Position Description

AC# 510020020151

Preparation date: 8/ 9/ 2002

Validate: YES

Org: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Div:

Incumbent Name: VACANCY

Career Path: ZP

Series: 0110

Band : 3

Title: Economist

Function:

31 Data Collection, Processing, and Analysis

Principal Objective:

Serves as a Regional Economist and performs, coordinates, and evaluates economic investigations and studies in connection with water resources development surveys, design memorandum, and detailed project reports.

Series Definition:

Requires application of professional knowledge of economics in performance of duties that include research into economic phenomena, analysis of economic data, preparation of interpretive reports, and advice and consultation on economic matters to governmental officials & the private sector.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Carries out projects as a full member of a research team or as an independent researcher under general direction and guidance on project objectives, limits, work plans, and conclusions, assessing accuracy and reliability of results and documenting assignments according to accepted principles and methods; or performs nonresearch engineering, economic, statistical, or computer services as an independent technical specialist or analyst in a specific area; or performs other scientific services at an equivalent level of difficulty.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Graduate, or equivalent, full-performance level knowledge of the theories, principles, and methods of a technical professional field and of a specialty within that field, and the ability to define problems, perform background research, develop, and execute a project plan, organize and evaluate results, and prepare reports of findings.

Incumbent's Supervisory Responsibilties:

Employee does not meet supervisor titling criteria.

Specialty Description:

011060 Economics -Impact Assessment Research and analyze indicators of prospective economic impact of alternative program decisions by DoC in providing infrastructure support for U. S. industry and Government programs; work collaboratively with, and write for, senior scientists and engineers, managers, industry specialists, economists, and policy makers across forefronts of multiple technologies of designated NIST program areas; develop new economic methodologies as needed. Requires knowledge of science, engineering, technologies, economics, industrial competitiveness, and analytical writing.

Position-Specific Key Phrases:

Prepares or guides the preparation of the economic portions of reports in connection with proposed or authorized water resources improvement projects.

Position Requirements:

This position requires the submision of a Financial Disclosure Form, SF450.

Position Sensitivity:

This is a Low Risk position.