Statistician

This position is located in the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Office of Budget Service, Cost Estimation and Analysis Division (CEAD), in Washington, DC. CEAD is responsible for developing full-cost estimates for multiple educational programs, as well as aiding in administrative cost estimates for Federal student financial assistance programs.

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 200th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first. We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application. As a Statistician, GS-1530-11, you will be responsible for: Assisting in identifying problems of data quality and completeness and working to develop statistically sound solutions to statistical problems Incumbent coordinates security, communications, transportation, and logistics requirement for the Secretary of Education. With supervisory guidance, carries out analytical projects requiring statistical methods. Providing statistical support for both policy development and program management initiatives within the program office and advising other principal offices within the agency on the collection and use of data. Assisting in implementing improved methods and techniques for assembling, evaluating, analyzing, and representing data. Supporting implementation of changes in analytical practices and procedures. This work supports the work of other principal offices within the agency and supports policy development within the program office. As a Statistician, GS-1530-12, you will be responsible for: Planning analytical projects requiring statistical methods. Assembling, evaluating, analyzing, and representing data. Preparing quantitative analyses from Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics, Census, and other sources to estimate the costs of the federal student aid programs (e.g. Federal Pell Grant, FDSL), drawing upon a range of statistical software, including SAS and other statistical applications Providing advice about problems of data quality and completeness and working to develop statistically sound solutions to statistical problems. Initiating improved methods and techniques for assembling, evaluating, analyzing, and representing data. Proposing and assisting in implementing changes in analytic practices and procedures. This work supports the work of other principal offices within the agency and supports policy development within other program offices. Writing a variety of statistical, technical, and general information memos and reports for agency and external audiences, including Executive Office of the President, other federal agencies, states, and professional organizations. Presenting findings that are both rigorous and accessible and does so orally and in writing.

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has interagency agreements (IAAs) with other agencies to ensure efficient delivery of funded programs and activities and move closer to fulfilling the President's promise to return education to the states. Employees may receive detail assignments to these agencies in support of the IAAs. Condition of Employment: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: - your performance and conduct; - the needs and interests of the agency; - whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period OR trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement. If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment qualifications within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement. To verify that you meet these requirements, we will review your responses to the core eligibility questions on the occupational questionnaire, as well as your submitted resume and required documents. To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Key Requirements Relocation expenses will not be paid. Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service. You may be subject to serve a one-year probationary period. Must be a US Citizen. Must complete a Background Investigation and Fingerprint check.

Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: 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 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. You may meet the minimum qualifications of this position by meeting the following education options. GS-11 Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related or A combination of specialized experience and education that when taken as a percentage of the required education and experience total 100% or more. GS-12 - Education cannot be substituted for experience for this position and grade level.