Supervisory Survey Statistician

This position is located within the United States Department (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Office of Survey Design and Methodology, Survey Design Branch in Olivette, MO. In this position, you will be an integral member of the Survey Design Branch responsible for planning, administering, and executing survey design activities that support large agricultural surveys. USDA employees: Please refer to the Next Steps section.

Provide executive leadership for the Survey Design Branch, setting priorities and ensuring alignment with NASS objectives.

Manage the External Project Agreement process, including stakeholder consultation, development of business cases, cost estimation and agreement execution.

Direct designated agricultural statistical programs and cooperative agreements with state agencies, universities, and private organizations, ensuring integration of federal, state, and private requirements.

Oversee design and development of data collection instruments and supporting materials.

Direct development and maintenance of area and list sampling frames for the Census of Agriculture and other agricultural surveys.

Supervise design of list and area frame samples for census and survey projects.

Develop and recommend policies addressing use and continued enhancement of frame operations.

Provide technical and administrative supervision for multiple section chiefs and their staff responsible for survey design operations.

You must be a US Citizen or US National. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check. Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. The U.S. Government utilizes Trusted Workforce 2.0 to implement Continuous Vetting (CV) as a-whole-of government approach to personnel security. If selected for this position, you will be subject to continuous automated record checks of criminal, financial, and public record databases throughout your period of eligibility or employment, replacing traditional periodic reinvestigations. Subject to one year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period. Financial Disclosure is required.