Economist - Customs and Border Protection

Basic Requirement: You must provide supporting documentation in your application to show you meet the basic requirement below. 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 in above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. You qualify for this position if you possess one year of specialized experience as described below and meet the basic requirement listed above. Experience: You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Assisting with portions of major, complex economic analyses and cost-benefit evaluations of regulatory actions related to the movement of people, international cargo, and international trade/customs revenue functions. Conducting background economic research; developing regulatory baselines; identifying potential costs, benefits, and alternatives; gathering required data (including expert elicitation); and performing the necessary economic calculations for regulatory analyses. Using quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques to produce complete, transparent, meticulously documented, and reproducible economic analyses that assess national, regional, and local economic impacts. Drafting portions of regulatory impact analyses and other written reports that describe the regulatory action, affected parties, and analytical methods in a manner accessible to a broad audience. Reviewing regulations and supporting analyses from other organizational components; participating in intra- and inter-agency workgroups on homeland security, customs revenue, and international trade policies; and synthesizing innovative ideas for economic analysis, data collection, presentation, and methodologies. Education Substitution GS-11: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or an equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in any field, or L.L.M for the experience required at the GS-11 grade level. Such education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise three years of graduate study. If that information is not available, use 54 semester or 81 quarter hours. You are required to submit proof of your claim. Combining Education and Experience: To combine your education and experience, you must convert each to a percentage and then add the percentages. The combined total of your percentage of education and experience must equal at least 100% in order to qualify. If your education is currently described in quarter hours, convert the quarter hours into semester hours by multiplying the quarter hours by the fraction 2/3. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, divide the number of graduate semester hours in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level, by 18. To determine your percentage of qualifying experience, you must divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by the required number of months of experience. Add your percentages of education and experience. The two percentages must total at least 100%. Experience: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Conducting independent cost-benefit and regulatory impact analyses of moderately to highly complex regulatory actions, including developing regulatory baselines, assessing quantitative and qualitative costs and benefits. Applying advanced economic theory and quantitative/qualitative research methods-using statistical/econometric software and other analytical tools-to collect, analyze, and interpret economic data related to border security, passenger and cargo movement, international trade, and customs revenue issues. Planning, organizing, and executing all phases of economic studies or segments of larger projects, from problem definition and hypothesis formulation through data collection, analysis, interpretation of results, and preparation of clear, well-documented, and reproducible reports suitable for inclusion in public rulemaking dockets. Reviewing proposed regulations and supporting analyses from other organizational components; contributing professional economic expertise in intra- and interagency workgroups; and helping to develop or standardize methods and best practices for regulatory analysis to support policy development and continuity. Communicating complex economic concepts, methods, and findings-both orally and in writing-to senior management, interagency partners, and non-technical stakeholders, including defending analytical approaches, addressing skepticism, and negotiating or building consensus among parties with differ