Statistician (Social Science)

Federal Bureau of Prisons; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Bureau of Prisons seeks candidates for a statistical role requiring extensive coursework in statistics and related disciplines. Applicants should demonstrate ability in data collection, sampling, and applying statistical methods as part of criminal justice data analysis.

Selective factors include developing advanced statistical models and managing servers/databases. Applicants must meet GS-11/GS-12 criteria or combination education/experience.

Qualifications

• 15 semester hours in statistics and 9 semester hours in one or more sciences or social sciences.
• Credit for courses with at least 50% statistics content.

Skills

Statistics

Research methods

Data analysis

Education

Ph.D. in statistics or related field

Graduate education with statistics coursework

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements.

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 should be given for curses 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 basic requirements, you must have:

Education

GS-11: Three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

Such education must have provided the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

GS-12: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this grade level.

OR

Experience

GS-11 and GS-12:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience:

GS-11:

• Experience assisting with applying basic knowledge and understanding of mathematical and statistical techniques and social science research methods.
• Experience assisting in planning and development of data collection methods, design of samples, formulation of data processing specifications, identification and resolution of technical and operational problems and evaluation of the collected information.
• Experience in providing basic expertise and technical assistance to statistical projects conducted by State and/or local criminal justice agencies.
• Experience working with senior or more experienced staff applying analytical expertise and experience in conducting analysis from more than one data series, involving more than one functional area, and requiring the formulation of new variables and new areas of data in response to organizational needs.

GS-12:

• Experience in applying knowledge and understanding of mathematical and statistical techniques and social science research methods.
• Experience with planning and development of data collection methods, design of samples, formulation of data processing specifications, identification and resolution of technical and operational problems and evaluation of the collected information.
• Experience in providing expertise and technical assistance to statistical projects conducted by State and/or local criminal justice agencies.
• Experience with applying analytical expertise and experience in conducting analysis from more than one data series, involving more than one functional area, and requiring the formulation of new variables and new areas of data in response to organizational needs.

Combination of Education and Experience

GS-11 Only: Have a combination of education and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above.

AND

Selective Placement Factor

Applicants applying for this position MUST also possess the following Selective Factors. In the event you do not possess the Selective Factors, you will be found ineligible for the position.

Applicant must have demonstrable prior experience developing and applying advanced statistical models;

Applicant must have demonstrable prior experience managing and maintaining servers and complex databases.

NOTE: All applicants MUST clearly address the Selective Factor in their resume and/or upload all licenses/certifications at the time you apply.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.