This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Financial Management, (OFM). As a Statistician (Health), GS-1530-13, you will evaluate HHS program data, conduct and evaluate data surveys; perform statistical studies on prices, utilization, and costs related to health care, human services programs, and research activities; and provide statistical guidance on matters concerning HHS programs.
Leading complex statistical studies on health and human services issues. Advising senior officials on statistical methods, study design, and interpretation of results. Conducting statistical research using health, survey, administrative, and utilization data. Developing statistical methods for sampling, data linkage, imputation, modeling, and analysis. Evaluating statistical data, reports, systems, and procedures for quality and reliability.
Providing technical leadership and guidance on complex statistical methods and studies. Preparing and presenting statistical findings through reports, publications, and presentations.
Education Requirement: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements, all candidates must have the following educational requirements: Have successfully completed 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.
NOTE: Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements are 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 Have a combination of education (as shown in A) plus appropriate experience or additional education. My experience includes 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.
TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement listed above. Please see "Required Documents" section below for what documentation is required at the time of application. Click the following link to view the occupational questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13073086
This position is with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $121785 – $158322/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-02.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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