This announcement will be used to establish a standing inventory. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for vacancies as positions become available with the various offices at the Census Bureau. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for vacancies until selected or their eligibility expires. For information concerning the period of eligibility, please see the "What To Expect Next" section of this announcement.
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Payment of relocation expenses MAY be authorized.
All applicants applying for the GS-05 grade level or above must meet the following requirements:
A. You have (or within nine months will have) 15 semester hours in statistics or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics (courses may be credited as statistical provided the course content is at least 50% statistical methods or research methods); AND
B. Your course work included (or within nine months will have included) 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: the Social Sciences, Physical Sciences or Biological Sciences; AND
C. You have (or within nine months will have) a bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral degree, or an equivalent degree (e.g., LL.B., J.D., LL.M., etc.); OR
D. You do not have a degree but do have the education specified in A and B above, and also have additional education, or experience performing duties such as sampling, collecting, computing and analyzing statistical data; applying known statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, and simple and multiple correlation; conducting analysis of variance; and conducting tests of significance. Your combination of education and experience must total at least four years.
Applicants applying for the GS-07 grade level must meet one of the following requirements:
A. You have (or within nine months will have) a bachelor's degree and superior academic achievement. Superior academic achievement is generally defined by an earned grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0. For information on additional ways to meet the superior academic achievement provision, see http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp; OR
B. You have (or within nine months will have) completed at least one year of graduate education; OR
C. You have had at least one year (52 weeks) of professional work experience, equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal Service, where your assignments and the steps to follow were defined by your supervisor or by standard operating procedures, and your work was checked closely for accuracy and adequacy. Generally, any deviation from standard procedures required prior approval of your supervisor. Your assignments included work in one or more of the following areas: 1) writing procedures for clerical, automated, or computer-assisted statistical survey operations; 2) assisting in the design and development of specifications to be used in carrying out statistical surveys or studies, 3) applying or using standard statistical methods and analyses such as measures of central tendency and dispersion found in college textbooks, and 4) assisting in developing a report on a statistical study or survey; or you have had at least one year experience collecting data for large scale statistical surveys or studies; OR
D. You have a combination of graduate education (less than one academic year) and work experience described for a GS-07 (less than one year). The combined total of your percentages of education and experience must equal at least 100% to qualify.
Applicants applying for the GS-09 grade level must meet one of the following requirements:
A. You have (or within nine months will have) a master's degree, or you have completed two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree; OR
B. You have had at least one year (52 weeks) of professional work experience, equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service, where your assignments were most often defined by your supervisor or by standard operating procedures, but you used some judgment in selecting the operational approaches and statistical methods and, when necessary, made minor changes to adapt the methods to your specific work situations. Your analytical methods and results, written documents, and reports were closely reviewed for technical and analytical accuracy. Your assignments included work in one or more of the following areas: 1) assisting in designing and developing specifications for data collection and data processing requirements, operating procedures, training materials, and operational schedules for statistical studies and surveys, 2) applying advanced statistical analytical tools such as regression analysis and measures of variance to socio/economic and demographic data, and 3) assisting in the development of professional papers or reports on such data; or you have had at least one year of experience coordinating field data collection activities for large scale statistical surveys or studies; OR
C. You have a combination of graduate education (more than one academic year but less than two) and work experience described for a GS-09 (less than one year). The combined total of your percentages of education and experience must equal at least 100% to qualify.
Applicants applying for the GS-11 grade level must meet one of the following requirements:
A. You have (or within nine months will have) a Ph.D., or you have three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D.; OR
B. You have had at least one year (52 weeks) of professional work experience, equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal Service, where your analytical approaches and results were very generally reviewed for technical and professional adequacy. Your assignments required that you select and adapt standard statistical techniques from text books, handbooks, or other professional literature for a variety of problems when related precedents were available. Your assignments included work in one or more of the following areas: 1) designing and developing specifications for data collection and data processing requirements, operating procedures, training materials, and operational schedules for statistical studies and surveys; 2) selecting and applying advanced statistical analysis to socio/economic or demographic data, and developing professional papers or reports on such data; or you have had at least one year of experience supervising field data collection activities in large scale statistical surveys or studies; OR
C. You have a combination of graduate education (more than two academic years but less than three) and work experience described for a GS-11 (less than one year). The combined total of your percentages of education and experience must equal at least 100% to qualify.
Applicants applying for the GS-12 grade level must meet the following specialized experience requirement:
You have had at least one year (52 weeks) of professional work experience, equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal Service, where your work was generally reviewed only for adherence to accepted professional standards. Your assignments regularly required that you develop solutions to difficult statistical or analytical problems that did not have readily available precedents, establish analytical methodology, design sampling and estimation procedures for surveys, document work results and findings, and prepare oral and written technical reports. Your assignments included responsibility for one or more of the following: 1) independently leading a team to plan a statistical survey or study, 2) developing survey and data collection specifications, 3) establishing time schedules for various phases of survey operations, 4) coordinating the accomplishment and management of the various phases of the study or survey, and 5) making presentations and planning the analysis of the socioeconomic or demographic data developed by the survey or study.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
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If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-points veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form. For more information on veterans’ preference see http://fedshirevets.gov/.
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see www.sss.gov).
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Your Résumé
2. A complete Assessment Questionnaire
3. Other supporting documents:
- College transcript(s) (unofficial transcripts are acceptable)
- Veterans Preference Documentation, if applicable
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Thursday, September 30, 2010.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button at the bottom of this screen to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
Note: To return to a previously Saved or Incomplete application you may use the following link: https://applicationmanager.gov/.
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following Vacancy ID WA226958. Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
If you cannot apply online:
Fax the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to 1-478-757-3144. Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
The following documents are required and must be received by the closing date of this announcement:
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Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. After a review of your complete application is made you will be notified of your rating and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluation or interviews are required you will be contacted.
PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION: Qualified applicants will receive employment consideration for a period of three months from the date their name is entered on the inventory. Applicants may request an extension of their eligibility by submitting a written request within two weeks of their expiration date to OPM's email address: washington@opm.gov. Only ONE extension will be granted. Applicants who would like consideration beyond the six months period MUST reapply.