- Position Title
- Survey Statistician
- Agency
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Announcement Number
- 24-CED-12502132-ST-KG Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, October 30, 2024 to Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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 veteran who separated from active duty under honorable conditions AND you:
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. You must also submit the disability letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs or Armed Service and the Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15.
- are retired from active military service with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more; OR
- were rated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as having a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. You must also submit the disability letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs or Armed Service and the Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15.
3.
Are you the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty?
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Are you the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who incurred a 100% disability because of active duty?
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Are you the widow or widower, who is not remarried, of a member of the Armed Forces killed while in active duty status?
For more information, review the Military Spouses resource page located on USAJobs.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit 1) documentation verifying marriage; 2) a copy of your spouse's active military orders, or latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. You must also submit the Report of Casualty (DD 1300) if you are a military spouse who is a widow/widower, and is not remarried, of the Armed Forces service member killed on active duty.
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Are you the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who incurred a 100% disability because of active duty?
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Are you the widow or widower, who is not remarried, of a member of the Armed Forces killed while in active duty status?
For more information, review the Military Spouses resource page located on USAJobs.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit 1) documentation verifying marriage; 2) a copy of your spouse's active military orders, or latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. You must also submit the Report of Casualty (DD 1300) if you are a military spouse who is a widow/widower, and is not remarried, of the Armed Forces service member killed on active duty.
4.
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:
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.
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.
5.
Are you currently employed as a Federal civilian employee in the Competitive Service and have you NEVER held the full performance level of this position?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action form, reflecting your permanent, competitive status (Current Census Bureau employees need not submit SF-50). Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2) and must reflect that your status was in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1).
Please note: Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, with-in grade/range increases. While a General Adjustment and/or Award SF-50 may be your most recent SF-50 it typically DOES NOT show proof of time-in-grade. Thus, you may have to submit more than one SF-50 as proof of time-in-grade. Current Census Bureau employees do not need to submit an SF-50; however, it is highly recommended.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action form, reflecting your permanent, competitive status (Current Census Bureau employees need not submit SF-50). Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2) and must reflect that your status was in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1).
Please note: Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, with-in grade/range increases. While a General Adjustment and/or Award SF-50 may be your most recent SF-50 it typically DOES NOT show proof of time-in-grade. Thus, you may have to submit more than one SF-50 as proof of time-in-grade. Current Census Bureau employees do not need to submit an SF-50; however, it is highly recommended.
6.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency (other than the Department of Commerce) who meets the definition of displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)?
If yes, confirm that you meet the following eligibility requirements:
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.
If yes, confirm that you meet the following eligibility requirements:
- 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; AND
- You were separated from your position of record less than one year ago.
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.
7.
Are you a current or former Federal employee of a Land Management Agency (Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Bureau of Reclamation) that meets the eligibility requirements listed below?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your performance appraisal, if applicable, and latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your competitive status. Your SF-50 must reflect your status was in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1).
- Must have been initially hired into a time-limited (temporary or term) position under a competitive appointment; AND
- Must have served under one or more time-limited appointments at a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; AND
- Must have performed at an acceptable level of service during each period of service; AND
- If no longer employed by the land management agency, must have been separated for no more than two years, and departed that position in good standing.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your performance appraisal, if applicable, and latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your competitive status. Your SF-50 must reflect your status was in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1).
8.
Are you a current Federal employee that holds, or has previously held, a permanent (non-temporary) career or career-conditional position in the Competitive Service at the same or higher grade level with the same or higher promotion potential as the position being announced?
To verify your eligibility as a current Federal civilian employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status and the promotion potential of the position. You may need to submit more than one SF-50.
To verify your eligibility as a current Federal civilian employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status and the promotion potential of the position. You may need to submit more than one SF-50.
9.
Are you a current Excepted Service employee of a Federal Agency that has a valid interchange agreement with the Office of Personnel Management?
For more information, review the Interchange Agreements with Other Merit Systems resource page on OPM.
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Are you a current:
• Postal Career Service Employee;
• Postal Rate Commission Employee;
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) Employee; or,
• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Employee?
For more information, review the Miscellaneous Authorities Not Regulated By U.S. Office of Personnel Management page on OPM's website.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form, or equivalent personnel action form, reflecting your status.
For more information, review the Interchange Agreements with Other Merit Systems resource page on OPM.
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Are you a current:
• Postal Career Service Employee;
• Postal Rate Commission Employee;
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) Employee; or,
• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Employee?
For more information, review the Miscellaneous Authorities Not Regulated By U.S. Office of Personnel Management page on OPM's website.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form, or equivalent personnel action form, reflecting your status.
10.
Do you have a severe physical, psychiatric, or mental disability that qualifies you for Schedule A Disability appointments?
If eligible, provide proof of disability with appropriate medical documentation (i.e., a letter signed by a licensed medical professional or licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist stating your condition and restrictions).
For more information, review the Individuals with Disabilities resource page located on USAJobs.
If eligible, provide proof of disability with appropriate medical documentation (i.e., a letter signed by a licensed medical professional or licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist stating your condition and restrictions).
For more information, review the Individuals with Disabilities resource page located on USAJobs.
11.
Are you a former Federal civilian employee who served on a permanent (non-temporary) career or career-conditional appointment eligible for reinstatement?
For more information on reinstatement eligibility, please review the Reinstatement resource page on OPM.
Please note: If you are a current Federal civilian employee on a term, temporary, or Excepted Service appointment, and you previously held a permanent Competitive Service position at some point during your federal employment, you may be reinstatement eligible under this rule.
To verify your eligibility for Reinstatement, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2) and must reflect that your status was in the Competitive Service (Position Occupied is 1).
Examples of appropriate SF-50s include resignation, separation, promotions, change in tenure, with-in grade/range increases. You may have to submit more than one SF-50 to verify your eligibility.
For more information on reinstatement eligibility, please review the Reinstatement resource page on OPM.
Please note: If you are a current Federal civilian employee on a term, temporary, or Excepted Service appointment, and you previously held a permanent Competitive Service position at some point during your federal employment, you may be reinstatement eligible under this rule.
To verify your eligibility for Reinstatement, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2) and must reflect that your status was in the Competitive Service (Position Occupied is 1).
Examples of appropriate SF-50s include resignation, separation, promotions, change in tenure, with-in grade/range increases. You may have to submit more than one SF-50 to verify your eligibility.
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
Have you held a political appointment within the previous five-year period?
Please carefully read ALL eligibility questions below and select the appropriate response. We can ONLY verify eligibility options for which you claim and provide proper documentation (see required documents section). If you fail to select a response for at least one eligibility, or you select an eligibility that you do not provide proof, your application may be marked INELIGIBLE as out of the area of consideration.
3.
I authorize my application information being shared with hiring managers for similar positions within the Census Bureau. I understand this option may not result in further consideration for additional positions nor will it impact my application for this announcement.
4.
What is the highest grade you have held on a permanent (non-temporary) basis in the federal service? If you have never held a federal position, please type "N/A".
5.
What was the date of the promotion/appointment for the highest grade held above? Your response will assist in verifying the time-in-grade requirement. If you have never held a federal position, please type "N/A".
Assessment 1
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 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 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 at least GS-7, or two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree or a combination of education and experience? (See the "Qualifications" section of the announcement for the definition of specialized experience).
3.
Will you have one year of time-in-grade at the grade 07 level as of the closing date of this announcement?
4.
Do you have experience writing research and/or grant proposals?
5.
Indicate your research experience related to authorship or co-authorship of research papers, conference papers, and/or journal publications.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
6.
Do you have experience manipulating large person-, household-, and/or business-level datasets (e.g., American Community Survey, American Housing Survey, Survey of Income and Program Participation, Current Population Survey) and conducting socio-economic analyses with such datasets?
7.
Do you have experience carrying out statistical analyses using SAS, Stata, R, Python or similar statistical packages?
8.
Do you have experience working as an independent researcher, for example, as a policy or economic analyst or principal investigator on a research grant?
9.
Indicate your project management experience.
10.
Describe your experience organizing and coordinating activities pursuant toward completing research projects.