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JANUARY 4, 2024

BJS job vacancy


Now hiring: BJS Statistician (Social Science)

BJS seeks Statisticians (Social Science) at the GS-11 through GS-12 levels to be part of one or more teams carrying out statistical data collections and programs in criminal victimization, law enforcement, corrections, courts, recidivism, or special projects. Job duties include?

  • consulting and collaborating with criminal justice agency representatives including state, tribal, and local governmental officials, consumers, and/or personnel within the Department of Justice to advise about ongoing and established statistical studies or other projects where extensive methodological or subject-matter advice and interpretation is required
  • performing various statistical data collection activities, such as preparing, processing, analyzing, and coordinating core and periodic data collections
  • ensuring the effective collection of statistical data and the use of appropriate collection systems to satisfy immediate, mid-range, and long-term statistical data collection requirements
  • managing, leading, or performing work applying statistical theories, techniques, and methods for gathering, studying, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting on statistical information
  • preparing a variety of statistical products, questionnaires, reports, presentations, and other written documentation that support statistical findings and dissemination for audiences including the criminal justice community, Congress, Department officials, and the general public.

Applications are due by January 23, 2024.

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, PhD, is the acting director.

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