STATISTICIAN

US Federal Trade Commission; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

US Federal Trade Commission seeks a candidate with a degree including statistics coursework and experience in statistical analysis. The role involves assisting in data preparation, analyzing data with statistical software, and producing formal reports under federal guidelines.

Qualified applicants have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-05 level or graduate-level education related to the position, with possible eligibility via Superior Academic Achievement.

Qualifications

• Assisting in preparing statistical data for analysis.
• Assisting in analyzing statistical data using statistical software (e.g. Stata, SAS, etc.).
• Utilizing statistical analysis to assist in producing reports.

Skills

Statistical data preparation

Statistical analysis

Statistical software usage

Education

Degree with statistics coursework

Tools

Stata

SAS

Job description

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.
• 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-07:

To qualify for the GS-07, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-05 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:

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

OR

One (1) year of graduate-level education directly related to the position or superior academic achievement in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled.

Note on Superior academic achievement (S.A.A.) - S.A.A. recognizes students who have achieved superior academic standing as evidenced by one of the three methods described below. In order to be creditable under this provision, superior academic achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled. S.A.A. is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) election to membership in a national scholastic honor society-- Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies listed in the following link: Honor Societies (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=General-Policies)

• 1.Class standing-- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses.
• 2. Grade-point average (G.P.A.)-- Applicants must have a grade-point average of:a.3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or b. 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum. (Grade-point averages will be rounded to one decimal place. For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0 and 2.94 will round to 2.9.)
• 3. Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society-- Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies listed in the following link: Honor Societies (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=General-Policies)

OR

A combination of graduate education and specialized experience as listed above.