City and County of San Francisco

Under direction, performs responsible technical work involving the gathering, analyzing and reporting of statistical data; and performs related duties as required. Requires responsibility for: carrying out and interpreting existing policies and methods in compiling and analyzing, verifying and presenting statistical data; making contacts with division and departmental heads and with persons at all levels requiring explanation and interpretation on specialized statistical matters; checking and reviewing important operational, financial, personnel and technical records involving analysis, research and statistical compilation.

1. Assembles, checks, tabulates, analyzes, evaluates and interprets statistical data in preparing routine and special reports for the benefit of administrative, technical and professional personnel.

2. Supervises and participates in the production of daily, monthly, annual and special reports such as those required for public and inter-governmental information on health, probation, crime, education, budget, personnel, accounting and attendance.

3. Develops new applications of established statistical methods and techniques of operation in the installation of special survey and research problems.

4. Interprets the results of statistical analyses through pictorial, verbal, tabular and graphic presentations of data at staff conferences or through consultation with administrative, professional and technical personnel.

5. Plans the collection of primary and secondary data, applying sampling criteria and selected statistical formulae to determine central tendency, dispersion, skewness, trend, correlation, and other calculated statistical measures.

6. May supervise or assist in the direction of clerical personnel in the processing of routine reports and summaries by mechanical or hand tabulating and in the development of new coding and tabulation procedures.

7. Furnishes statistical information to departmental staff, public agencies and other interested persons, performing related public relations and publicity function as necessary.

Requires good knowledge of: mathematical and statistical methods; modern office procedures; research techniques and methods; office machine an data processing procedures and techniques.

Requires ability to: plan, outline and carry out statistical procedures in the compilation, analyzation, verification and presentation of data in varied forms; exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions; work effectively with others.

Requires completion of a four year college or university with a baccalaureate degree, with major course work in mathematics and statistics, or closely related fields.
 
Requires on year of experience in statistical analysis and interpretation; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.