TRAVEL REQUIRED:

Not required

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED:
Relocation expenses reimbursed No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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U.S. Citizenship required.

Selective Service Registration: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See www.sss.gov

Background and/or security investigation may be required.

Job offers are contingent on background / security investigation results.

Federal employees must be in good standing.

Federal employees must have a successful performance rating.

Selectees may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period.

All application materials must be received by the closing date.

Official Personnel Folders will not be reviewed.

Requests for copies of application documents will not be accepted.

All application forms submitted become the property of SSA Human Resources.

Applicants must have 52 weeks of experience at the GS-13 level, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled which has equipped applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience should include work that involves recommending and implementing statistical policies; assuring that the appropriate application of sophisticated socioeconomic theories, methodologies, and practices are used; preparing reports and papers and presenting findings at professional meetings disseminating research activities; initiating and developing collaborative activities with other statistical organizations for joint projects; and serving as an organizational spokesperson in statistical matters.

In addition, all applicant must meet the Basic Requirement for this position based on ONE of the following:
A. Possess a Bachelor's or higher degree that included 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, of which at least 12 semester hours were in mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics. (Courses acceptable toward meeting the mathematics course requirement must have included at least four of the following: differential calculus, integral calculus, advanced calculus, theory of equations, vector analysis, advanced algebra, linear algebra, mathematical logic, differential equations, or any other advanced course in mathematics for which one of these was a prerequisite. Courses in mathematical statistics or probability theory with a prerequisite of elementary calculus or more advanced courses will be accepted toward meeting the mathematics requirements, with the provision that the same course cannot be counted toward both the mathematics and the statistics requirement.) -OR-
B. Possess a combination of education and experience -- at least 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, including at least 12 hours in mathematics and 6 hours in statistics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience offered in combination with educational courses to meet the requirements should include evidence of statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying known statistical techniques to data such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.

TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBSTANTIATE POSSESSION OF QUALIFYING EDUCATION.

Qualification standards and additional information for this position can be found here:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-
standards/1500/mathematical-statistics-series-1529/

In addition to the Minimum Qualifications and Basic Requirement, applicants must meet the Selective Placement Factor: Skill in expressing and presenting findings, ideas, and recommendations clearly, concisely and effectively, both orally and in writing. To demonstrate this skill, applicants must have 5 out of the following 6 experience indicators:

• Experience applying valid mathematical and statistical methodologies and utilizing the information obtained from baselines or historical data to structure uncompromised and efficient analyses?
• Experience evaluating sources of information in order to determine limitations in terms of reliability or usability
• Experience leading the design/redesign of a sample or development of weighting and estimation procedures for a large-scale data collection or survey
• Experience examining theories, such as those of probability and inference, in order to discover mathematical bases for new or improved methods of obtaining and evaluating numerical data
• Experience designing surveys, questionnaires, experiments, or opinion polls and determining sampling methods to collect data needed for research
• Experience performing social science statistical analysis

NOTE: Your resume must specifically address the experiences needed for each selective placement factor. This information is instrumental in determining the highest quality candidates to be referred to the Selecting Official.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks at GS-13.

Time in grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Providing Proof of Education or Substituting Education
For information on providing proof of education or substituting education for experience, visit http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/group-stds/gs-cler.asp

If you are qualifying on the basis of education or satisfying an educational requirement, submit a copy of your transcripts that includes your name, the name of the educational institution, course title(s), number of credits, grade, and date of completion. Unofficial transcripts or screenshots of electronic/web transcripts with the required information will be accepted at the time of application. You must submit your transcripts according to the application submission details of this announcement. Documents will not be accepted via email or regular mail. If selected, you may be required to provide your official college transcripts prior to the effective date of the personnel action placing you into the new position.

WHO MAY APPLY: Applications will only be accepted from applicants eligible for one of the following categories.

• Federal employees currently serving under career or career conditional appointments;
• Federal employees currently serving under the following types of appointments: Schedule A, Reg. 213.3102 (U) appointments for individuals with disabilities and time limited appointments for veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more;
• Former Federal employees eligible for reinstatement (i.e., those who have career status or separated from a career-conditional appointment less than 3 years ago);
• Current or former Federal employees eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP); or
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) Eligibles (i.e., Preference-eligible veterans OR veterans who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous service).
• Federal employees serving under excepted service appointments with competitive service compatibility (e.g. Postal Service, Foreign Service, an agency with an interchange agreement, etc.) may be eligible to apply. Please visit Excepted Service Appointments with Competitive Service Compatibility for more information.

NOTE: Excepted service employees serving under Schedule A appointments for Attorney positions or Pathways Programs appointments (Presidential Management Fellows, Recent Graduates, and Interns) are not eligible for consideration, unless you previously held a competitive service appointment and are eligible for reinstatement to the competitive service.

Position to be filled under the provisions of the SSA/AFGE Merit Promotion Plan. Additional selections may be made within 3 months of the date of the initial selection.

LOCALITY PAY: Salary will be set in accordance with locality pay provisions. Candidates currently receiving a higher locality pay than the office applied for are advised that should they be selected, they will lose entitlement to the higher locality pay.

OTHER NOTES:
This position is eligible for telework.
Relocation expenses will not be paid.

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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applicants will be rated using a 100-point scale and evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Experience Assessment: 50 points
• Performance Appraisal: 35 points
• Awards: 10 points
• Career Achievements: 5 points

The following knowledge, skills, and abilities are necessary to perform the duties of the position:

• Ability to demonstrate technical expertise in the analytical area of mathematical statistics.
• Knowledge of computer software and hardware capabilities, the ability to design statistical modules as computer applications, and demonstrate expertise using SAS and R computer programs.
• Knowledge of mathematical /statistical methodology and its application to research projects and skill sampling and statistical modeling.
• Ability to present findings of fact and analysis in logical clear form, in both written and oral, and to make valid recommendations.

Applicants will be assessed using the rating criteria listed in the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10502901

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Drug test required No

Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determination process Suitability/Fitness