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Supervisory Survey Statistician (Regional Survey Manager) - Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, located at multiple Regional Offices

Title:   Supervisory Survey Statistician (Regional Survey Manager) - Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau

Type:  Full-time

Location: Multiple Regional Offices


This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Survey Statistician (Regional Survey Manager), GS-1530-12, positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.


https://www.usajobs.gov/job/865305700


Duties




  • Manage data collection to ensure training and observation programs are utilizes to foster quality data collection techniques.
  • Manage surveys to ensure data collection remains on track and within targeted budget.
  • Ensure work schedules, assignments, and communication strategies are utilized to ensure team performance and cost efficiencies.
  • Collect and tabulate data using a variety of methods or developing new procedures for statistical projects.
  • Communicate progress of data collection operations to management and staff.


Conditions of employment

  • Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
  • U.S. citizen
  • Suitable for Federal employment.
  • Registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
  • A supervisory probationary period may be required.
  • This is a NON-BARGAINING unit position.
  • The work schedule for this position is Mixed Tour.
  • With a Mixed Tour work schedule, an employee may be changed between full-time, part-time and intermittent work schedules to accommodate fluctuating workloads and is subject to a signed agreement.


Qualifications

This announcement will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the date the first 150 applicants are received, or on 04/29/2026, whichever comes first.

This vacancy is advertised under 2 different announcements. Please read the 'Who May Apply' section carefully to determine your eligibility. If you are not eligible under this announcement, please see 26-ADFO-12933216-IMP-KL.


To qualify for the position of Supervisory Survey Statistician (Regional Survey Manager), at GS-1530-12, you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below.

Basic Education Requirement
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 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.

OR

B. A 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.

AND

Specialized Experience: For the GS-12, in addition to meeting the above basic education requirements, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Experience for this position include leading a team to plan a statistical survey or study; developing survey and data collection specifications and establishing time schedules for various phases of survey operations; establishing analytical methodology, design sampling and estimation procedures for surveys, and documenting work results and findings; and planning the analysis of the socioeconomic or demographic data developed by the survey or study.

Education: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer.