Interdisciplinary Economist/Statistician

The Economist/Statistician plays a role in handling various data-related tasks and projects. They lead in producing, sharing, and promoting precise mortgage and housing statistics. Desired expertise in economics, statistics, housing finance, accounting, and knowledge of credit, financial and regulatory reporting. Proficiency in research, analysis, assessment, programming, and data analytics with formal training in economics, statistics, or a related quantitative field.

Division of Research & Statistics (DRS)

DRS carries out its work through four main organizational areas - the Office of Research and Analysis (ORA), the Office of Data and Statistics (ODS), the Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO), and the Climate Change and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Branch. ORA is responsible for producing and disseminating high quality research and analysis related to housing market and housing finance. ODS is responsible for primary collection, development, production, management, validation, documentation, and dissemination of data and statistics over several key FHFA datasets. OCDO supports FHFA in managing and leveraging data as a strategic asset by improving data governance, lifecycle data management, analytics capabilities, and public data dissemination for DRS and throughout the Agency. The Climate Change and ESG Branch provides the coordination needed to achieve the Agency's Climate Change and ESG strategic objectives and leads the Agency's research on climate change.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

The Interdisciplinary Economist/Statistician duties listed below are at the EL-11 level. The incumbent will perform the following duties with varying levels of supervision and difficulty:

• Performs various aspects of the lifecycle of data: design, development, collection, storage, production, validation, management, maintenance, documentation, dissemination, usage, and user support.
• Conducts primary data collection of administrative and survey data, including mortgage, borrower, and property data.
• Conducts validation and quality assessment of data to produce and disseminate accurate and reliable data and statistics.
• Conducts survey design, questionnaire design, sampling, survey weights, data imputation, non-response analysis, and bias analysis.
• Conducts research, analysis, assessment, modeling, and programming to improve production and dissemination of housing and mortgage data and statistics.
• Writes and disseminates technical documentation, technical reports, statistical blogs, analytical insights, and research papers, including internal and external presentations.
• Develops, creates, and produces statistical products, including dashboards and other similar tools.
• Provides support of internal and external users of the data and statistics produced and disseminated by the office.
• Communicates with users of data and statistics to improve and further development data and statistics.
• Monitors developments in data and quantitative methods and industry best practices in economics, statistics, housing finance, and credit, financial, and regulatory reporting to improve and further develop data production and dissemination.
• Provides technical information and briefings to peers and senior staff in the agency, regulated entities, industry groups, and the public.
• Performs other duties as assigned.