Senior Economist

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WHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL DIVISION?

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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:

Large Business and International Director Treaty and Trans Pric Ops

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Serves as an authoritative technical advisor within TTPO, contributing technical information regarding economic analysis, informed interpretation of observed economic phenomena, and evaluations of economic movements.
• Responsible for seeing that policy makers and agents are provided with accurate, meaningful, and properly evaluated and understood economic information.
• Assumes full technical responsibility for the effective use of resources and for the interpretation and application of findings.
• Tasks include determination of methodology and preparation of procedures and materials needed for assuring the adequacy of the study's design. Develops and presents support for research plans and findings.
• Reviews economic, statistical and subject matter literature for data relevant to the assigned economic issue.