Deadline: Thu, 02/29/2024 - 12:00pm Employer: US Fish and Wildlife Service Job Field: Other Job Type: Full Time Location: Georgia Location Detail: Athens, Georgia Job Description: Location is at any National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) site within Region 4 which includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands or a National Park Service colocation site in Athens, GA. Salary will be set based on where the selectee is located. Salary information can be found here: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2023/general-schedule/ As a Statistician your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following: Provides statistical support and advice for Service Biologists including project planning, project implementation and reporting, development of sampling and analytical methodology, implementation of statistical analyses and interpretation of analysis results. Contributes to the development of biological study proposals, survey designs, and scopes-of-work and conducts complex biological field investigations involving fish, wildlife and their habitats, including population and habitat surveys, biological sampling, population health studies, specimen collection, food habit studies and population modeling. Reviews proposed biological study and survey designs of peers for biological integrity, statistical validity and design rigor. Uses qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis and prepares scientifically defensible reports and articles for publication in scientific literature and for presentation at professional meetings. Provides technical expertise as an advisor on wildlife and habitat issues. Provides information and recommendations as to types, scope, and interpretation of studies conducted by management and research agencies. Qualifications: 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. OR A combination of education and experience that included courses in statistics, mathematics, 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. AND experience that 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. Salary: $82,830 - $107,680 per year
