- Position Title
- Research Economist
- Agency
- Treasury, Departmental Offices
- Announcement Number
- 23-DO-27-DH Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, November 2, 2022 to Sunday, April 30, 2023
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Assessment 1
Basic Requirements for Economist, 0110
A. Degree: Economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR
B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. (No Answer)
Basic Requirements for Mathematician, 1520:
A. Degree: mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics.
or
B. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Basic Requirements for Statistician, 1530:
A. Degree: Economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR
B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. (No Answer)
Basic Requirements for Mathematician, 1520:
A. Degree: mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics.
or
B. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Basic Requirements for Statistician, 1530:
- 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.
- 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.
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You must meet the minimum basic educational/experience requirements for professional economist, mathematician, or statistician positions in the Federal government. Choose the answer which best describes your basic qualifications.
Specialized experience for the Band 70 (GS 15): An applicant must have one year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the (BAND 60) (GS-14) in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for this position includes:
- Producing major reports and briefing materials on financial market and financial institution topics related to financial stability; AND
- Writing research papers published in academic, peer-reviewed journals related to economic or topics on financial markets, financial institutions, or financial stability; AND
-Leading researcher and analyst teams on projects, coordinating organization resources and process improvements.
Examples that meet the specialized experience include:
-Serving as a senior subject matter expert and project lead on reports or initiatives related to financial stability, monetary policy, or other macroeconomic issues or conditions. OR
-Applying quantitative analytical and research techniques to examine questions concerning financial market and financial institution issues relevant for financial stability and writing or co-authoring papers based on that research that have been published in a relevant academic, peer-reviewed journal or a government working paper series. OR
- Developing reports and briefing materials of financial or statistical analysis and trends for presentation to senior leaders.
Examples that do not meet the specialized experience include:
-Experience related to budgeting, corporate financial analysis, accounting, cost-benefit analysis, cost effectiveness, procurement, data management, data operations, IT management of data, operations research, marketing research, equity or fixed income or other securities analysis; AND/OR
-Experience as a minor contributor to an organization's reports and publications; AND/OR
-Teaching experience below the college or university level and/or outside the fields of economics, finance, or mathematics.
Research experience on topics related to financial stability is preferred but not required.
Specialized experience for this position includes:
- Producing major reports and briefing materials on financial market and financial institution topics related to financial stability; AND
- Writing research papers published in academic, peer-reviewed journals related to economic or topics on financial markets, financial institutions, or financial stability; AND
-Leading researcher and analyst teams on projects, coordinating organization resources and process improvements.
Examples that meet the specialized experience include:
-Serving as a senior subject matter expert and project lead on reports or initiatives related to financial stability, monetary policy, or other macroeconomic issues or conditions. OR
-Applying quantitative analytical and research techniques to examine questions concerning financial market and financial institution issues relevant for financial stability and writing or co-authoring papers based on that research that have been published in a relevant academic, peer-reviewed journal or a government working paper series. OR
- Developing reports and briefing materials of financial or statistical analysis and trends for presentation to senior leaders.
Examples that do not meet the specialized experience include:
-Experience related to budgeting, corporate financial analysis, accounting, cost-benefit analysis, cost effectiveness, procurement, data management, data operations, IT management of data, operations research, marketing research, equity or fixed income or other securities analysis; AND/OR
-Experience as a minor contributor to an organization's reports and publications; AND/OR
-Teaching experience below the college or university level and/or outside the fields of economics, finance, or mathematics.
Research experience on topics related to financial stability is preferred but not required.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you meet the specialized experience as listed above?
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Please list position titles, referenced in your resume, where you met this experience.
(limit 250 characters)
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Select the ONE response of the options given that best represents your highest level of experience conducting research on the functioning of financial markets and institutions and including broad systemic risk measurement?
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Select the ONE statement that best describes your highest level of experience in producing financial stability reports.
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Select the ONE response that represents your highest level of experience in researching financial and economic topics.
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Select the choice(s) that describe your experience in developing reports on financial markets, financial institutions, financial stability, and/or financial risk management. (Select all that apply)
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I have used the following economic, financial, statistical, or mathematical techniques. (Select all that apply)
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Select the ONE software package you have used most outside a classroom setting to conduct research on financial markets, financial institutions or risks to financial stability.
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Select the ONE statement that demonstrates your highest level of experience conducting research relevant for financial system policy or regulation.
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What financial or economic topics do you have experience with? (Select all that apply)
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Which of the following have you done as a routine part of your academic or work experience? (Select all that apply)
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Select ONE response that best describes your experience communicating effectively.
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Select ONE response that best describes your experience communicating your thoughts, ideas, and information in writing.
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I have communicated, in writing, finance or economic topics in: (Select all that apply)
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I have provided oral presentations to: (Select all that apply)