STATISTICIAN

US Federal Trade Commission; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Economics at the US Federal Trade Commission seeks a Statistician to provide economic analysis in support of antitrust and consumer protection investigations, litigations, and rulemaking. You will work directly with BE staff economists to advise on the impact of regulations and conduct research on how markets function in the economy.

The position is a 14-month term renewable up to four years, located in Washington, D.C., offering engagement with policy and enforcement at the

Qualifications

• Degree with 15 semester hours in statistics (or math/statistics with 6 stats hours) plus 9 hours in related sciences or social sciences.
• Combination of education and experience meeting the statistical requirements, including sampling, data collection, computation, analysis, and use of statistical techniques.
• Graduate education or combination of graduate education and experience directly related to the position.

Responsibilities

• Provide economic analysis in support of antitrust and consumer protection investigations, litigations, and rulemaking.
• Advise the Commission, Congress, the President, and other agencies on the impact of regulations.
• Conduct research on the functioning of markets in the economy.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data preparation

Report writing

Education

Statistics coursework (15+ hours)

Education+Experience combination

Graduate coursework related to statistics

Tools

Stata

SAS

Job description

The Bureau of Economics seeks candidates for the position of Statistician. Statisticians work directly with BE staff economists to (1) provide economic analysis in support of antitrust and consumer protection investigations, litigations, and rulemaking; (2) advise the Commission, Congress, the President, and other agencies on the impact of regulations; and (3) conduct research on the functioning of markets in the economy. The position is for an initial 14 month term, renewable up to four years.

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 will 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. In addition to the above, you must meet the requirements described below:

For the GS-09:

To qualify for the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-07 level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience is defined as:

• Preparing statistical data for analysis:
• Analyzing statistical data using statistical software (e.g. Stata, SAS, etc.); AND
• Utilizing statistical analysis and statistical software to assist in producing reports.

OR

Two (2) years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree directly related to the position.

OR

A combination of graduate education and specialized experience as listed 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; religious; 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.