Supervisory Statistician

Job Overview

Summary

If you are looking for an exciting and challenging career, this is the position for you! The Department of Justices Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is a great place to work! Last year, the Department of Justice ranked #5 out of 19 large agencies in the Partnership for Public Services Best Places to Work rankings. OJPs newly renovated building is in the heart of DCs thriving Chinatown and new City Center and offers a dynamic and engaging work environment with more than 50 conference rooms and nearly 200 workstations available for any employee to reserve at a moments notice. With more than 90 percent of OJPs positions eligible to telework OJP is at the cutting edge of using mobility to enhance productivity and meet our important mission.

As the Deputy Director for BJS overseeing the Statistical Collections Division which consists of the Victimization, Law Enforcement, Prosecution and Judicial, and Corrections statistical units, you will advise the Director of BJS on policies and programs associated with the development, implementation, maintenance, and revision of national criminal justice statistical programs; and long range planning and development. As an expert in the applications and use of criminal justice statistics and data collection in these areas, you will provide substantive management and technical direction for these national statistical programs, series, and operations of BJS and OJP.

Please note: This announcement will be open for seven (7) weeks with multiple cut-off dates. These will occur weekly beginning on January 10, 2017 and every Tuesday following that date until the vacancy is filled or the announcement closes.

Applications for this position are being processed through an on-line applicant assessment system that has been specifically configured for Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs applicants. Even if you have already developed a resume in USAJOBS, you will need to access this on-line system to complete the application process. To obtain information about this position and TO APPLY, please click on https://www.avuecentral.com/casting/aiportal/control/toVacancy?referenceCode=MNRYS.

Duties

(The duties described reflect the full performance level of this position)

As a key member of the BJS leadership team, the incumbent oversees the administration of and provides strategic and technical direction on a variety of national statistical programs and data series on crime and the administration of justice. Provides leadership and direction to a professional staff contributing advances in the area of survey and sample design, data collection methodologies, computational statistics, and analytic techniques. Such advances and contributions result in enhanced statistical data and techniques providing a basis for improved data collections, and continued research to improve criminal justice policies and programs.
Directs the performance of complex methodological research for the development of new surveys or substantial redesigns of existing data collections in areas for which data are not available, including the use of administrative or operational or alternative data systems. Develops and approves methodology used for data collection and processing; including oversight of sample design, coverage, data collection, imputation/estimation procedures, tabulation, cost management, and quality assurance.

Supervises first line supervisors performing work at the GS-14 and GS-15 levels. Provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the BJS. Through subordinate supervisors, supervises a professional and technical staff engaged in substantive research and statistical program activities. Ensures subordinate managers identify and resolve problems and meet appropriate program deadlines.
Performs the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance. Resolves informal complaints and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters. Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests. Assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations.

Provides expert advice and guidance on the most challenging problems facing an agency having responsibility for programs of national and international scope and impact. Serves as an authoritative expert in the planning, monitoring, and administration of statistical operations and studies to resolve unyielding problems for which traditional methods are neither applicable nor easily adaptable.
Collaborates as a recognized expert with officials and representatives of higher departmental echelons, counterpart government departments or agencies, national organizations, and related industries concerning national statistical programs and activities. Serves as a liaison to other Federal statistical agencies on matters of mutual interest and concern. Prepares and gives presentations concerning the interpretation and analysis of statistics, technical data, and/or regulations and statutes to government entities, subject matter experts, upper levels of management, industry and academia.

Travel Required

Occasional Travel
4 days per quarter

Relocation Authorized

No

Job Requirements

Key Requirements

U.S. Citizenship required.
Subject to background/suitability investigation/determination.
Submit all required documents and Online Assessment Questionnaire.
Federal payments are required to be made by Direct Deposit.
Requires registration for the Selective Service. Visit www.sss.gov.
Pre-employment drug testing required.
1-year supervisory probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS :
A. Applicants must show successful completion of a full four-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included 15 semester/22 quarter hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester/9 quarter hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester (13 quarter) 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 includes 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. 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.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants must have had one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-14.

Specialized experience is experience which is in or related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of specialized experience may include: served as official organization or agency liaison and collaborated internationally with scientific officials and/or government leaders on a wide range of regulatory issues, providing special expertise in field; or formulated and carried through research plans that explored the most fruitful areas of statistical research in relation to the agency/organization's mission programs and needs.

Technical Qualification Requirements:
Knowledge of the principles and theories of applied statistical methods and data collection techniques related to a specific subject-matter field or a particular statistical function
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing in performing supervisory or leader work.
Ability to meet and deal with others in performing supervisory or leader work.
Ability to supervise.
Knowledge of statistics and its regulatory applications.
Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and develop realistic solutions.
Ability to communicate in writing in performing supervisory or leader work.

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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.

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Security Clearance

Secret

Additional Information

What To Expect Next

Once your completed application is certified and received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. After a review of your complete application is made you will be notified of your status and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluation or interviews are required you will be contacted. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing date of the announcement.

BENEFITS

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To explore the major benefits offered to most Federal employees, visit the Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.usajobs.gov/ResourceCenter/Index/Interactive/Benefits#icc.

OJP has partnered with the Vida Fitness Center, located in the Verizon Center for your physical fitness needs and offers on-site fitness centers at various DOJ locations, most of which are located within walking distance.

OJP also offers credit union services; ATM machine on-site; a health unit and on-site nurse for your usage.

Transit Benefits: To defray your commuting cost, we are pleased to offer the Employee Transit Benefit Program.

Other Information

This position is excluded from the bargaining unit.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Status applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade by the closing date.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies that may occur within 90 days of the closing date.

This position is eligible for part time or situational telework.

OJP offers opportunities for flexible work schedules.

This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/460962000. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.

Supervisory Statistician

Office of Justice Programs

1 vacancy in the following location:

Work Schedule is Full Time - Permanent - No time limit

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