Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to those eligible under CTAP or ICTAP; current/former competitive service employees; and excepted service employees who are eligible based on their agency's Interchange Agreement with OPM.

As the Director, Staffing, Classification and Processing Division, you will:

• Serve as the senior Supervisory HR Specialist managing all operational aspects of the NNSA human resources (HR) management program, to include federal senior executive and non-senior executive recruitment and staffing; classification; compensation; and personnel actions processing required to support NNSA across the nuclear weapons complex.
• Conceive and develop personnel program enhancements that directly benefit the delivery of HR services and that form the foundation of innovative recruitment, staffing, and succession planning initiatives that enhance NNSA's recruiting strategies and techniques, anticipate and prevent skills imbalances, and assess and redress skills gaps, with minimal employee and organizational disruptions.
• Manage the work of the office through subordinate staff and supervisors. The assigned supervisory and managerial duties and authorities are made more complex due to geographic dispersion of the subordinate staff and customer organizations, quickly evolving HR management policies and practices pertaining to Competitive and Excepted Service HR systems; Demonstration Project pay and performance systems; and the urgent, highly sensitive national security nature of the work of NNSA.
• Communicate daily with internal program staff, internal OHR partners, and various external partners.
• Initiate and maintain regular and recurring contacts with high-ranking civilian supervisors and senior management officials in NNSA headquarters and administrative staff, or comparable personnel in other Federal agencies; contracting project officers and high-level technical staff of M&O firms, etc.
• Effectively develops and responds in writing to a variety of correspondence including high level inquiries internal and external to NNSA.
• Develop and promulgate short- and long-range program plans/strategies and policy guidance, including resource levels and program priorities, overall requirements, schedules, milestones and reporting.
• Produce Standard Operating Procedures, respond in writing to requests for information form a variety of sources, recommend written guidance at local operating level and recommend written instructions for wide dissemination to all levels within the NNSA organization.

Conditions of employment

• Subject to Random Drug Testing
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
• Favorable suitability determination required.
• Financial Disclosure is required.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain a Q level Security Clearance.
• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• Compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) governing personal identity which will require that you provide two forms of identification.
• May be required to successfully complete a one (1) year probationary or two (2) year trial period. Employees serving on a probationary or trial period may be terminated at any time during the probationary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service.
• May be required to successfully complete a one (1) year supervisory probationary period.
• Please limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, you will be disqualified.

Probationary periods are required for new employees appointed to competitive service positions for the first time; or reinstated employees who return to Federal service after a break in service of 30-days or more and who have not completed a probationary period will need to complete the requirement. Trial periods are required for all excepted service employees. Trial periods served in the same position and agency with no break in service will satisfy the requirement.

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA Demonstration Project pay band NQ-03 or GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

1. Advising senior level managers and employees on both Senior Executive Service (SES) and non-SES regulations, policies and procedures of Title 5 in the areas of staffing and recruitment, pay and compensation, personnel action processing and classification.
2. Leading teams toward achieving objectives and goals in staffing and recruitment, pay and compensation, personnel action processing and classification.
3. Recommending and implementing improvements in processes and procedures for staffing and recruitment, pay and compensation, personnel action processing and classification.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. If you are eligible for career transition assistance plans such as ICTAP or CTAP, you must meet the definition of "well qualified" which is defined as having a score of 85 or better.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

THE APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS WILL BE IN TWO STAGES:

Minimum Qualifications: Once the application process is complete, the Human Resources Office will review the first two pages of your resume and supporting documentation to determine whether you meet the eligibility requirements.

Structured Resume Review: Subject Matter Experts (SME) will review the first two pages of your resume to determine your technical qualifications.

Additional documentation (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) may not be considered.

A quality review will then be conducted by the HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME). Your application is rated based on the extent and quality of your experience, education (if applicable to the job), and training described in your online resume/questionnaire as related to the duties of this position. The quality categories are usually defined as "Best Qualified", "Well Qualified" and "Qualified".

Your application and resume shall demonstrate that you possess the following Competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the Competencies identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application.

• Human Resources
• Leadership
• Oral Communication
• Writing

If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified'.

To preview the application questionnaire, click the link below.
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12916686

To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete application package which includes:

ALL APPLICANTS: You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire.

• Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end dates (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date).
• For more information about what to include in your resume, please view this USAJOBS Resume Tutorial video on YouTube.

Most DOE offices will allow you to submit a resume in the format of your choice (as an attached document or as a USAJOBS Resume Builder format). However, some offices may require one specific format. You will be notified at the time you click 'Apply Online' which type of resume is acceptable. It is important that you are complete and thorough in your resume. If any of the above information is not included in your resume, we may not be able to fully credit you for your experience.

• Cover Letter, optional, expressing additional information not covered in your resume.

Submit one or more of the following to support your eligibility(s) to apply to this job announcement:
SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" (current/former federal employees):

To properly verify status eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an appropriate SF-50, we cannot verify your status eligibility! Full position title; appointment type; occupational series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service computation date (SCD).

If your current position SF50 does not indicate you have competitive service status or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s that provide the proof of competitive status and highest grade held on a permanent basis.

Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documentation, if applicable(e.g., Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal.) For more information see the OPM Guide to Career Transition.

Performance Appraisals: Submit your two (2) most recent performance appraisals. Your performance appraisals and incentive awards will be given due consideration in the selection process based on their relation to the duties of the position and the consistency with which they may be considered in evaluating you against other applicants. If the performance appraisals are not available, please provide a written statement of explanation and upload as a separate document.

Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.

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