Industry Economist

About this role

Qualification Criteria Step 1. All candidates must first meet the educational qualification requirements. Educational requirements are as follows: Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus OR combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics plus appropriate experience or additional education. Step 2.

For candidates who meet the educational qualification requirements, their resumes will be sent forward to the subject matter experts for further review. Resumes will be reviewed to determine if candidates meet the required qualification criteria and the required competencies for each grade. GS-12 Qualification Criteria-SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Candidates must have one year of specialized experience which is equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as follows: 1. (1) candidate has performed research used in publications in peer-reviewed journals (even if candidate is not an author of a peer-reviewed journal publication) focused on applied microeconomics, industrial organization, or the economics of telecommunications or other network industries, including but not limited to industry-relevant technological innovation and/or (2) candidate has assisted senior economists in the teaching of economics courses focused on applied microeconomics, industrial organization, or the economics of telecommunications or other network industries, including but not limited to industry-relevant technological innovation.

and/or (3) candidate has contributed to agency policymaking involving microeconomics analysis focused on applied microeconomics, industrial organization, or the economics of telecommunications or other network industries, including but not limited to industry-relevant technological innovation. GS-12 Competencies: Ability to serve as a technical advisor on economic issues in telecommunications and regulatory policy, displaying expertise in the areas of industrial organization, applied microeconomics, and/or econometrics; Ability to specify and implement processes and strategies to compile, clean, and verify economic data from primary and secondary sources--including direct interaction with survey respondents or data-generating entities; Ability to independently conduct comprehensive economic research and analyses involving technical and economic aspects and regulation of the telecommunications, wireless and/or media industries; Demonstrated skill with statistical or similar analytical software tools (e.g., Python, R, SAS, Power BI, Stata) needed to organize and summarize data; Ability to present to audiences with varying levels of expertise; Ability to independently develop narrative, statistical, and/or graphical reports of research and analysis, including policy recommendations by leveraging foundational knowledge of economic principles and concepts; Ability to collaborate with others and work with a multidisciplinary team to produce unified and comprehensive analyses; and Demonstrated ability to think critically and completely about the economic impacts of policy changes, legislation, and other events.