Vacancy Summary

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

MINIMUM FEDERAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Grade 15:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

A. Applicants must show successful completion of a full four-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included 15 semester/22 quarter hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester/9 quarter hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester (13 quarter) 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 is given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content includes 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.

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.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants must have had one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-14.

Specialized experience is experience which is in or related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as: formulating and carrying through research plans that explored statistical research; advising others on complex and unprecedented problems and coordinating statistical studies; developing study methodologies to include specifications, survey instruments and approaches; designing and developing data analysis methodologies; reviewing the adequacy of, and planned protocols for the design of studies, to include sample size considerations and methodologies; identifying national and/or international statistical or scientific issues for federal, state, local, and/or foreign agencies, industry, academia, and consumer organizations, or the scientific community.

Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Senior Statistician (Statistical Research), GS-1530-15

Announcement Number:	JP-23-059	Application Deadline:	02/27/2023
Locations:	WASHINGTON / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Open Date:	02/17/2023
Salary Range:	Min: 155700.0 - Max: 183500.0	Location Notes:
Pay Schedule:	Annual	Who May Apply:	US Citizens
Time Limit:	Permanent - No time limit	Promotion Potential:	15
Number of Vacancies:	1	Work Schedule:	Full Time

Agency Marketing Statement:

Duties:

Oversees the administration of priority statistical collections. Uses subject-matter expertise in criminal justice, data collection methodology (including surveys), and data analysis and presentation to develop, execute, and report on studies.

Serves as a key technical consultant to other Department of Justice components seeking to improve their collection, analysis, and reporting of data. Aids the BJS Director in their role as DOJ Statistical Official by serving as a subject matter expert on data collection and analysis.
Oversees the administration of priority statistical collections. Uses subject-matter expertise in criminal justice, data collection methodology (including surveys), and data analysis and presentation to develop, execute, and report on studies.<br /><br />Serves as a key technical consultant to other Department of Justice components seeking to improve their collection, analysis, and reporting of data. Aids the BJS Director in their role as DOJ Statistical Official by serving as a subject matter expert on data collection and analysis.
Conducts research in methodological issues in measuring biases in data from various subpopulation groups. Designs and executes a program of original in-depth studies which apply quantitative analysis and sophisticated statistical techniques to data collected.

Conducts strategic planning with respect to survey design, analytic direction, and workload management. Identifies opportunities for BJS to collaborate with other federal statistical agencies and contributes to shared knowledge in the federal statistical community.
Conducts research in methodological issues in measuring biases in data from various subpopulation groups. Designs and executes a program of original in-depth studies which apply quantitative analysis and sophisticated statistical techniques to data collected.<br /><br />Conducts strategic planning with respect to survey design, analytic direction, and workload management. Identifies opportunities for BJS to collaborate with other federal statistical agencies and contributes to shared knowledge in the federal statistical community.