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Position Title: Survey Statistician (Data Manager), GS-1530-11/12/13
Agency: National Science Foundation
Announcement Number: NCSES-24-12170861 Opens in new window
Open Period: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 to Wednesday, November 29, 2023

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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.
Have you been laid off or received a letter stating that you will be laid off from the National Science Foundation? If so, you may be entitled to selection priority under the under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP). You must submit the following documents with your application:

copy of your current (or last) performance rating of record; and,
proof of CTAP eligibility

Note: Your proof of eligibility MUST show the position, grade level and duty location of the position from which you were (or will be) separated and your full performance level or career ladder. To ensure you fulfil this requirement, submit an SF-50 (Notification of a Personnel Action) that contains this information along with your proof of CTAP eligibility. Visit OPM's CTAP page for more information on eligibility and required documentation.

Based on the above and the referenced web page, are you eligible for CTAP? If so, you must select "Yes" and provide the required documents with your application package, before the announcement closes.

A. Yes

B. No

3. Have you been laid off or received a letter stating that you will be laid off from federal employment, or have your disability payments from your previous federal employment stopped? If so, you may be entitled to selection priority under the under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) or Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP). You must submit the following documents with your application:

copy of your current (or last) performance rating of record; and,
proof of ICTAP eligibility or proof of CTAP eligibility

Note: Your proof of eligibility MUST show the position, grade level and duty location of the position from which you were (or will be) separated and your full performance level or career ladder. To ensure you fulfil this requirement, submit an SF-50 (Notification of a Personnel Action) that contains this information along with your proof of ICTAP or CTAP eligibility. Visit OPM's ICTAP or CTAP page for more information on eligibility and required documentation.

Based on the above and the referenced web pages, are you eligible for ICTAP or CTAP? If so, you must select "Yes" and provide the required documents with your application package, before the announcement closes.

A. Yes

B. No

1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.

1. Choose the answer that best describes your education and/or experience as it pertains to the basic requirements for Survey Statistician positions.

A. I 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.

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.

C. I do not meet the requirement(s) as described above.

2. GS-11: In addition to meeting the basic education requirements, choose the answer that describes your experience.

A. I have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in Federal service applying mathematical statistical theories to execute statistical and survey projects.

B. I have 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field.

C. I have a combination of graduate level education beyond the first 2 years of progressively higher graduate study and appropriate specialized experience that together meet the qualification requirements of this position.

D. I do not meet the requirement(s) as described above.

3. GS-12: In addition to meeting the basic education requirements, choose the answer that describes your experience.

A. I have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service planning and implementing ongoing statistical methodology and statistical surveys, developing methods for analyzing and publicizing data.

B. I do not meet the requirement described above.

4. GS-13: In addition to meeting the basic education requirements, choose the answer that describes your experience.

A. I have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in Federal service leading the technical development and completion of statistical and survey projects.

B. I do not meet the requirement described above.

5. Indicate your experience in technical writing (select all that apply).

A. I have written specifications for data file creation or delivery, data organization, or data management.

B. I have written technical documentation for data files for use by researchers or analysts.

C. I have documented computer programming code for reuse by others.

D. I have written statements of work for data acquisitions/data collections.

E. I have developed metadata or other descriptive documentation for statistical data.

F. None of the above.

6. Which of the following describes communication techniques you have applied to convey statistical and research information (select all that apply)?

A. Communicate technical research objectives, methods, analysis, and results to non-technical personnel.

B. Explain or justify decisions, conclusions, findings or recommendations.

C. Brief non-technical management on complex technical data topics.

D. Develop trusting, productive working relationships by initiating regular contact with colleagues and supervisors to achieve goals and objectives.

E. Provide project status updates to my peers and subordinates.

F. Provide project status updates to my supervisor or others in management.

G. None of the above

7. Select the statement that best characterizes your teamwork or collaboration experience.

A. Worked independently and do not have substantial teamwork experience or collaboration experience.

B. Collaborated with one or two other colleagues on a discrete project or assignment.

C. Worked in collaboration with a variety of individuals and groups.

D. Led a team in which I was responsible for coordinating the work of the team, ensuring work was completed on time, negotiating consensus among team members, and communicating progress to managers and supervisors.

E. I do not have teamwork or collaboration experience.

8. What is your experience with collaborating across organizations (select all that apply).

A. I have no experience in this area.

B. I have done extensive collaboration within my own agency/company.

C. I have been required to work with other government agencies and/or companies sometimes as an active participant in the decision-making process.

D. As a project leader, I have actively partnered up with other organizations to achieve a common goal.

E. On projects in which I've been involved in, I have been able to resolve complex challenges of competing interests across organizations under tight budgets and/or deadlines by collaborating across boundaries.

9. I have performed the following functions as they relate to analyzing quantitative and qualitative survey data to provide decision-making information (select all that apply):

A. Utilized Microsoft Excel or other similar programs to create various tables, such as pivot tables.

B. Analyzed survey data pulls, provided meaningful input to proposed issues where data may have appeared inaccurate, and provided solutions.

C. Integrated data from multiple survey sources to draw conclusions and make recommendations.

D. Created report and dashboard templates to distribute and communicate survey data.

E. Developed ad hoc survey reports.

F. Used programming or scripting languages (e.g., R, Python, SQL) to process datasets.

G. None of the above.

10. Choose statement(s) that describe(s) your experience responding to time-sensitive actions (select all that apply).

A. Established priorities and set deadlines to ensure timely completion of multiple work activities with competing resources.

B. Identified problems, assessed the issues or challenges, developed contingency plans, and avoided or mitigated any negative impacts.

C. Initiated and completed project activities and work products to meet deadlines.

D. Responded to data calls or ad hoc requests for information.

E. Collected and compiled information for data call responses or ad hoc requests including follow up activities for tasks.

F. None of the above.

11. Regarding planning data studies, I have experience performing the following function(s) (select all that apply):

A. Creating survey data management plans.

B. Developing guidelines and standards for survey data processing.

C. Defining survey data requirements for analytical techniques.

D. Making recommendations on the collection of survey data.

E. None of the above.

12. Do you have experience using research and statistical methods to plan and conduct analyses of survey data?

A. Yes

B. No

13. Do you have experience obtaining, evaluating, tabulating, analyzing, and disseminating data from multiple sources?

A. Yes

B. No

14. Which of the following analytical activities have you performed (select all that apply)?

A. Performed qualitative or quantitative analysis based on a prescribed methodology (e.g. running standardized reports).

B. Designed research and evaluation tool(s) (e.g. development of an employee survey, data collection from an existing system, development of focus group questions, etc.).

C. Developed measurement standards or metrics for an evaluation.

D. Described findings from a study that you conducted.

E. Developed recommendations as a result of findings you discovered.

F. Developed a unique quantitative or qualitative methodology to study an area of interest to management.

G. Presented analysis/findings from a study that you conducted.

H. Presented recommendations based on analysis/findings from a study that you conducted.

I. None of above.

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