Statistician (Survey)

Summary This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics, Survey Management & Analytics Group (SMAG). As a Statistician (Survey), GS-1530-13, you will apply advanced survey methodology and statistical principles to evaluate survey design features, assess data quality, produce analytic products and provide technical guidance to internal and external stakeholders. Learn more about this agency Duties Evaluate and improve survey design and content, including contributing to questionnaire development, assessing sampling and estimation approaches, and recommending changes to enhance data quality and analytic usefulness. Review and assess complex survey data and processing procedures, including editing, imputation, and longitudinal consistency checks, to identify data quality issues and recommend improvements. Develop and apply statistical methods to produce and validate estimates from complex, large-scale household survey data, ensuring results are accurate, reliable, and appropriate for analysis and reporting. Prepare analytic products, technical documentation, and presentations, and communicate survey methods and findings to technical and non-technical audiences while providing consultation and collaborating with contractors, and other stakeholders. Requirements Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or National to apply for this position. You will be subject to a background and suitability investigation. You will be subject to a background and suitability investigation. Selective Service: Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered or exempt from Selective Service-http//www.sss.gov. One-year probationary period may be required. If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice Certification Required: The incumbent may be required to obtain and maintain appropriate Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) certification within 12 months of appointment. Qualifications ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration. In order to qualify for the GS-13, you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include: 1) Designing, evaluating, or improving methodologies for complex probability-based federal or nationally representative household surveys, including questionnaire design, sample design, weighting, variance estimation, and nonresponse adjustment, to produce representative population estimates. 2) Processing and analyzing data from complex survey instruments used in federal or nationally representative surveys, including those with skip patterns or longitudinal components, and developing data quality procedures to address bias and error. 3) Producing, validating, or interpreting estimates from federal or nationally representative survey data, including applying appropriate survey weights and design variables, and assessing statistical reliability, precision, and comparability of results. 4) Experience applying health-related survey measurement (e.g., health insurance, disability, or health status) and communicating methodological approaches to technical and non-technical audiences. Certification Required: The incumbent may be required to obtain and maintain appropriate Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) certification within 12 months of appointment. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education Education Requirement: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements, all candidates must have the following educational requirements: 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION) OR 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION). TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement listed above. Please see "Required Documents" section below for what documentation is required at the time of application. Click the following link to view the occupational questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12965934 Additional information Bargaining Unit Position: Yes - American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1923. Tour of Duty: Flexible Recruitment Incentive: Not Authorized Relocation Incentive: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure: Not Required Workplace Flexibility at CMS: This position has a regular and recurring reporting requirement to the CMS office listed in this announcement. CMS offers flexible working arrangements and allows employees the opportunity to participate in alternative work schedules at the manager's discretion. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced federal employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit the required documentation and be rated well-qualified for this vacancy. Click here for a detailed description of the required supporting documents. A well-qualified applicant is one whose knowledge, skills and abilities clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements of the position. Additional information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp. Expand Hide  additional information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. 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