What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervisory Mathematical Statistician position at Bureau of Labor Statistics?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making.
The position is located in the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics.
Qualifications:
You must meet the Basic Requirements and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Supervisory Mathematical Statistician, as described below.
Basic Requirement
Mathematical Statistician, 1529: A) Degree: that included 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, of which at least 12 semester hours were in mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics.
OR
B) Combination of education and experience -- at least 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, including at least 12 hours in mathematics and 6 hours in statistics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Evaluation of Education: Courses acceptable toward meeting the mathematics course requirement of A or B above must have included at least four of the following: differential calculus, integral calculus, advanced calculus, theory of equations, vector analysis, advanced algebra, linear algebra, mathematical logic, differential equations, or any other advanced course in mathematics for which one of these was a prerequisite. Courses in mathematical statistics or probability theory with a prerequisite of elementary calculus or more advanced courses will be accepted toward meeting the mathematics requirements, with the provision that the same course cannot be counted toward both the mathematics and the statistics requirement.
Evaluation of Experience: The experience offered in combination with educational courses to meet the requirements in B above should include evidence of statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying known statistical techniques to data such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance. Without other indications of statistical experience, work required in the processing of numerical or quantified information by other than statistical methods is not considered appropriate qualifying experience.
Specialized Experience
Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience to at least the next lower grade level, GS-14, in the federal service. This specialized experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as meeting ALL of the following:
- Managing personnel;
- Managing sample frames, estimation methods, variance techniques, seasonal adjustment, or other commonly used statistical methods;
- Providing guidance and structure for improving economic and/or statistical processes; and
- Managing statistical communications with the public, media, or other internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:- Direct the staff that is responsible for a broad spectrum of statistical activities
- Provide guidance and review of statistical activities that are the responsibility of OEUS/BLS
- Consult with program managers and analysts within the office on the conceptual framework and objectives of the program
- Research, evaluate, and implement methods to reduce non-sampling errors
- Plan and determine program goals and objectives, set priorities, monitor work in progress, and allocate resources to ensure that critical production and development work is completed on time
Salary : $169,279