Statistician (Data Scientist)

All applicants for this position must possess one of the following 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. (NOTE: YOU MUST PROVIDE LEGIBLE TRANSCRIPTS SHOWING COMPLETED COURSEWORK AND DEGREE(S) AWARDED AS VERIFICATION OF YOUR EDUCATION). In addition to meeting the basic eligibility requirements, applicants must have the following specialized experience. At the GS-12 level, you must meet the following qualification: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes: 1) research and apply statistical and/or mathematical techniques and accurately interpret results; 2) provide support in developing statistical and/or mathematical risk models and analytical and algorithmic methods that test hypotheses and refine models; 3) meet with management or employees to interpret, explain and document methods, and results as they relate to statistics, risk and analytical models; 4) deliver training or provide guidance to peers and other employees for techniques and best practices in interpreting results from a statistical and/or mathematical risk model. At the GS-13 level, you must meet the following qualification: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes: 1) develop or revise an agency or organization’s statistical or mathematical models and complex algorithms related to financial, economic, or actuarial risk; 2) develop procedures for statistical model data integration, query authoring, manipulation, and output related to financial, economic, or actuarial risk; 3) develop, review, and enhance an agency or organization’s financial, economic, or actuarial risk models and analytical methods to test hypotheses and refine models; 4) lead and conduct meetings with stakeholders or technical representatives to interpret, explain and document methods, results, and interpretations as they relate to statistics, risk and analytical models; 5) develop and deliver training or provide guidance to peers and other audiences on conducting and interpreting results from statistical or mathematical models and complex algorithms related to financial, economic, or actuarial risk. Applicants must carefully review the information in the “How You Will Be Evaluated” section for important information and instructions pertaining to the multi-hurdle assessment process for this position. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
This vacancy is being filled through the Office of Personnel Managements Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic and minimum qualification requirements will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. Traditional rating and ranking of applications and veterans preference does not apply. This position is part of the DOI, OS, ONRR, Deputy Director (DD), Research & Analytics (RA), Analytics & Compliance Planning (ACP).