The US Census Bureau’s Demographic Programs Directorate has 3 new job announcements for Pathways Recent Graduate opportunities, which are found on USAJOBS.gov.  The Demographic Programs Directorate has 5 divisions and over 75 branches. The vacancy announcements listed below opened on August 10, 2020 and will close at 11:59 p.m., EDT on August 21, 2020, or when 100 applications are received, whichever comes first.  

Announcement Number: ADDP-2020-0019

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill multiple GS-1530-07 Statistician positions in the Demographic Programs Directorate.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/575673200

Announcement Number: ADDP-2020-0020

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill multiple GS-1530-09 Statistician positions in the Demographic Programs Directorate.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/575673900

Announcement Number: ADDP-2020-0021

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill multiple GS-1530-11 Statistician positions in the Demographic Programs Directorate.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/575674900

Applicants can preview the vacancy questions by clicking on the link at the bottom of the Qualifications and Evaluations section of each announcement. Applicants applying to these announcements should read the “who may apply” section carefully to determine their eligibility/area of consideration.

The Demographic Programs Directorate:

The Demographic Programs Directorate provides relevant and accurate information on the size, distribution, and characteristics of the nation’s population, income and poverty, and housing. In addition to having a vital role in the Decennial Census, Demo is responsible for a vast array of surveys and data products that fill the nation’s need for current information between censuses. We provide information for policy decisions to promote the economic and social well-being of the United States.

 Additionally, the Directorate is responsible for: gathering international demographic data; providing survey and statistical services to other government agencies, such as survey design, data collection, and data processing; maintaining strong partnerships with sponsors and stakeholders; and designing and marketing new products that meet national and international information needs. 

 All interested candidates are invited to apply. Please forward to others who may be interested.

The UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative is recruiting its next cohort of transdisciplinary
post-doctoral fellows. Since 2015, all 10 fellows who have completed the program have secured faculty positions. Five have obtained K awards, and together they have published over 50 first-authored manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. In 2019, we were awarded T32 funding from NIH to support the program, enabling us to expand our already thriving fellowship.

*Opportunity*

We are seeking two postdoctoral candidates to advance innovative discovery, intervention and policy research to help close racial gaps in preterm birth and improve birth outcomes among babies born preterm. Fundamentally, the PTBi is dedicated to addressing racism as a root cause of birth inequity, particularly for Black families. We partner closely with community to develop, test, and disseminate its high impact research.

Given our transdisciplinary approach, we encourage individuals from a wide range of professional and scientific disciplines to apply.  In addition to receiving competitive salaries, fellows are eligible to receive research funding to support fellowship projects and educational stipends to further their training.  Fellows also receive research and career mentorship and participate in regular works-in-progress sessions and professional development workshops.

*Eligibility*

To be eligible for the two-year fellowship, candidates must be a US citizen or permanent resident and have completed a doctoral program. Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, a research concept note, and 3 professional recommendations to Nicole.Santos@ucsf.edu.  We are accepting fellows on a rolling basis; the first round of applications will be reviewed on October 15, 2020.  Please visit our website for more details.

The Division of Research and Methodology (DRM) at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is seeking a survey statistician.  DRM is the central methodological research and development unit for NCHS and includes the Collaborating Center for Statistical Research and Survey Design, the Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research, and the NCHS Research Data Center.

We are currently reviewing applications on a rolling basis and will begin scheduling telephone interviews after August 10. The successful candidate will work in the Office of the Director on a variety of projects related to survey design, measurement, and big data.   The full announcement can be found here.
Please contact Morgan Earp (mearp@cdc.gov) for more information or if you have questions.

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow is looking for a highly motivated network analyst to join the “Relationships and Health” research programme. This long term research post is funded for an initial period of 3.5 years. The successful applicant will:

– Have strong skills in R and inferential network analysis methods
– Work as part of a range of interdisciplinary project teams
– Analyse cross-sectional and longitudinal egonet and sociometric
network data
– Help to design, implement and evaluate network interventions to
improve health

For further information, please contact Mark.McCann@Glasgow.ac.uk or visit the Glasgow University Website and search for vacancy ref 038665.