Statistician

Summary

Join the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and help advance cutting-edge oral health research! In this role, you'll collaborate with scientists to design studies, apply advanced statistical methods, analyze complex clinical and research data, and translate findings into meaningful insights that inform scientific discovery, publications, and public health.

Duties

As a Statistician, GS-1530-12, your duties may include but are not limited to the following: Advise and collaborate with scientists in hypothesis formulation, determination of research design, and selection of data collection procedures and instruments. Initiate, formulate, plan, execute, and control statistical studies. Advise scientists on statistical analysis and interpretation of study results. Present results of analysis to the scientific community at professional meetings and conferences. Plan and carry out quality control programs. Identify inadequacies and inconsistencies in data, and develop procedures and methodology to modify the data.

Qualifications

You must demonstrate in your resume that you qualify at the GS-12 level by one of the following qualification requirements: A. 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 is 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. In addition, in order to qualify for a Statistician, GS-1530 position at the GS-12 level, you must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 obtained in either the private or public sector that included the following tasks and responsibilities: planning, organizing, and carrying out statistical studies and/or projects for specific project segments; analyzing data using appropriate statistical techniques and presenting verified results along with preliminary interpretations and recommending appropriate statistical methods for carrying out further analyses; planning and designing the criteria and study design and methods for a statistical project; and developing and using automated applications and programs to analyze statistical data. You will receive credit for all experience material to the position, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether you received pay. Do not copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. We may verify or assess your qualifications at any time. Inflated or unsupported qualifications may affect your rating. Any misrepresentation or material omission of facts may be sufficient cause to end further consideration of your candidacy. Persons listed as knowing your past accomplishments or experience in your application may be contacted for verification purposes at any time. Verification may, but need not, begin before receiving an offer. Preview application questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13085821

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades). Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Click here for information on Foreign Education.