- Position Title
- STATISTICIAN (DATA SCIENTIST)
- Agency
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Announcement Number
- 24-POP-12414288-DHA-TC Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, July 10, 2024 to Monday, July 29, 2024
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 employee of the Department of Commerce (DOC) who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service? If yes, confirm you meet all of the following requirements:
• 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;
• 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;
• Your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy;
• 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.
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
Have you held a political appointment within the previous five-year period?
Assessment 1
INSTRUCTIONS: You MUST submit a complete resume 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-09)? (See the "Qualifications" section of this announcement for the definition of specialized experience.)
3.
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-11)? (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.
4.
Please describe your experience developing and applying data science/statistical methodologies and software tools for use in developing countries.
5.
Please describe your experience applying demographic and data science methods to process, clean, analyze and visualize structured and unstructured data using statistical software such as R and Python.
6.
Please describe your experience developing state-of-the-art methodologies and applications for statistical data processing and analysis.
7.
Please describe your experience serving as technical expert for various international data science, demographic, statistical, or health projects.
8.
Please describe your experience providing training and technical assistance to developing countries on data science and statistical capacity building projects.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
9.
Are you willing to travel internationally up to 25 percent of the time to countries such as Djibouti, Mali, Rwanda, and Tanzania, to assist with serving 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.
Please describe your experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms, statistics, and big data platforms (e.g. regression, simulation, scenario analysis, predictive modeling, clustering, decision trees.
11.
Please describe your experience planning and coordinating project activities for large-scale demographic, health, or international projects.
12.
Plan and coordinate project activities for international projects with representatives at national statistical agencies and external stakeholders.
13.
Monitor and evaluate international statistical project activities.
14.
Communicate standard and routine technical issues to a variety of audiences and maintain productive relationships.
15.
Develop products that communicate technical information for a diverse set of audiences.
16.
Plan, develop, and implement training programs on data science and statistical concepts.