Supervisory Economist

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making. The position is located in the Office of Field Operations, Division of Industrial Price Programs.

Major duties

Duties include, but are not limited to: Leads liaison activities and technical support functions between regional and national offices on issues related to assigned surveys and training activities. Resolves operational problems, coordinates responses on technical issues, and ensures timely and effective responses from technical experts in other organizations. Designs national data collection plans for survey programs including overall workload, position control, resources, budgets, and deliverables to provide survey microdata within parameters of timeliness, quality, response, and productivity. Designs the conceptual, technical, and operational framework of the certification and quality programs for the subject survey(s). Develop and maintain procedures and training to support the data collection certification and quality programs. Monitors execution of on-the-job training and mentoring to support certification programs. Serves on management oversight groups to contribute to the accomplishment of program and organizational goals. Provides input to senior staff in formulating short-term and strategic plans. Advises senior management in national and regional offices of the likely impact of program and BLS initiatives on data collection, training and staff development, quality, resource utilization, and management goals.

Qualifications

Basic Requirement Economist, 0110: A) Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR B) Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Specialized Experience In addition to the basic requirements above, applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-13, in the Federal Service. This experience must have equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and ability to successfully perform the duties of this position. This experience must demonstrate a thorough understanding of economic principles and theories and a wide knowledge of current economic factors and their implications. Examples of qualifying experience include: Developing national data collection plans to ensure high-quality data is collected for survey programs. Monitoring, developing, documenting, and improving survey collection procedures and strategies, including conducting survey training. Creating performance monitors for productivity, response, timeliness, quality, and cost; communicating the output to regional offices to improve overall performance. Completing projects using Agile development processes; serving as a tester and product owner. Serving on matrix teams, making presentations to large groups including external stakeholders, developing workplans, completing complex tasks, negotiating outcomes, and meeting tight deadlines.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service. If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.