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Summary
This position is located at the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC.
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Overview
- Reviewing applications
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Open & closing dates
05/06/2019 to 06/07/2019
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Salary
$127,914 - $192,300 per year
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Pay scale & grade
ES 00
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Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
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Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
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Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
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Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes— Relocation costs associated with permanent change of duty location of the selected candidate will not be paid. However, Recruitment, Relocation, and Retention Incentives may be paid
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Appointment type
Permanent
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Work schedule
Full-Time
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Service
Senior Executive
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Promotion potential
00
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Job family (Series)
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Supervisory status
Yes
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Security clearance
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Drug test
No
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Announcement number
DOL-SES-BLS-19-34A
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Control number
532771900
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Duties
The incumbent of this position serves as Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment Statistics. The Associate Commissioner has primary responsibility for directing and managing the Bureau's programs of data collection, analysis, and dissemination of information on the Nation's labor force, employment, and unemployment; National, State and area employment, hours and earnings; occupational employment statistics; employment and wages of employees covered by State unemployment insurance laws; and States’ and areas’ labor forces, employment, and unemployment. The primary sources of data for which the incumbent is responsible are the data obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Bureau of the Census, the quarterly data obtained from states for the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which is the universe of nearly all establishments in the U.S., the establishment surveys and the labor statistics programs conducted as cooperative Federal/State programs, and other surveys. A variety of data from other sources, including the Census of Population and social security and unemployment insurance administrative records, are compiled and analyzed by staff under the incumbent’s direction.
Participates with the Commissioner in planning, developing, and directing Bureau programs of data collection, research, and analysis and provides advice on matters concerning structure and trends in employment and unemployment.
Serves as a member of the Bureau's executive staff, with responsibility for broad policy decisions on the Bureau's programs covering the labor force, employment, and unemployment; employment in nonagricultural establishments; hours and earnings of workers; employment and wages of employees covered by unemployment insurance laws; employment by occupation and industry; local-area employment and unemployment; job openings and labor turnover; and other surveys.
Represents the Department of Labor and the Bureau in hearings before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress and other Congressional Committees interested in labor force behavior and the condition of the economy, as well as in conferences with other Federal agencies, leaders of industry, labor, and scholars in research and academic institutions.
Reviews and approves reports and publications developed in the Office, or in other areas of the Bureau, that present problems of policy or presentation. Provides direction in regard to technical standards, analysis and interpretation of data, and adherence to Bureau policy.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Subject to a full-field security background investigation.
- Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
- Must complete 1 year SES probationary period, if not previously completed.
The Department of Labor does not recognize academic degrees from schools that are not accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the Department of 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.
Qualifications
Candidates must possess technical and management experience and have developed the knowledge and skills required for effective performance of the specific duties of the position. Candidates must have had experience at a major management level (normally equivalent to the GS-15 level in the federal service). All applicants MUST separately address each of the MTQs and ECQs when applying online. Responses to ECQs MUST not exceed 10 pages. For additional guidance, applicants may visit the Office of Personnel Management's Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications located at www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2010.pdf. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the guide. Current/Former Career SES or SES Candidate Development Program graduates who have been certified by OPM MUST address the MTQ's, but need not address the ECQs. In order to successfully complete the online application process you MUST input the term, "noncompetitive eligible" in the text boxes for each of the ECQs. You MUST submit a Standard Form 50 that documents your SES Career appointment or a copy of your OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program certificate.
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs):
1. Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
2. Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
3. Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
4. Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
5. Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): In writing your narrative responses to the MTQs, please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc.
The MTQ's are:
1. Comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of survey and other methods for producing labor market data.
2. Demonstrated ability to objectively analyze and explain labor market data and their limitations to policy makers, the media, and other interested parties.
3. Demonstrated ability to lead major organizational change in a challenging environment, including through collaboration with other senior managers to identify the need and set the direction for change.
Education
Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus or combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
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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.
Additional information
PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: Persons selected for employment with the Department of Labor who are not current DOL employees will be required to provide proof of citizenship, in the form of a passport, birth certificate or other approved documentation, prior to entry on duty.
Benefits
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Candidates will be evaluated based upon their qualifications. In addition, applicants will be evaluated based upon their responses to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
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Benefits
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.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Documents
As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
1. SF-50 documentation of career SES appointment or other Federal appointment (if applicable) 2. Certificate of completion of OPM certified SES candidate program (if applicable) 3. Copy of most recent performance appraisal (optional) 4. College transcipts showing required coursework.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
Follow the 5 steps below to apply online to a Department of Labor (DOL) vacancy. Your application and ALL required supplemental documents must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Time (ET) on the vacancy closing date to be considered. Paper applications and supplemental documents submitted in any other manner without prior approval from the vacancy contact will not be considered. For more details, reference How To Apply Detailed Instructions. For help, refer to the Vacancy Contact on the announcement in the "Questions about this job" section. Save your information before the 60 MINUTE TIMEOUT or risk losing your information! STEP 1 - Create USAJOBS Account, including Resume and Saved Documents It is essential that your application provide sufficient information to substantiate your responses to the MTQs and ECQs listed in the vacancy announcement. STEP 2 - Answer Vacancy Questions (DOORS) Click the Apply Online button, which is available when you search for a job on www.usajobs.gov, click on the title and proceed. STEP 3 - Submit Supplemental Documents Submit the required documents (only if applicable to you) specified in the "Required Documents" section of this vacancy. For details: click How to Submit Supplemental Documentation. If you submit a document using the same document title, the 2nd submission will OVERWRITE the 1st submission. To avoid this, submit documents (ex. undergraduate and graduate degree transcripts) as one document. STEP 4 - Review Application and click Finish STEP 5 - Edit Application as needed by 11:59 pm ET of Close Date
Agency contact information
Tania Burkley
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Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
200 Constitution Ave., NW
N-2453
Washington, District of Columbia 20210
United States
Next steps
The Office of Executive Resources will review all applications to determine if applicants meet the mandatory technical qualifications of this position and the SES ECQs. Those who meet the qualifications will be referred to a panel of SES members for rating and ranking to determine the "best qualified" candidates. The panel will make a recommendation to the selecting official about the top candidates that he/she should interview. Once a selection is made, the selectee's application will be forwarded to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for approval by an OPM independent Qualifications Review Board, unless the selectee is a current SES executive or has successfully participated in an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program. To check the status of your application: Click here. To sign up for Application Status Updates via email: Click Here.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
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Required Documents
1. SF-50 documentation of career SES appointment or other Federal appointment (if applicable) 2. Certificate of completion of OPM certified SES candidate program (if applicable) 3. Copy of most recent performance appraisal (optional) 4. College transcipts showing required coursework.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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How to Apply
Follow the 5 steps below to apply online to a Department of Labor (DOL) vacancy. Your application and ALL required supplemental documents must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Time (ET) on the vacancy closing date to be considered. Paper applications and supplemental documents submitted in any other manner without prior approval from the vacancy contact will not be considered. For more details, reference How To Apply Detailed Instructions. For help, refer to the Vacancy Contact on the announcement in the "Questions about this job" section. Save your information before the 60 MINUTE TIMEOUT or risk losing your information! STEP 1 - Create USAJOBS Account, including Resume and Saved Documents It is essential that your application provide sufficient information to substantiate your responses to the MTQs and ECQs listed in the vacancy announcement. STEP 2 - Answer Vacancy Questions (DOORS) Click the Apply Online button, which is available when you search for a job on www.usajobs.gov, click on the title and proceed. STEP 3 - Submit Supplemental Documents Submit the required documents (only if applicable to you) specified in the "Required Documents" section of this vacancy. For details: click How to Submit Supplemental Documentation. If you submit a document using the same document title, the 2nd submission will OVERWRITE the 1st submission. To avoid this, submit documents (ex. undergraduate and graduate degree transcripts) as one document. STEP 4 - Review Application and click Finish STEP 5 - Edit Application as needed by 11:59 pm ET of Close Date
Agency contact information
Tania Burkley
- Address
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Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
200 Constitution Ave., NW
N-2453
Washington, District of Columbia 20210
United States
Next steps
The Office of Executive Resources will review all applications to determine if applicants meet the mandatory technical qualifications of this position and the SES ECQs. Those who meet the qualifications will be referred to a panel of SES members for rating and ranking to determine the "best qualified" candidates. The panel will make a recommendation to the selecting official about the top candidates that he/she should interview. Once a selection is made, the selectee's application will be forwarded to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for approval by an OPM independent Qualifications Review Board, unless the selectee is a current SES executive or has successfully participated in an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program. To check the status of your application: Click here. To sign up for Application Status Updates via email: Click Here.
Fair & Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
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Agency contact information
Tania Burkley
- Address
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Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
200 Constitution Ave., NW
N-2453
Washington, District of Columbia 20210
United States