[Jobs] Census Opportunities

[Leora Lawton]

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*From:* jennifer.hunter.childs at census.gov [jennifer.hunter.childs at census.gov
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*Sent:* Wednesday, May 14, 2014 2:04 PM
*To:* AAPORnet
*Subject:* [aapor-net] U.S. Census Bureau vacancies

  The US Census Bureau has several vacancies that will be filled through a
GS-1530 Vacancy Announcement.    Here is the link:
http<http://www.census.gov/hrd/www/jobs/ssdmstat.html>
://www.census.gov/hrd/www/jobs/ssdmstat.html<http://www.census.gov/hrd/www/jobs/ssdmstat.html>

Among the types of individuals being sought are a *Social Scientist or
Linguist*:

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:

- The incumbent must be fully bilingual (comparable to a native speaker) in
Spanish and English and must have excellent speaking, writing and reading
skills in these languages. Fluency in additional languages aside from
Spanish also of interest.

- The incumbent possesses an ability to apply knowledge of linguistics to
converse and translate fluently from Spanish into English and from English
into Spanish and accurately reflect the intent and meaning of the original
material. Comparable knowledge of other non-English languages also of
interest.
- The incumbent has knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social
sciences, with in-depth knowledge of the language issues such as
bilingualism, linguistic isolation, language socialization, language choice
in various interaction venues, or language policy are essential for conduct
of this research.
- The incumbent has experience with application of social science and/or
linguistic concepts to the field of survey methodology.



DUTIES / TASKS:

- The incumbent conducts research with particular focus on social factors
in the use of both English and Spanish language in the questionnaire
development process, including issues of design and
implementation. Research with other non-English languages also of interest.

- The incumbent plans and carries out questionnaire pretesting, including
such methods as cognitive interviewing, focus groups, behavior coding or
other appropriate methods to which the incumbent's expertise is relevant.

- The incumbent participates in other methodological research conducted by
the Center for Survey Measurement to investigate and identify solutions to
nonsampling errors in surveys conducted by the Census Bureau.

- The incumbent reports the results of the research to ensure both the
improvement of Census Bureau survey products and to advance knowledge in
the survey research field generally.



 Jennifer Hunter Childs
AAPOR Associate Membership and Chapter Relations Chair

Research Psychologist, Center for Survey Measurement
Research and Methodology Directorate
U.S. Census Bureau
Cell: 202-603-4827
 Office: 304-728-4932
Personal: 571-263-5813
E-mail: Jennifer.hunter.childs at census.gov<https://box538.bluehost.com:2096/cpsess278793810/3rdparty/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?send_to=Jennifer.hunter.childs@census.gov>

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Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
350K Barrows Hall
(of) 510-643-1270
(m) 510-928-7572
www.popcenter.berkeley.edu
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