Survey Clerk

Job Summary:

This vacancy is for a Survey Clerk (OA) position with the US Census Bureau, located in Lakewood, CO.

The Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Survey Clerk (OA), GS, FPL-05 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate a variety of tasks required in the collection, control, field review, and report statistical data obtained in a major survey or combination of surveys.
• Provide technical assistance to field staff by using automated tools, including addresses and/or respondent search through the internet or other search applications, including mapping software.
• Perform automated searches for case status, documentation for case outcomes, and follow up with field staff on missing or inadequate case information.
• Establish working relationships with all levels of management, external parties, and stakeholders.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualification Requirement:

To be minimally qualified for this position, you MUST have a typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute with three or fewer errors in a five-minute writing sample.

AND Specialized Experience:

For the GS-05, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 in the Federal service.

Experience for this position includes providing office support to a staff and performing clerical duties such as mass mailings, file system management, telephone monitoring, and maintaining program forms and office files; maintaining survey materials, control files, computing ratios, and preparing computerized reports; using Google search or similar search engines, MapQuest or applications similar to Fast Data and Yahoo, using databases such as Access or Excel, conducting searches on specific data elements, reviewing case outcomes, and determining if adequate information is provided or if additional follow up is needed; or working and dealing with multiple customer demands in a professional environment.

OR Education:

4 years of education above high school; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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 Information:

The following links provide information on various hiring authorities that may enable you to apply through merit assignment procedures, or be eligible for a non-competitive appointment.

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The US Census Bureau provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Office.

The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

TTY users can contact the Human Resources Office via the Federal Relay Service,