Statistician GS9 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 aptitude for applied microeconomics, data analysis, and computer programming;

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

·        Excitement about analyzing terabyte size datasets to support competition and consumer protection policy and law enforcement;

·        Experience conducting statistical, econometric, or data analysis tasks such as regression analysis, model evaluation, machine learning, or Natural Language Processing.