1. Communicate with supervisor and employees performing work for the assigned programs and projects.
2. Apply statistical techniques and methods in performing project related-activities.
3. Gather survey requirements, develop specifications, procedures, survey materials, and train for data collection.
4. Document procedures, problems encountered, and lessons learned and make preliminary recommendations for improvements.
5. Plan, coordinate, implement, and monitor project/survey activities for household surveys.

Conditions of employment

1. U.S. citizen.
2. Suitable for Federal employment.
3. Registered for Selective Service if applicable. (www.sss.gov)
4. You may be required to complete a financial disclosure (OGE-450).

Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

A probationary period may be required.

This position is ELIGIBLE for telework; additional criteria will be required (e.g., supervisory approval).

This is a BARGAINING unit position.

If selected, you will be asked to provide information regarding your vaccination status for the purpose of implementing workplace safety protocols such as masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. If you do not submit your vaccination information and documentation of fully vaccinated, you will be treated as not fully vaccinated for the purposes of implementing the safety protocols.

Due to COVID-19, the Census Bureau is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within 30 calendar days. At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period consistent with the Census Bureau's telework policy and approval from your supervisor.

Qualifications

Minimum Education Requirement: 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

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.

AND

Specialized Experience: For the GS-11, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: reviewing and analyzing data using statistical techniques and statistical software such as SAS and/or Excel with guidance and supervision; experience in questionnaire design, instrument development and testing for automated and/web data collection instruments with guidance and supervision; experience in writing procedures, documentation and/or training guides for data collection practices with guidance and supervision; experience conducting/participating in a project from start to finish, setting priorities, and maintaining schedules with guidance and supervision.

OR

Education: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

Specialized Experience: For the GS-12, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: reviewing and analyzing data using statistical techniques and statistical software such as SAS and/or Excel with no guidance nor supervision; experience in questionnaire design, instrument development and testing for automated and/web data collection instruments with no guidance nor supervision; experience in writing procedures, documentation and/or training guides for data collection practices with no guidance nor supervision; experience conducting/participating in a project from start to finish, setting priorities, and maintaining schedules with no guidance nor supervision.

NOTE: Additionally, to receive credit for coursework that is not catalogued on the transcript as Statistics or contain 'statistics' in the course title, applicants must attach a copy of an official course description that clarifies the course has statistical content, or written documentation which must be on official school letterhead from a professor or a school official verifying that the content of the course has either met the 50 percent statistics course requirements or was a statistical course. If you do not submit sufficient academic documentation necessary to demonstrate that you meet the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements described in this announcement, your application will be deemed incomplete and you will be ineligible for further consideration for this vacancy.

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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualification requirements for the position. Under the provisions of the Direct-Hire Authority (DHA), rating, ranking and veterans' preference does not apply; therefore, your responses to the questionnaire will not be used to determine a scored rating. All applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements, as defined in the job opportunity announcement, will be referred for selection consideration. While veterans' preference does not apply in DHA, preference eligibles are encouraged to submit their supporting documentation (DD-214 stating disposition of discharge or character of service, VA letter, SF-15, etc.).

Applicants applying as CTAP or ICTAP candidates, and are determined CTAP or ICTAP eligible, must exceed the minimum qualification requirements to be referred under this selection priority placement program by attaining at least a rating of 85 out of 100. For those deemed eligible and who meet the minimum qualifications, we will compare your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation to your responses on the scored occupational questionnaire (True/False, Yes/No, Multiple Choice questions). Your resume and/or optional cover letter must support your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire, or your score may be lowered. CTAP/ICTAP eligibles who are not determined well-qualified by scoring at least 85 will not be referred under the CTAP/ICTAP selection priority placement program; however, will be referred for selection consideration with other minimally qualified applicants. The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies, please do not provide a separate written response.

Individuals invited for an interview may be asked to conduct a Job Talk presentation on research conducted such as a non-proprietary work assignment or a school project/thesis/dissertation. More information to be provided if applicable.

The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies; please do not provide a separate written response:

• Knowledge of statistical theories, methodology, and techniques to assist in solving problems related to the review, analysis, and research data.
• Ability to design questionnaires, develop/test specifications and procedures, survey materials and training for multiple modes of data collection.
• Knowledge of the statistical methods, procedures, and specifications required to assist in planning project/survey activities.
• Ability to develop project plans, schedules, operational plans, and any other project management documentation.

• Social Security Number (SSN)
• Date of Birth (DOB)
• Photos of yourself (if included on your resume you will not be considered for this position)
• Personal information: such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.