When vacancies occur, the names of eligibles available for employment in the county where the vacancy is located will be certified in grade order for employment consideration. This position is covered by Federal Social Security and by the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System. Each application must be accompanied by a transcript of all undergraduate and graduate college or university credit in order for applications to be evaluated. This is beginning-level statistical and research work involving the gathering, analysis, and reporting of statistical data. An employee of this class performs work involving the application of statistical methods to the tabulation and analysis of varied social, economic, health and other data pertaining to the activities of an agency.
Work includes assembling data and preparing summary trends.
The employee exercises some judgment in the analysis of data and in noting deviations from established trends. Supervision may be exercised over a small group of employees performing routine tabulating and checking activities. The employee follows established procedures and works within the scope of rather specific instructions. Work is subject to review by a higher level research analyst or another administrative superior. The entrance requirements are used to admit or reject applicants for merit system examinations, or may be used to evaluate applicants for employment in positions not requiring selection from merit system registers.