Summary
This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics,Survey Management & Analytics Group (SMAG). As a Statistician (Health), GS-1530-13, you will evaluate program data, conduct and evaluate data surveys; perform statistical studies on prices, utilization, and costs related to health care and human services programs.
Duties
Plans and leads survey projects related to health and human services and develops or improves survey questions and computerized data-collection tools, including deciding who should receive each question and how respondents move through the survey.
Produces and evaluates statistical estimates by assessing the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of survey data; comparing results with other trusted sources; and resolving unexpected or conflicting findings before publication.
Provides technical leadership and statistical advice to agency officials, researchers, contractors and communicates methods, findings, limitations, and recommendations through instructions, reports, publications, presentations, and briefings.
Analyzes and evaluates various periodic statistical reports submitted by States.
Education
Education Requirement: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements, all candidates must have the following educational requirements: 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 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION) -OR- 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION). TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement listed above. Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts at the time of application WILL result in an ineligible rating. Please see "Required Documents" section below for what documentation is required at the time of application. Click the following link to view the occupational questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13072822
How you will be evaluated
Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Applications will be evaluated against the basic qualifications. Qualified candidates will be referred for consideration in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management direct hire guidelines. Veterans' Preference does not apply to direct hire recruitment procedures. Selections made under this vacancy announcement will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would, therefore, be given new appointments to the civil service; however, benefits, time served and all other Federal entitlements would remain the same.