Job Title: Regional Economist, CG-0110-13/14

Duties
At the full performance level, major duties include:

• Performs economic analysis of the financial services industry, the financial markets, real estate markets, FDIC-insured commercial banks and thrifts, as well as national, international, and regional economic developments.
• Plans, performs and provides complex financial and economic analyses related to identifying existing and emerging aggregate risks to the Corporation's deposit insurance fund.
• Perform economic analysis for incorporation into studies, policy decisions, executive briefings, and testimony.
• Design and use financial and data analysis models.
• Conduct continuous reviews of economic, banking, and financial and related matters to keep abreast of current developments in those areas.
• Participate in the design, production, and administration of FDIC publications to disseminate analysis to supervisory personnel, senior management of the Corporation, other regulators, the industry, and the public.
• Attend meetings with Corporation officials, representatives of other federal and state regulatory agencies, and representatives of financial institutions and private industry.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
Registration with the Selective Service.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Employment Conditions.
Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.
Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here.

To qualify, applicants must meet the Basic Requirements and the minimum qualifications to qualify for each grade they wish to be considered for.

Basic Requirement:

A. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
In addition to meeting the Basic Requirement above, applicants must also meet the minimum qualifications to be considered:

CG-13

To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 12 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as work as an Economist using principles and theories to perform analyses of the financial services industry; financial markets; real estate markets; and national, international, or regional economic developments; to design and use financial and data analysis models; and to analyze written reports and quantitative data.

CG-14

To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 13 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as work as an Economist using principles and theories to perform analyses of the financial services industry; financial markets; real estate markets; and national, international, or regional economic developments; to design and use financial and data analysis models; and to analyze written reports and quantitative data. This experience requires conceptualization of large or complex economic problems (such as but not limited to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculations, economic forecasting and/or modeling, recessionary effects, real estate, energy, agriculture, fiscal policy implications, international economic impact on the national economy) and the development of new techniques and original methods.

Education
See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.

Additional information

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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If you are found qualified, you will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration. The competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) you will be assessed on are listed below:

• Professional knowledge of the principles, theories, research methods, and techniques of economics and finance (particularly as they apply to the financial system and the operation of depository institutions), and demonstrated ability to apply such knowledge.
• Ability to perform financial and economic analysis to evaluate risk to the banking system and present data in forms such as studies, policy decisions, and testimony.
• Ability to conduct advisory work regarding the economic aspects of institutional programs or services.
• Ability to perform economic research to develop financial and econometric models current to economic developments.
• Ability to communicate in writing.
• Ability to communicate orally. Ability to organize, direct, and coordinate complex research programs related to economic policy, the financial system, and banking operations. You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.

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