The mission of the Antitrust Division is to promote competition by enforcing the antitrust laws to protect economic freedom and opportunity on behalf of the American people. The Antitrust Division has an opening for a Statistician to join its dedicated team and gain invaluable experience working in the public interest to protect the competitive process. Are you ready to contribute to matters of national importance that promote a competitive and productive American economy?
Responsibilities
- The Antitrust Division (ATR) is seeking to fill a Statistician position in the Expert Analysis Group (EAG). EAG is responsible for the investigation, analysis, and interpretation of economic data relating to all phases of antitrust enforcement, to assure the economic reliability and validity of positions taken by the Division. The incumbent will collect data and perform statistical analysis through manual and automated techniques and evaluate the results. As a Statistician for the Antitrust Division, you will: Apply data wrangling and cleaning methodologies, statistical techniques, and methods of gathering and/or interpreting quantified information. Employ statistical software tools to create data visualizations of varying complexity, including basic, static visualizations and detailed, interactive plots. Plan, organize, and implement continuous recurring studies using established precedented statistical methods. Provide statistical analysis and technical insight to subject matter experts and others on statistical theories and techniques. Write and/or present comprehensive statistical reports prepared based on the data collected and provide professional advice and consultation about the results. Please note: Additional selections may be made beyond the total number of vacancies specified using this vacancy announcement.
Education
Basic Requirements: 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. NOTE: Transcript(s) must be provided. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in paragraph 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. NOTE: Transcript(s) must be provided. Applicants MUST submit a copy of transcripts with your application. An unofficial transcript is acceptable to qualify, but it must include your full name, name of the school, the date and degree awarded (if conferred), the list of classes, grades and credits earned. You will be required to submit an official transcript prior to appointment if you are selected. All academic degrees and course work must be completed at an institution that has obtained accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Click here to check accreditation. *Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. *All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
