Statistician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System seeks a statistics-focused professional to support the Medical Research Service. The role emphasizes statistical analyses of healthcare data, drafting research proposals, and presenting findings to the team. A transcript showing education requirements is required for eligibility.

The incumbent will contribute to developing evidence-based care models and reporting results that inform decision-making across VA research initiatives in Los Angeles.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized statistical experience in a healthcare setting, including study design, data analysis, and report drafting.
• Ability to interpret scientific results, conduct literature reviews, and present data to teams.
• Transcript showing completion of required education for the 1530 series or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Perform statistical analyses of health data to support research studies and program evaluations.
• Draft research proposals and prepare reports summarizing findings for multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data presentation

Report writing

Proposal drafting

Interpreting results

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics or related field

Job description

This position is based at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System within Medical Research Service. The mission is to develop and test innovative care models and health systems interventions which markedly improve the effectiveness and value of VA health care, while advancing scientific methods for accelerating multi-level adoption, implementation, spread and sustainability of practice-based evidence.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Specialized Experience

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience may include: Conducting statistical analysis within a healthcare setting to include creation of research studies, drafting proposals, and writing reports on findings; interpreting scientific results, literature reviews, graphs, and proposals; and experience presenting data within a team setting.

You must provide a transcript showing you have met the basic education requirement listed in the 1530 Individual Occupational Series Requirement as described below.

Individual Occupational Requirements:Basic Requirements:

1. 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

1. 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.

Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties. To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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; religions; 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.

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; religions; 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.

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

Physical Requirements:

The work is usually performed in an office environment, meeting rooms, or similar settings. Travel between two campuses (Sepulveda and West Los Angeles) may be required and involves the normal risks and discomforts of automobile, bus, or rail transportation.