PROMOTIONAL POTENTIAL: GS-12
COVERED BY MERIT PAY: NO
SUPERVISION/MANAGER PROBATIONARY PERIOD: NO
BARGAINING UNIT: YES

ORGANIZATION, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION:
ED/OFFICE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT/NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS/POSTSECONDARY STUDIES DIVISION/WASHINGTON, DC Applicant Must Meet qualification and Time-in-Grade Requirements by THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT.

OPENING DATE: 07-06-99

CLOSING DATE: 07-23-99

DUTIES:
GS-9 - Incumbent performs defined units or parts of major projects involving numerous or unpredictable factors and requiring setting up and carrying out of integrated procedures. Assists in the evaluation of alternatives used to determine the appropriate methodology and procedures for efficiency, reliability and feasibility.
GS-11- Initiates investigations based on observations in program assignment areas. Selects and modifies statistical techniques and methods to produce accurate and timely data. Evaluates alternatives to determine the appropriate methodology and procedures for efficiency, reliability, and feasibility.
GS-12 - Plans, researches, and implements the full scope of investigative projects requiring application of statistical theory. Adapts a variety of methods and develops new procedures to statistical projects. Analyzes findings, evaluates statistical limitations of data, and specifies the range of logically possible explanations.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: A. Degree-which includes 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics provided at least 6 semester hours are 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 which include studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurement or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing. OR B. Combination education and experience-courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should include 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.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 52 weeks of experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with particular knowledge, skill, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and which application is made. To be creditable, the specialized experience must have been at least equivalent to the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization and must have provided knowledge of education policies and education statistics at the postsecondary level.

KSA=S - GS-9 (WEIGHTS)
1. Knowledge of computer software packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. (3.0)
2. Ability to design computer reports to produce tabular summaries and analytic tables on education statistics. (2.0)
2.0 3. Ability to plan and develop analyses for surveys, utilizing statistical procedures. (2.0)
4. Ability to analyze longitudinal survey data using statistical tools such as SPSS, SAS, or DAS. (2.0)

KSA'S - GS-11/12
1. Ability to apply and utilize educational theory and statistical methodologies for planning surveys, analyses, and reporting of information on education. (3.0)
2. Knowledge of planning and developing analyses for national surveys, utilizing statistical procedures for estimation and error analysis. (3.0)
3. Ability to provide advice and guidance on statistical methods for longitudinal surveys, and statistical analyses in response to ad hoc (2.0)
questions.
4. Ability to develop technical reports; procedures for improving data quality; and conduct reviews of statistical plans and reports. (2.0)

Interested persons can call 202-401-0559 (the Dept of Education employment office).