POSITION: Statistician
OPENING DATE: September 20, 2017
CLOSING DATE: October 4, 2017
WORK HOURS: Full-time, 40 hours/week
ANNUAL SALARY: Ordinarily Resident (OR): FSN-10; US$20,248(Starting Salary)
Not-Ordinarily Resident (NOR): FP-5; US$59,387(Starting Salary)

Final grade/step for NORs will be determined by Washington.
ALL ORDINARILY RESIDENT (OR) APPLICANTS (See Appendix for definition) MUST HAVE THE
REQUIRED WORK AND/OR RESIDENCY PERMITS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
The U.S. Mission in Hanoi, Vietnam is seeking eligible and qualified applicant for the position of
Statistician in its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications received, we will only contact applicants who are qualified
and will be invited for further testing and/or interview. Thank you for your understanding.

BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION
Incumbent of this position will provide expert technical assistance in compiling selected data and
interpreting on-going statistical activities in support of CDC-funded cooperative agreement projects in
Vietnam. The incumbent will be responsible for all statistical tasks of assigned projects and programs.
He/she will assist in the development of surveys, studies, and evaluations with specific support in the
areas of adequate sample size calculation, sampling schema, data management, and appropriate
analysis and interpretation of data collected. The incumbent will document methodologies, procedures
used in the compilation, analysis of data, as well as data sources and limitations of estimates and
guidelines for their use. He/she will assist in the creation/extraction of data sets for analysis and in the
programming, execution, presentation and reporting of analyses, assist in developing data analysis plans
in collaboration with non-statistical staff team members with the support of the technical team lead. The
incumbent will research techniques and methodologies, serve as the technical point of contact for the
application of statistical techniques and methods in the processing and analysis of data in the abovedescribed
areas including calculating sample size for surveys and studies. He/she also will translate
technical reports as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
Applicants must address each required qualification listed below with specific information
supporting each item. Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not
qualified.
1. EDUCATION: A Master’s degree in the field of Statistics, Biostatistics or Medical Statistics is required.
2. EXPERIENCE: At least two years working experience in a supervisory data management, or
programming and analysis position in the health field; and in advanced analysis using STATA, RDSAT
and other statistical software such as SAS, SPSS is required.
3. LANGUAGE: Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English is required
(this will be tested).
Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing Vietnamese is required.
4. SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Must have a thorough knowledge of statistical computing software. The
ability to assess the requirements of a project and determine the most efficient and timely statistical
techniques to achieve these goals is required.
5. JOB KNOWLEDGE: Must have in-depth, comprehensive, and evolving knowledge of statistical and
mathematical analysis techniques integrated with computer applications is required. Knowledge of
parametric and non-parametric techniques along with categorical, longitudinal, and repeated crosssectional
data analysis is required to provide needed statistical support.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: The complete position description listing all of the duties and
responsibilities may be obtained by contacting the Human Resources Office (84-4) 3850-5126 or (84-4)
3850-5127
HIRING PREFERENCE SELECTION PROCESS: When qualified, applicants in the following hiring
preference categories are extended a hiring preference in the order listed below. Therefore, it is
essential that these applicants accurately describe their status on the application. Failure to do so may
result in a determination that the applicant is not eligible for a hiring preference

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