Statistician

National-Institutes-of-Health; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Institutes of Health seeks an expert statistical consultant to support researchers in a segment of a broader program. The incumbent will provide advanced statistical guidance, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute in study design, data analysis, interpretation, and methodology for rigorous research outcomes.

To qualify for Statistician, GS-1530, a degree with statistics coursework or a combination of education and experience is required, with 1 year of specialized

Qualifications

• Degree with 15 statistics hours and 9 additional hours in related sciences or social sciences.
• Combination of education and experience acceptable with demonstrated statistical methods.
• Experience in sampling, data analysis, and applying statistical techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert statistical guidance to investigators and subject matter experts.
• Design studies, analyze data, interpret results, and advise on statistical methodology.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure rigorous research outcomes.

Skills

Statistical knowledge

Study design

Data analysis

Interpretation

Education

15 semester hours in statistics + 9 related hours

Professional statistical work experience

Tools

Automated analysis apps

Job description

The incumbent will serve as an expert statistical consultant and advisor to scientific investigators and subject matter experts supporting a segment of a broader research program or statistical project. The incumbent will provide advanced statistical guidance, collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams, and contribute expertise in study design, data analysis, interpretation, and statistical methodology to ensure scientifically rigorous and meaningful research outcomes.

In order to qualify for a Statistician, GS-1530 position, you must have:

1. A. 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 is 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.
2. OR;
3. B. a 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.

In addition, in order to qualify for a Statistician, GS-1530 position at the GS-13 level, you must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 obtained in either the private or public sector that included the following tasks and responsibilities: initiating, formulating, planning, and executing the statistical portion of analytic research projects; analyzing, interpreting and disseminating statistical research results for health-related study programs; planning, designing and implementing the research criteria and study design and methods for a health-related statistical research program; and developing and using automated applications and programs to analyze statistical data.

You will receive credit for all experience material to the position, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether you received pay.

Do not copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

We may verify or assess your qualifications at any time. Inflated or unsupported qualifications may affect your rating. Any misrepresentation or material omission of facts may be sufficient cause to end further consideration of your candidacy. Persons listed as knowing your past accomplishments or experience in your application may be contacted for verification purposes at any time. Verification may, but need not, begin before receiving an offer.