The Statistical Support Branch plays a crucial role in designing, implementing, and managing data systems that the CPSC uses to collect quantitative and qualitative information about deaths and injuries related to consumer products. This includes the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), which is a statistical sample of Emergency Departments across the U.S. that report visits related to consumer products and injuries. Data from NEISS are utilized by the CPSC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), other federal agencies, non-governmental researchers, hospitals, manufacturers, and consumers globally.
Interested candidates can find more details and apply for the position on USAJOBS – Job Announcement. The application deadline is September 23, 2024, at midnight.
Duties
As a Statistician (Health), the selectee will:
- Monitor and evaluate the quality of data from multiple sources, including the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), death certificates, investigations, and other surveillance data.
- Develop and implement text analytics and machine learning-based tools to evaluate and classify injury and product hazards in NEISS and other data sources.
- Use statistical software and programming tools such as SAS and Python to develop programs for data processing, cleaning, preparation, analysis, and reporting.
- Support current processes, data management, and reporting while also working to identify, recommend, and implement improvements in workflows and quality control programs.
- Provide reports for internal and external dissemination, such as product injury summary reports which may include coefficients of variation and population rates.
- Design, monitor, and evaluate statistical studies and questionnaires in collaboration or consultation with staff from other Divisions or other government agencies.
- Provide technical expertise to support statistical analyses of trends in injury and mortality surveillance data.
- Prepare technical reports and presentations to acquaint internal and external customers with uses and limitations of Commission data.
- Provide organizational support to project initiatives (e.g., preparing agendas, project plans, presentations, and reports; coordinating meetings; maintaining records).