Statistician jobs in West Virginia

Position: Survey Statistician, GS-9/11

Division: Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS)

Unit: Crime and Law Enforcement Statistics Unit (CLESU)

Location: Clarksburg, WV

Working Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (working hours may vary)

Salary:

GS-09: $57,118.00 - $74,250.00

GS-11: $69,107.00 - $89,835.00

Full Performance level: GS-13

Number of Positions Available: 1

Duration: Full-Time/Permanent

Additional selections may be made from this announcement to fill positions within the same division when the position includes substantially the same duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.

Key Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance
• ALL applicants MUST verify completion of the basic education requirement by submitting a copy of college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement

Mission Statement:

The mission of the FBI is to protect the American People and uphold the Constitution of the United States.

Major Duties:

• Plans and executes assignments associated with data collection and analysis. This may include surveys or special statistical studies related to the collection and analysis of criminal justice information.
• Assists other personnel in performing research on problems and questions which arise during the planning and conducting of surveys. Proposes solutions and alternatives for resolving such problems by developing new or modifying existing methods.
• Works with superiors in the planning of special compilations and surveys by proposing survey and questionnaire designs and preparing supplementary materials.
• Formulates instructions for examination and analysis of crime returns for accuracy and completeness when involved in survey-type projects.
• Keeps abreast of new theoretical and practical statistical developments and determines applicability of methodologies to analyze crime data in the Bureau.
• Serves as team leader when performing surveys or special-type statistical compilations. Coordinates and directs the methodologies and statistical work, provides technical guidance, and reviews findings for technical soundness

Qualifications and Evaluations

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Your application will be evaluated and rated under the FBI’s Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement and will be compared to your responses to the online assessment questionnaire. High self-assessment in the vacancy questions that is not supported by information in your resume, and/or supporting documents may eliminate you from Most Competitive status.

Your application will then be placed in one of three categories: Most Competitive, Competitive, or Least Competitive. Names of candidates in the Most Competitive category will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration. Veterans’ preference will be applied.

All applicants will be rated on the following Competencies:

• Communication
• Advanced Mathematical Reasoning
• Analytic Thinking
• Data visualization
• Research (Data)

Positive Education Requirement

This position has a specific education requirement; all applicants MUST verify completion of this basic educational requirement by submitting a copy of their college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Candidates MUST submit a transcript attesting to the possession of the required education as described below.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS BELOW:

A) A degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or 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.

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.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

Specialized Experience (SE)/Requirements:

Please make sure your SE/requirements can be identified in your resume.

A copy of your resume providing all relevant work experience MUST be submitted in PDF format by the closing date of this job announcement.

GS-09: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-07 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Conducted small/moderate surveys or statistical studies, collected and analyzed the data, and provided reports that were utilized by agencies and/or organizations
• Researched and assisted with providing solutions or alternatives to problems encountered when planning surveys
• Prepared schedules for completion of surveys and reviewed returns for accuracy and completeness

GS-11: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-09 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Conducted moderate surveys or statistical studies, collected and analyzed the data collected nationwide, and provided reports that were utilized by agencies and/or organizations
• Researched and provided solutions or modified existing methods to problems encountered when planning surveys
• Provided technical guidance and assistance in the selection of methods and reviewed findings for soundness, accuracy, and compliance

Education

Education may be substituted for SE as follows:

GS-09: Applicant must have a master’s or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.

GS-11: Applicant must have a Ph.D. OR equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related.

All degrees must be from an accredited college or university.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

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