USA Staffing

Position Title: Economist
Agency: Social Security Administration
Announcement Number: SH10026774 Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, July 17, 2017 to Friday, July 28, 2017

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1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?

A. No, I do not claim Veterans' Preference

B. 0-point Sole Survivorship Preference (SSP)

C. 5-point preference based on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces (TP)

D. 10-point preference for non-compensable disability or Purple Heart (XP)

E. 10-point preference based on a compensable service connected disability of at least 10% but less than 30% (CP)

F. 10 point preference based on widow/widower or parent of a deceased veteran, or spouse or parent of a disabled veteran (XP)

G. 10-point preference based on a compensable service connected disability of 30% or more (CPS)

2. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? Select yes if you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy; AND your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. (Note: You must submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. Please review the Required Documents section of the announcement for more information.)

A. Yes

B. No

3. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? Select yes if you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy; AND your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. (Note: You must submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of ICTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. Please review the Required Documents section of the announcement for more information.)

A. Yes

B. No

Please choose the one statement that best describes your level of experience, education, or combination of education and experience as related to the basic qualification requirements for this position (Transcripts are required to substantiate claimed education):

1. Please answer Yes or No to the following question.

Do you have a degree in economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus; OR do you have a combination of education (courses equivalent to a major in economics as previously stated in this question) and appropriate experience or additional education?

Examples of qualifying experience include: 1) individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation, 2) supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information, or 3) teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (a) personal research that produced evidence of results, (b) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (c) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems. NOTE: Transcripts are required to substantiate claimed education.

A. Yes

B. No

2. Please choose the one statement that best describes your level of experience or education as related to the basic qualification requirements for this position:

A. I have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-11, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled which has equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience includes research into economic phenomena, analysis of economic data, and the preparation of interpretive reports; advice and consultation on economic matters; and the performance of other professional work in economics including planning and conducting studies and projects applying economic theory and econometric techniques to the analysis, interpretation and presentation of data.

B. I have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR have completed 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. in a field that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to do the work of the position. NOTE: Transcripts are required to substantiate education.

C. I have a combination of graduate level coursework and specialized experience (as described above) which equals 100 percent of total requirements of this grade level}. NOTE: Transcripts are required to substantiate education

D. The statements above do not reflect my education and/or experience

3. Do you have experience using economic theories to conduct research in the fields of public economics, labor economics, microeconomics, health economics, or demographic economics?

A. Yes

B. No

4. Do you have experience using econometric methods to conduct research in the fields of public economics, labor economics, microeconomics, health economics, or demographic economics?

A. Yes

B. No

5. Do you have experience using advanced econometric techniques to estimate economic models using statistical software packages (e.g., SAS, Stata)?

A. Yes

B. No

6. Do you have experience collaboratively designing research projects taking into account the strengths, weaknesses, and findings of previously conducted studies?

A. Yes

B. No

7. Do you have experience with randomized controlled trials or policy demonstrations/tests/pilots that involve random assignment to treatment and control groups?

A. Yes

B. No

8. Do you have experience managing or coordinating multiple research projects simultaneously?

A. Yes

B. No

9. Do you have experience analyzing the potential effects of social welfare and/or social insurance programs on the general population or SSA beneficiaries?

A. Yes

B. No

10. Do you have experience (collaboratively or individually) conducting research on Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, or other social welfare programs?

A. Yes

B. No

11. Do you have experience (collaboratively or individually) conducting research on return-to-work or labor programs encouraging employment or labor force participation?

A. Yes

B. No

12. Do you have experience (collaboratively or individually) preparing written reports, memos, and other written work products for a non-technical audience (e.g., policymakers, the public)?

A. Yes

B. No

13. Do you have experience (collaboratively or individually) making oral presentations to technical and non-technical audiences?

A. Yes

B. No

14. Do you have experience negotiating and working collaboratively at multiple levels within and across organizations?

A. Yes

B. No

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