Supervisory Survey Statistician

National Agricultural Statistics Service•Olivette, MO

19d

About The Position

This position is within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Office of Survey Design and Methodology, Survey Design Branch in Olivette, Missouri. The position provides executive leadership for the Survey Design Branch and oversees survey design activities supporting large agricultural surveys. It manages project agreements and cooperative statistical programs; oversees survey instruments and sampling frames; and provides technical and administrative supervision to multiple section chiefs and their staff.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship or U.S. national status.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service or exempt.
Satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation and/or fingerprint check; subject to continuous vetting.
Must complete federal employment verification through E-Verify and receive federal payments by direct deposit.
Subject to a one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable; new USDA supervisors must complete required training before the probationary period ends.
Financial disclosure is required.
Meet time-in-grade requirements, including 52 weeks at the next lower grade for current federal employees applying for promotion.
Meet the basic education requirement: a degree including 15 semester hours in statistics (or mathematics and statistics, including at least 6 semester hours in statistics) and 9 additional semester hours in specified sciences, engineering, medicine, education, or social sciences; alternatively, a qualifying combination of education and experience.
Qualifying statistical experience must include professional statistical work such as sampling; collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data; and applying statistical techniques.
For GS-15, have one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-14, including managing development and testing of new procedures for a data collection center, group, or section; overseeing data collection instruments and supporting materials; providing policy guidance on survey designs for an agricultural statistical program; and identifying, developing, or implementing objectives for statistical training programs.
Submit transcripts with the application to verify the education requirement.

Responsibilities

Provide executive leadership for the Survey Design Branch, set priorities, and ensure alignment with NASS objectives.
Manage the External Project Agreement process, including stakeholder consultation, business-case development, cost estimation, and agreement execution.
Direct designated agricultural statistical programs and cooperative agreements with state agencies, universities, and private organizations, ensuring federal, state, and private requirements are integrated.
Oversee the design and development of data collection instruments and supporting materials.
Direct development and maintenance of area and list sampling frames for the Census of Agriculture and other agricultural surveys.
Supervise design of list and area frame samples for census and survey projects.
Develop and recommend policies concerning use and continued enhancement of frame operations.
Provide technical and administrative supervision for multiple section chiefs and their staff responsible for survey design operations.