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There are five (5) positions in ARM that may be filled from any of the advertised Band IIB vacancy announcements.
Positions may be filled in any of the geographical locations listed.
01/14/2022 to 01/28/2022
$104,169 - $176,300 per year
PE 22
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
None
No
No
ARM-22-IMP-11349166
630982600
Full or part-time GAO employees on a permanent appointment. If you wish to be considered for other Specialists opportunities (positions other than the 0347 series), you must apply separately to each announcement. This procedure will be conducted under the processes outlined in GAO Order 2335.
At the Band IIB, the incumbent serves as either a Sr. Mathematical Statistician or Senior Statistician providing consultative services to engagement teams and advising in the selection and implementation of appropriate statistical methodologies for engagements in accordance with GAO and professional statistical standards. Duties of Band IIB staff involve, but are not limited to, the following:
You must meet both the education and experience requirements for this position.
If selected, you will be required to provide official transcripts verifying your education if you are currently in a position outside of the occupational series being filled.
Basic requirements for Mathematical Statistician (1529 series):
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 paragraphs 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 paragraph 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. Examples of such nonqualifying work include statistical clerical work; statistical drafting; calculation of totals, averages, percentages, or other arithmetic summations; preparation of simple tables or charts; or verification of data by simple comparison or proofreading.
Basic requirements for Statistician (1530 series):
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.
This position is in the bargaining unit.
This is a moderate risk public trust position with possible upgrade to a Secret or Top Secret clearance depending on the type of engagement the employee will be assigned to within the mission teams.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
If you meet the qualification requirements stated, a panel of team managers will assess your qualifications along with those of other candidates who are deemed eligible for the position. The rating panel (BQ panel) will establish a ranked list of candidates from which the panel chair, in consultation with the panel, identifies those candidates who are best-qualified.
Complete the online questionnaire and follow all instructions carefully, as incomplete answers, errors, or omissions may effect your consideration. Your application will be invalid if you fail to include a narrative reply to any vacancy question(s) that requires further explanation, or your reply is "see resume" or like answer. You must provide narrative answers in the space provided.
To preview the assessment questions, click here. https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11349166
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete application package which includes:
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.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.
- To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
- Follow the prompts to select your résumé (you are encouraged to create a resume using the USAJOBS resume builder)and/or other supporting documentsto be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
- After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.- You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
If you are unable to apply online, please contact Ebonye Watson at watsone@gao.gov or 0000000000 by 4 p.m. on the closing date of the announcement.
For technical issue with USAJOBS: Please refer to the USAJOBS help page.
3/3/22: BQ results to applicants. Employees who are deemed best qualified may apply for promotion opportunities in other teams during Phase 2. The Phase 2 announcements will be posted on GAO's intranet through the "Annual Promotion Opportunities" link.
3/4/22 - 3/24/22: Managing Directors may begin conducting interviews on BQ applicants resulting from Phase 1 (if desired).
3/18/22 - 3/24/22: Managing Directors may conduct interviews of Phase 2 BQ applicants (if desired).
4/13/22 - 4/15/22: Managing Directors make promotion offers.
4/24/22: Effective date of promotions.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/630982600. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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