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Enforcement Economist

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Economics logo

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Washington - United States
S: 116,872-213,093

This position is located at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ENFORCEMENT. As an Enforcement Economist, you will conduct complex data and economic analysis and use econometric models and compliance analytics on difficult and complex topics related to consumer financial markets.

Responsibilities
As an Enforcement Economist, you will:

Provides expert advice to attorneys; supports and participates in drafting discovery requests; helps select, works with, and supports external testifying expert witnesses; and provides testimony in support of the CFPB's cases, as appropriate.
Takes full technical responsibility for independent analysis projects and research plans through their entire lifecycle, including but not limited to identifying issues, assessing different potential methodologies, assembling data sets, completing analyses, and presenting results.
Develops data, document, and narrative response requests to obtain information for economic, statistical, mathematical, and econometric analysis of investigational subjects' acts and practices for conformance with consumer financial protection law.
Independently identifies potential problems in consumer financial markets and anticipates the need for economic knowledge and plans accordingly.

Conditions of Employment
The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Key Requirements:
Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."
Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National
A Public Trust background investigation will be required
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience: For the CN-60, you must have at least one year of specialized experience performing Economist functions equivalent to the CN-53 level (For qualification purposes, the CN-53 is broadly equivalent to the GS-13) that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Specialized experience is defined as:
Planning and executing economic research projects, using appropriate theoretical models, statistical and analytical techniques (such as statistical analysis, geospatial analysis, or predictive modeling; AND
Using statistical packages, such as SAS, STATA, SPSS, Tableau, R or SQL; AND
Conducting data and economic analyses on topics related to consumer financial markets; AND
Compiling and analyzing macro data sets to construct tables or graphs that capture key findings.
We also take the selectee's skill set into account. Applicants should note that salary offers seldom fall near the upper end of the salary range as listed in this vacancy announcement. Salary may be set from the minimum of the salary range to the midpoint of the salary range. In some instances, based on a selectee's extensive experience directly related to the position, salary may be set at or above the mid-point up to the maximum salary for that band level. See information on our base pay ranges and salary structure.

Our comprehensive benefits are among the most generous in the federal government. They include:- Challenging and rewarding work benefiting American consumers - Opportunities for development and advancement- Comprehensive Federal health, vision, dental, life, and long-term care insurance programs- Learn more about Federal benefits programs at: http://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/201706_cfpb_benefits.pdf

Education
Basic Requirements:

Degree: Economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus.
OR
Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Examples of qualifying experience include: (a) individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation; (b) supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; or (c) teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1)personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.
Experience in related fields that did not involve the use and understanding of economic principles and theories may not be used as qualifying experience for these positions. Special attention on this point should be given to certain types of work that may or may not have provided professional economic experience. The following examples of work require special care in such determinations: (a) economic statistics; (b) industrial surveys; (c) management of individual business enterprises, including farms; (d) industrial planning; (e) writing or editorial work in economic subjects; and (f) financial market analysis. The education must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S.

Job summary

Employer:

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Location:

Washington, United States

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Sector:

Government Economist

Salary:

116,872-213,093

Job Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full-Time

Posted:

8th September 2021

Apply By:

21st September 2021

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