SUPERVISORY RESEARCH FINANCIAL ECONOMIST

Department Of The Treasury

Washington, DC, United States

$154.1K-$243.2K a year

Full-time

Part-time

Summary

This position is located at Departmental Offices,Domestic Finance-Office of Financial Research. As a Supervisory Research Financial Economist, you will be responsible for organizing and conducting financial and economic research and analysis projects to identify and evaluate risks to the U.

S. financial system and for providing analysis on other issues relevant to the OFR and the Council.

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Overview

Accepting applications
Open & closing dates

04 / 10 / 2024 to 09 / 30 / 2024

Salary

$154,057 - $243,172 per year

Pay scale & grade

OR 60

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Location

2 vacancies in the following location :

Washington, DC
Remote job
Telework eligible

Yes-as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocation expenses reimbursed
Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential
Job family (Series)

0110 Economist

1520 Mathematics

1530 Statistics

Supervisory status
Security clearance

Not Required

Drug test
Announcement number

24-DO-448-DH

Control number

785974200

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This job is open to

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees who meet the definition of a surplus or displaced employee.

Clarification from the agency

U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required. This is an open continuous announcement. The open period is 6 months.

Applications will be reviewed on the established cut dates : 4 / 30 / 2024, 5 / 31 / 2024, 6 / 30 / 2024, 7 / 31 / 2024, 8 / 31 / 2023, 9 / 30 / 2024.

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Duties

As a Supervisory Research Financial Economist, you will :

Supervise an assigned team of staff within the Financial Markets or Financial Institutions section performing original research and analysis that focuses on systemic risks in financial markets, financial institutions and / or risk management, and the implications of these on financial stability.
Plan, conduct, provide, and ensure the quality of research and data to the Director, the Deputy Director of the Research and Analysis Center, and the assigned Associate Director, and through them, to the public, Council members and other senior Council officials as requested.
Provide staff support and supervisory direction to subordinates to produce the OFR's Annual Report, the annual Financial Stability Report, and other OFR publications and papers.

May lead the production of specific chapters or sections for OFR reports or publications.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work;

part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month / day / year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resum.

Key Requirements :

Please refer to Conditions of Employment.
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Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
Public Trust background investigation will be required.

Qualifications

Specialized experience for the Band 60, (GS 14) : An applicant must have one year of specialized experience at or, equivalent to at least the Band 53 (GS-13) in the Federal service, directly related to the position to be filled and that has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for this position includes :

A. Experience in a senior or leadership position, directing a program or group conducting short and long-term research and analysis of economic phenomena.

Examples areas may include, but not limited to :

Financial activity; identifying and evaluating innovations and their impact on financial markets, institutions, and the economy, where innovations could include economic, political, and technological developments and existing or proposed policies;
experience assessing threats to financial stability; applying complex statistical techniques to facilitate economic research;

preparing reports, memoranda, articles, presentations, or similar materials on complex economic problems and presenting findings to management, policymakers, or research communities, or through publication.

B. Providing direction, advice, and guidance to a team performing research and analysis that focuses on financial stability for specific sectors and activities in the financial system.

Examples of sectors and activities may include, but are not limited to :

Asset-backed securities; asset management; commercial banking; credit and equity markets; derivatives and structured products;

high-frequency trading; housing finance; insurance; options and futures; and short-term funding.

C. Preparing analytical research finding reports for management officials, based on projects related to data collection, analysis, and research of specific financial sectors, which outline findings, solutions, or recommendations for improvements.

Education

Education Requirements :

Basic Requirements for Economist, 0110

Degree : Economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR

B. Combination of education and experience : Courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Examples of qualifying experience include :

1.individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation;

2.supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; or

3.teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.

Basic Requirements for Mathematician, 1520

A. Degree : mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics. OR

B. Combination of education and experience courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

The total course work in either A or B above must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.

Basic Requirements for Statistician, 1530

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. OR

Combination of education and experience courses as shown in 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.

Additional information

OTHER INFORMATION :

We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
This is a non-bargaining unit position.
A recruitment incentive may be offered.
Student loan repayment may be offered.
We offer opportunities for telework.
We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT :

A one year probationary period may be required.
A one year supervisory or managerial probationary period may be required.
Must successfully complete a background investigation.
Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required.
Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit / Electronic Funds Transfer.
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on, if required.
Undergo an income tax verification, if required.
This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into Continuous Vetting.

Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury.

The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.

g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. For more information about individual rights, Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights - FBI, FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI, and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov).

Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes :

Challenging work, opportunities for advancement, competitive salaries, bonuses and incentive awards.
Eleven paid holidays, 13 days of sick leave, and 13 to 26 days of vacation time each year.
Access to insurance programs that may be continued after you retire.
A wide choice of health insurance plans, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and no waiting periods. We pay a substantial amount (up to 75%) of the health insurance premiums.
A retirement program which includes employer-matching contributions.
Learn more about Federal benefits programs at : https : / / help.usajobs.gov / index.php / Pay and Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This announcement is issued under the direct-hire authority. Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) and OPM regulations (5 CFR 337 Subpart B) on direct-hire : All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration.

Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

Your application includes your resum, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resum includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position;

failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resum may result in a not qualified determination.

Rating : Your application will be evaluated in the following areas : Research and Analysis, Communication, Leadership.

Referral : All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration.

Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) / Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must have a score of 85 or better to be rated as well qualified to receive special selection priority.

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Required Documents

As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.

1. All applicants are required to submit a resum, either by creating one in USAJOBS, or uploading one of their own choosing.

Cover letters are optional.)

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 5 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month / date / year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resum.
It is suggested that you preview the entire announcement and online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resum thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the Qualifications section of this announcement and support your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
For resum writing guidance, please visit USAJOBS Resources Center.

2. Vacancy assessment question responses : All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement.

3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable : Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION : If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click CTAP / ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION :
You are not required to submit transcripts for this initial phase of the application process. Candidates will be referred for consideration based on their self-certification.

If you are selected for a position which has a positive education requirement (as described in the vacancy announcement) and / or you are qualifying solely on your education, you will be required to submit official transcripts verifying your qualifications prior to a job offer being issued.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.

S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency.

Refer to the OPM instructions.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements :

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.

Therefore, provide only the attendance and / or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.

S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

DO has partnered with the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service to provide certain personnel services to its organization.

Fiscal Service's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applications, and extending job offers.

The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11 : 59 p.

m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8 : 00 a.

m. - 5 : 00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date.

The Bureau provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.

To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
Follow the prompts to select your resum and / or other supporting documents to be included with your application package.

You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.

To verify the status of your application :

Log into your USAJOBS account (USAJOBS Login). A list of announcements in which you have applied is at the Welcome screen.
Under application status, click Track this application and you will be taken to the agency website where you can check your application status.

For more information regarding the job and applicant status, please refer to https : / / www.usajobs.gov / Help / how-to / application / status /

If you wish to make changes / updates to your application and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and Update Application to be taken back to your application.

No updates can be made once the announcement has closed.

Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that if you provide an email address that is inaccurate or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.

g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.

For additional information on how to apply, please visit the Partnership for Public Service's Go Government website.

The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Treasury and its bureaus from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment.

In accordance with 5 U.S. Code 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act.

Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Treasury by email at, [email protected].

To learn more, please visit our page at : Treasury.gov / fairchanceact.

To preview the assessment questionnaire : https : / / apply.usastaffing.gov / ViewQuestionnaire / 12373079

Agency contact information

Applicant Call Center

Phone 304-480-7300 Email [email protected]

Address Domestic Finance-Office of Financial Research

Administrative Resource Center

Parkersburg, WV 26101

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Next steps

Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful.

We will review your resum and transcript(s) (if appropriate) to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided and may interview the best-qualified applicants.

After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and / or security background investigation.

Fair and Transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probationary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodation policy
Selective Service
Signature and false statements
Social security number request

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Required Documents

1. All applicants are required to submit a resum, either by creating one in USAJOBS, or uploading one of their own choosing.

Cover letters are optional.)

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 5 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month / date / year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resum.
It is suggested that you preview the entire announcement and online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resum thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the Qualifications section of this announcement and support your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
For resum writing guidance, please visit USAJOBS Resources Center.

2. Vacancy assessment question responses : All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement.

CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION : If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click CTAP / ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION :
You are not required to submit transcripts for this initial phase of the application process. Candidates will be referred for consideration based on their self-certification.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.

S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency.

Refer to the OPM instructions.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements :

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.

Therefore, provide only the attendance and / or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.

S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Help

How to Apply

DO has partnered with the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service to provide certain personnel services to its organization.

Fiscal Service's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applications, and extending job offers.

The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11 : 59 p.

m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8 : 00 a.

m. - 5 : 00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date.

The Bureau provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.

To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
Follow the prompts to select your resum and / or other supporting documents to be included with your application package.

You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.

To verify the status of your application :

Log into your USAJOBS account (USAJOBS Login). A list of announcements in which you have applied is at the Welcome screen.
Under application status, click Track this application and you will be taken to the agency website where you can check your application status.