Mathematical Statistician or Statistician (Data Scientist) - Direct Hire -12 Month Register- AMENDED
Company: Internal Revenue Service
Location: Boston
Posted on: October 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Duties
WHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS & INTERNATIONAL DIVISION?
WHAT IS THE RESEARCH APPLIED ANALYTICS & STATISTICS DIVISION?
WHAT IS THE TAX EXEMPT & GOVERNMENT ENTITIES DIVISION?
WHAT IS THE WHISTLEBLOWER OFFICE DIVISION?
A description of these business units can be found at:
70 Vacancies will be filled in the following business areas: Large
Business and International (LB&I), Research, Applied Analytics
and Statistics (RAAS), Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TEGE),
and Whistleblower Office (WBO).
The following are the duties of these positions at the full working
level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are
selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to
learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow
in this position.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Qualifications
Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been
gained in the public sector, private sector or One year of
experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on
a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience,
please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate
number of hours worked per week, on your resume.
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of
this announcement AND/OR time of referral:
BASIC REQUIREMENTS GS-1530 STATISTICIAN (Data Scientist): You must
have 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
Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown 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.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS GS-1529 MATHEMATICAL STATISTICIAN (Data
Scientist): You must have a degree that included courses in
mathematics and statistics totaling at least 24 semester hours.
This course work must have included a minimum of 12 semester hours
of mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics. Courses
acceptable toward meeting the mathematics course requirement must
have included at least four of the following: differential
calculus, integral calculus, advanced calculus, theory of
equations, vector analysis, advanced algebra, linear algebra,
mathematical logic, differential equations, or any other advanced
course in mathematics for which one of these was a prerequisite.
Courses in mathematical statistics or probability theory with a
prerequisite of elementary calculus or more advanced courses will
be accepted toward meeting the mathematics requirements, with the
provision that the same course cannot be counted toward both the
mathematics and the statistics requirement.
OR
Combination of education and experience -- includes at least 24
semester hours of mathematics and statistics, including at least 12
hours in mathematics and 6 hours in statistics, as described above;
and Experience that showed evidence of statistical work such as (a)
sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical
data, and (c) applying known statistical techniques to data such as
measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling
error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and
tests of significance.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for
this position you must also meet the grades specialized
experience.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-1529/1530-11: To be eligible for this
position at this grade level, you must meet the following
requirements. In addition to the basic requirements, you must have
one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and
responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal
service. Examples of specialized experience for this position may
include:
OR
EDUCATION:
You may substitute education for specialized experience specialized
experience as follows: Three (3) full academic years of
progressively higher-level graduate education in Mathematics,
statistics, or related fields.
OR
Ph. D. or equivalent doctoral degree Mathematics, statistics, or
related field of study from an accredited college or
university.
OR
Combination of education and experience: A combination of
qualifying graduate education and experience equivalent to the
amount required.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-1529/1530-12: To be eligible for this
position at this grade level, you must meet the following
requirements. In addition to the basic requirements, you must have
one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and
responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal
service. Examples of specialized experience for this position may
include:
Specialized Experience for GS-13 and GS-14 follows under Education
Section.
Education
QUALIFICATIONS CONTINUES
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-1529/1530-13: To be eligible for this
position at this grade level, you must meet the following
requirements. In addition to the basic requirements, you must have
one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and
responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal
service. Examples of specialized experience for this position may
include:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-1529/1530-14: To be eligible for this
position at this grade level, you must meet the following
requirements. In addition to the basic requirements, you must have
one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and
responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal
service. Examples of specialized experience for this position may
include:
For more information on qualifications please refer to .
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are
qualifying for this position by substituting education or training
for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An
official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited
(or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these
criteria, please refer to .
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or
universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show
proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least
equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program.
It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Click for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
Additional information
This announcement will establish an inventory of applicants. The
inventory will be used to fill approximately 70 vacancies
throughout the next 12 months. Contingent upon funding and space
requirements, one or more vacancies may be filled at the locations
listed in this announcement as they come available. Applicants need
to apply and/or update their application by 11:59pm ET at the close
of the following cut off dates to be considered: 03/11/2024,
06/30/2024, and 01/06/2025.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a
comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your
family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to
make your federal career very rewarding. .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold
and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific
benefits offered.
Required Documents
The following documents are required and must be provided with your
application. All application materials, including transcripts, must
be in English.
Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as
specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this
position (or may not receive the special consideration for which
you may be eligible).
How to Apply
This Direct Hire Public Notice is to gather applications that may
or may not result in a referral or selection. Your application will
remain active through the open period of this Public Notice.
Applicants will be referred on a first in, first out basis. Those
applicants who are applying earlier in the process will stand a
much better chance of being referred for consideration in the
selection process.
The following instructions outline our application process. You
must complete this application process and submit any required
documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 01/06/2025 in this
announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours
(normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying
online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on
01/06/2025.
To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the
following link:
To update your application, including supporting documentation, at
any time during the announcement open period, return to your
USAJOBS account (). There you will find a record of your
application, the application status, and an option to Update
Application. This option will no longer be available once the
announcement has closed.
To verify the status of your application both during and after the
announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account: . All of
your applications will appear on the Welcome page. The application
record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Application
Information page that provides information regarding the
documentation you submitted and any correspondence we have sent
related to this application. The Application Status will appear
along with the date your application was last updated. For
information on what each Application Status means, visit: .
Agency contact information
(ERC) Employee Resource Center
Phone
Email
Website
Address
LBI - ADCCI
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
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Next steps
Treasury believes in a working environment that supports inclusion;
please view our reasonable accommodation policies and procedures at
. We will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with
disabilities on a case-by-case basis; please contact us if you
require this for any part of the application and hiring
process.
Once your application package and online questionnaire is received
you will receive an acknowledgement email. You are responsible for
checking status updates and notifications in USAJOBS. Hard copy
notifications will not be sent to you. You may check the status of
your application for this position at any time by logging onto the
USAJOBS "My Account" tab and clicking on "Application Status." For
a more detailed update of your application status, you may click on
"more information." Please notify us if your contact information
changes after the closing date of the announcement. If your email
mailbox is full or blocked (SPAM) you may not receive important
communication that could affect your consideration for this
position.
Fair & Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent.
Please read the following guidance.
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