ECONOMIST

About this role

To qualify for an Economist position, you must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Basic Requirements: 1. Degree: Economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR 2. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in 1 above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to the above, you must meet the requirements described below: To qualify for an Economist at the GS-15, you must meet the following Additional Requirements: You must demonstrate in your resume at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector, performing the following types of tasks: Independently or as a lead producing formal written materials (e.g., memoranda, reports, briefing materials, manuscripts, white papers, or research papers) based on economic analysis that is of publication-level quality in a leading field journal analyzing antitrust issues, mergers, competition policy, competitive effects of firm conduct, consumer protection enforcement, regulatory impacts, and/or deceptive or unfair business practices.

Leading a collaborative team with other researchers, students, or colleagues in a university, research institute, business, non-profit, or government setting on a microeconomic or microeconometric research project, demonstrating an ability to identify and collect appropriate information and/or data to analyze economic theories, issues, or hypotheses. Applying at least graduate-level knowledge of microeconomics and/or microeconometrics to lead novel economic research and/or analysis of antitrust issues, mergers, competition policy, competitive effects of firm conduct, consumer protection enforcement, regulatory impacts, and/or deceptive or unfair business practices in formal written material of publication-level quality.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.