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Come aboard the Railroad Retirement Board and join us in using creativity, automation and innovation to carry out our mission to administer insurance benefit programs under the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. You can be a part of the team that delivers best-in-class service to railroad workers and their families!

As a Disability Program and Data Analysis Officer for the Railroad Retirement Board's (RRB's) Office of Programs, you will have responsibility for establishing and formulating highly sensitive, special and continuing quality assurance reviews, and statistical and trend analysis of the Railroad Retirement Board's occupational disability program. Major duties include:

• Providing a high level of analytical and advisory services to the Office of Programs and upper echelons of management related to the occupational disability program, including that of a confidential and sensitive nature.
• Responsibility for establishing, planning, and directing data analysis for the Disability Program, and serving as an essential staff member in formulating or developing policy recommendations to Board offices.
• Developing, identifying and overseeing the collection and development of relevant data required for use in the management and direction of the occupational disability program.
• Preparing ad hoc reports and conducting studies as directed, and responsibility for conducting the analysis and review of large amounts of relevant data. Making recommendations resulting from analysis and reviews of data. Analysis and recommendations developed can influence the management and oversight of the occupational disability program and be used to formulate policy, address program vulnerabilities and ensure the integrity of the disability program.
• Addressing irregularities, anomalies, or suspicious patterns or trends in the program.

Specialized experience is defined as progressively responsible experience which includes: applying analytical and evaluative data analysis methods to conduct studies concerning program operations; developing policy recommendations and providing presentations on analytical findings to management; and demonstrated skills using Microsoft Excel to perform analysis on report data. Experience with disability programs is desirable, especially if the experience relates to using data analysis methods to evaluate those programs.

You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position.

You will need to successfully complete a background security investigation before you can be appointed into this position.

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A RESUME ALONE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSES ON OCTOBER 9, 2009. APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED OR RECEIVED ELECTRONICALLY BY THAT DATE.