Statistician GS7 at the Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is accepting applications for Statisticians in the Bureau of Economics. I wanted to reach out to let you know about this great opportunity for seniors and Masters students with coursework in Economics, Statistics, Data Science, or Computer Science. Below, we provide some application information for any of your students that might be interested in the position.

·        Duties

In this role, you will gain real-world experience by working alongside PhD economists to protect consumers and promote competition in the US economy. Statisticians work with economists to support FTC matters, including:

o   providing economic and statistical analysis in support of antitrust investigations, cases, and rulemaking

o   conducting academic research and developing reports on the functioning of markets in the economy

To learn more information about the experience of a Statistician at the FTC please visit: https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-economics/careers-ftc-bureau-economics/statistician-recruiting

The ideal candidate for this position has:

·        A strong interest in and intuition for applied microeconomics;

·        Proficiency in programming languages widely used in economics, statistics, and/or data science such as Stata, R, or Python;

·        Excitement about conducting data analysis on a wide range of datasets in support of consumer protection and competition missions of the FTC;

·        Interest and aptitude in working with PhD economists on economics research projects that serve the mission of the FTC; and

·        A desire to grow and build on skills in data analysis and microeconomics.