or response error); OR
• Drafting portions of technical papers that explain statistical requirements or statistical methods; OR
• Performing statistical research that may have included but not limited to the following topics: evaluating new sampling techniques analyzing frame data evaluating alternative estimators evaluating alternative variance computation techniques testing better approaches for obtaining survey data evaluating non-response bias evaluating seasonal adjustment procedures evaluating imputation procedures researching regression trees and estimators OR systems development and/or testing to document statistical requirements/specifications or test software according to statistical requirements/specifications.

Education Substitution:
GS-09: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a masters degree or masters or equivalent graduate degree.

OR

Combination of Education and Specialized Experience:
GS-09: Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work.

Education

To be eligible for an appointment you must meet requirement A or B.

A. Completed all requirements for a diploma associate bachelor master professional doctorate vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution or career or technical education program (including registered Apprenticeship Programs Peace Corps AmeriCorps Job Corps Climate Corps) within the previous two years; OR

B. Was released or discharged from active duty within the previous two years where the applicant is a veteran who due to a military service obligation was precluded from applying for a recent graduate position during any portion of the two-year eligibility period following completion of his/her degree or certificate requirements provided that not more than six years have transpired since the applicant completed the requirements for a degree or certification. You must submit an academic transcript from your academic institution showing the date that you most recently completed the academic requirements described above.

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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.

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This position is inside the bargaining unit and will be included in the Local 12 AFGE bargaining unit.

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Applicants must meet all legal and regulatory requirements. Reference the Required Documents section for additional requirements.

This appointment is under the DOL Recent Graduates program. The program duration is one year.
The appointee must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for conversion to a permanent position in the competitive service upon completion of the program.

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

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Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e. physical or mental) covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position after notification of the adjudication of your request you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA please review the : Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

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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