[PMAGList] PMAG: SES Vacancy Announcement: Census - Chief, Population Division

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Census has asked PMAG to distribute the following Vacancy Announcement 
to the PMI/F community.  Please forward if you know someone who might 
be appropriate.

                         SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
                           VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

             U.S. Department of Commerce - U. S. Census Bureau


Announcement Number:     CEN-05-06P
Position:           Chief, Population Division (Interdisciplinary)
Opening Date:       05/23/05
Closing Date:       07/26/05 (Applications must be received by close of 
business - 5:00 p.m.)
Location:           U. S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland
Pay Plan/Series:         ES-1530/1529
Salary Range:       $107,550 - $162,100
Area of Consideration:   Applications will be accepted from US Citizens.

MAJOR DUTIES:
The Chief of the Population Division (POP) is responsible for:  
developing, coordinating, and carrying out the
primary Federal Government program for providing information on the 
demographic and social characteristics
of the population; plans and directs a continuous research program into 
the needs for such data by the Federal
Government, state and local governments, business and industrial 
organizations, planning and welfare
organizations, and the social science community; directs the conduct of 
research to determine what new data are
needed to fill gaps in the overall government program for demographic 
statistics that describe trends that can
influence policy development needed to deal with short-range and 
long-range social problems (such as changes
in the volume and size of household formation, patterns of family 
composition, age structure, racial and ethnic
composition, childhood and old age dependence, suburbanization, and 
commuting patterns); and directs
research on the potential for collecting reliable data around the new 
or changed concepts and developing
suitable survey techniques.

The incumbent is responsible for applying the principles of Equal 
Employment Opportunity (EEO) and
becoming acquainted with the official EEO policy of the Department of 
Commerce.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Executive Core Qualifications and Professional and Technical 
Qualifications:  Applicants are required to
submit a separate statement addressing each of the Executive Core 
Qualifications (ECQs) and each of the
Professional and Technical Qualifications (PTQs).  A narrative 
description of 1-2 pages per ECQ and PTQ is
normally sufficient.   When addressing the ECQs and PTQs, statements 
that describe personal beliefs or
philosophies should be avoided.  Each response should include a brief 
summary of the applicant's executive
experience in relation to the specific ECQ and PTQ and specific 
examples of accomplishments.  Please review
the complete guide to writing executive qualifications at 
www.opm.gov/ses.

Executive Core Qualifications: 1.LEADING CHANGE 2.LEADING PEOPLE 
3.RESULTS DRIVEN
4.BUSINESS ACUMEN 5.BUILDING COALITIONS/COMMUNICATION

Professional and Technical Qualifications:
1. 1530 Series- 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, biological, or statistical 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--courses as shown above, plus appropriate 
experience or additional education. That
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.  (List degree and/or course information only.)OR

1529 Series- A degree that included 24 semester hours of mathematics 
and statistics, of which at least 12
semester hours were in mathematics and 6 semester hours were in 
statistics OR a combination of education and
experience--at least 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, 
including at least 12 hours in mathematics
and 6 hours in statistics, plus appropriate experience or additional 
education.  Courses acceptable toward
meeting the mathematics course requirement above must have included at 
least four of the following:
differential calculus, integral calculus, advanced calculus, theory of 
equations, vector analysis, advanced
algebra, linear algebra, mathematical logic, differential equations, or 
any other advanced course in mathematics
for which one of these was a prerequisite.  Courses in mathematical 
statistics or probability theory with a
prerequisite of elementary calculus or more advanced courses will be 
accepted toward meeting the mathematics
requirements, with the provision that the same course cannot be counted 
toward both the mathematics and the
statistics requirement.  The experience offered in combination with 
educational courses should include evidence
of statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, 
and analyzing statistical data, and (c)
applying known statistical techniques to data such as measurement of 
central tendency, dispersion, skewness,
sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, 
and tests of significance.  (List degree
and/or course information only.)

2. Experience that provides sufficiently broad knowledge of statistical 
survey methodology, data collection
methodology, demographic estimation techniques, social science 
research, data capture, and computer
processing systems sufficient to manage the Census Bureau's Population 
Division programs.

3. Experience which has given knowledge of statistical needs of the 
broad range of data users including
government policy makers, other statistical agencies, such as the 
Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, and private industry.

Background and/or Security Investigation required.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
A panel of senior executives will distinguish the best qualified 
candidates from other applicants based on a
review of each applicant's ECQs, as appropriate, and PTQs.  Failure to 
meet all qualifications automatically
disqualifies an applicant.  Eligibility for this position will be based 
upon a clear showing that the applicant has
experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry out 
the assignments of the position.  Persons
tentatively selected for appointment to SES positions must have their 
ECQs approved by the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM).

HOW TO APPLY:
You must submit your application so that it will be received by the 
closing date of the announcement.

Submit an original and 3 copies of the following documents:
Resume/Optional Form 612/Other (include the vacancy announcement number)
ECQ and PTQ Statements - Each applicant is required to submit a 
separate statement addressing each of the
Executive Core and Professional and Technical Qualifications for the 
position.
Current and former career SES members only - A copy of the most recent 
SF-50 documenting your SES
career appointment.  (No response to ECQ statements is required.)
SES Candidate Development Program graduates only  - A copy of your OPM 
Qualifications Review Board
certification.  (No response to ECQ statements is required.)

IMPORTANT ADDRESS INFORMATION:
1. You must address all mail processed through the United States Postal 
Services (USPS), (This includes mail
such as Express, Priority, Registered, etc.) to: ATTN:  Nancy Osborn, 
U. S. Census Bureau, Human
Resources Division, Executive Resources Program, Room 3233, FB-3, 4700 
Silver Hill Road, Washington,
DC 20233-1400.  Please be aware that the Census Bureau's USPS mail 
service is very slow.

2. If using a carrier OTHER than the U.S. Postal Service (e. g., FedEx, 
UPS, Airborne, etc.), you must address
it to: ATTN: Nancy Osborn, U. S. Census Bureau, Human Resources 
Division, Executive Resources
Program, Room 3233, FB-3, 4700 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD  20746

DUE TO USPS PROCEDURES AND CENSUS BUREAU SECURITY OPERATIONS, MAIL NOT
ADDRESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE RETURNED TO
THE SENDER.

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
A panel of senior executives will distinguish the best qualified 
candidates from other applicants based on a
review of each applicant's ECQs, as appropriate, and PTQs.  Failure to 
meet all qualifications automatically
disqualifies an applicant.  Eligibility for this position will be based 
upon a clear showing that the applicant has
experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry out 
the assignments of the position.  Persons
tentatively selected for appointment to SES positions must have their 
ECQs approved by the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM).

OTHER INFORMATION:
The materials you send with your application will not be returned.

If you left federal employment and received a buyout and you are 
selected for this position, you may be required
to repay the full amount of the buyout to the agency that paid you.

You will be required to serve a probationary period of 1 year.  Filing 
of the Executive Personnel Financial
Disclosure Report is required if selected for this position (Ethics in 
Government Act P.L. 95-251).  Public law
requires all new appointees to submit proof of identity/employment 
eligibility.

If selected, male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must confirm 
their selective service registration
status.

In accordance with 5 USC 3303, any recommendation by Members of 
Congress, Congressional employees,
elected State or local government officials, political party officials 
or other individuals or organizations making
the recommendation on the basis of the party affiliation of the 
applicant is prohibited.  Executive Branch
agencies are barred from accepting or considering prohibited political 
recommendations, and indeed, are
required to return to the individual any prohibited political 
recommendation with reference to statutory
prohibition.  Such officials may supply a statement which "relates 
solely to the character and residence" of the
individual.

Applicants must apply at their own expense.  Applications mailed in 
Government postage-paid envelopes will
not be accepted.

This vacancy may be accessed via the Internet at www.usajobs.opm.gov.  
For more information, contact the
Executive Resources Staff on (301) 763-3727.

Relocation expenses may be paid.

This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with 
disabilities.  If you need a
reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring 
process, please notify the Human
Resources Division at 301-763-3371.  The decision on granting 
reasonable accommodation will be on a
case-by-case basis.  TTY users can contact us via the Federal Relay 
Service, 1-800-877-8339.

The Department of Commerce does not condone or tolerate discrimination 
based on race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, physical or mental disability, or sexual 
orientation.