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Mathematical Statistician
Bonneville Power Administration · Vancouver, Washington and 1 more · Closes in 5 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Military spouses.
This job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Military spouses of active duty service members, or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty, may also apply.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-12 level. This means designing or adapting math and statistical methods for short, mid, or long-term demand analyses and forecasts, and writing statistical computer programs for simulations. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts.
Education: A degree with at least 24 semester hours of math and statistics, including at least 12 hours of math and 6 hours of statistics. You can also combine education with experience. Education must come from a school accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 5 days (November 8, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: Under this direct-hire process, applicants who meet the education and qualification requirements for the grade are sent to the selecting official, and veterans' preference and category rating do not apply. Your resume and documents are checked, and missing or inconsistent information can lead to a rating of 'ineligible' or 'not qualified'.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must show dates, hours per week, and salary for each job, plus duties performed
- Describe forecasting or demand analysis work and any statistical programs you wrote for simulations
- Provide transcripts showing the 24 semester hours of math and statistics, or you may be rated ineligible
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