Supervisory Data Scientist

Description:

This position is located in the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and is based in Aurora CO. The Seattle- Denver Center or Innovation (COIN) for Veteran- Centered and Value Driven Care is a VHA Office of Research & Development (ORD).

Requirements:

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): The 1560 series requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series. You must meet the pre-determined education and/or experience Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) below as set by Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

A. Education: Degree: Mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or field directly related to the position. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown in paragraph A above, plus additional education or appropriate experience.

Grade Determinations :

GS-14: In addition to meeting the Individual Occupation Requirements (IOR) above, applicants must have one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Participated in data science and statistical analyses initiatives to manage research programs to include resource and performance management, and dissemination of results
• Served in role as statistical analyst who managed data science analysis, planned activities, and executed program requirements.
• Applied expert knowledge on at least one statistical programming software such as, R, SAS, STATA; and software for large data analytics programs plus SQL, Microsoft Access
• Applied expert knowledge on the application of theories, principles, methods, and techniques of statistics/data management schemas
• Proficient on managing research data, oversight of resources, developed, implemented and monitored performance
• Managed protocol designs, statistical analysis plans, data collection, extraction, and management plans.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in human research related to Health Services Research (HRS) programs.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ .

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-14.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary and does not require and special physical effort. Some periods of walking, standing, and bending. Driving a motor vehicle may be required. Employees frequently carry research records and other similar materials.