- Position Title
- STATISTICIAN DEMOGRAPHY
- Agency
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Announcement Number
- 23-POP-11711470-DHA-TC Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, November 30, 2022 to Wednesday, December 14, 2022
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Assessment 1
You MUST submit a complete resume in order to be considered for this position. Please review the required documents section of the vacancy announcement for further information.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Do you have 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
A 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.
or
A 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.
2.
In addition to meeting the basic education requirements listed in this announcement, do you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12)? (See the "Qualifications" section of this announcement for the definition of specialized experience.)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Plan and coordinate project activities for large-scale demographic, health, or international projects.
4.
Plan and coordinate project activities for international projects with representatives at national agencies and external stakeholders.
5.
Monitor and evaluate international statistical project activities.
6.
Serve as technical expert for various international demographic, statistical, or health projects.
7.
Apply demographic and data science methods to conduct data analysis using statistical software, such as R and Python.
8.
Provide technical assistance and conduct training on various demographic and statistical topics to build capacity of national statistical organizations in low- and middle-income countries.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
9.
Are you able to travel internationally up to 25% of the time to countries such as Djibouti, Mali, Rwanda, and Tanzania, to serve as a technical expert on demographic and statistical projects?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
10.
Prepare and communicate complex technical issues to a variety of audiences and maintain productive relationships.
11.
Develop products that communicate complex and technical information for a diverse set of audiences.
12.
Plan, develop, and implement training programs on statistical concepts.
13.
Serve as team lead on various health, demographic, or international research projects and effectively manage strategic interactions with stakeholders.
14.
Lead and manage a diverse set of international statistical projects with external stakeholders.
15.
Lead a team that designs, codes, tests, and supports new or existing statistical applications software.
16.
Lead technical assistance and training projects in international settings.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
17.
Do you have the ability to write clearly and concisely and converse fluently in English and any of the following languages, such as French, Arabic, and or Swahili?