Information Sharing Advisor Job

Vacancy No. 24-NTIAFirstNet-12562673-SL Department National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Salary $147,649.00 to $221,900.00 Grade 00 to 00
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 11/5/2024 Close Date 12/5/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Boulder, COReston, VA


Summary

The Information Sharing Advisor is responsible for supporting FirstNet Authority in optimizing the sharing of information by maximizing and integrating sharing and protection capabilities, strengthening FirstNet Authority's governance framework to address legal and policy challenges, and promoting a culture of responsible information sharing.

Duties

As a senior level technical expert and resource, the Information Sharing Advisor will coordinate with the Office of the Executive Director, Senior Management Council, and all senior leadership within FirstNet Authority mission units for all information sharing activities.

The Information Sharing Advisor is responsible for defining appropriate mechanisms for developing information sharing relationships with counterparts in colleagues and other federal agencies. Represents the organization at interagency conferences and meetings that deal with specialty functions and internal training requirements.

Enhances capabilities to correlate and disambiguate large volumes of information. Gathers and analyzes information and based on thorough understanding of the significance of conditions and trends, develops and projects data and draws meaningful conclusions and clear estimates based on current and past situations. Briefs the findings and estimates of these special assignments to senior leadership. Provides detailed information sharing for mission planning and execution.

Enhances capabilities to easily and quickly search and access all information for which a user is authorized. Creates and updates classified and unclassified information sharing reference libraries.
Incorporates information sharing material into new and existing training and other relevant programs.

Partners with FirstNet Authority mission units to ensure assigned projects receive the review and coordination essential to meet agency objectives. Provides support in the review of policy issues and renders advice and assistance in the administration of operating guidelines and coordination of program efforts with other mission units and in communicating program policies and priorities relevant to information sharing activities.

Provides senior leadership with information needed to make strategic recommendations by examining organizational systems and programs and proposing alternatives for improving the efficiency of FirstNet Authority programs. Deploys phased enhancements to processes and technology tools to actively track user activities, trigger suspicious trends, and provide continuous assurance that data remains accessible and protected.

Conducts special research and studies to support FirstNet Authority leadership. Produces plans and reports and briefs senior management officials on recommended policies, processes and corrective actions for various activities.

Serves as a liaison between FirstNet Authority and NTIA for review and approval of required documents. Represents FirstNet Authority in meetings with OIG and other external entities.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Key Requirements:

  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
  • Position is subject to pre-employment background investigation.
  • Public Financial Disclosure (OGE-278 filing within 30 days is required).
  • Position is subject to random drug testing.

To meet the minimum requirements for this position, candidates must demonstrate their experience in their narrative responses to the Mandatory Professional/Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) questions and all narrative responses must be fully supported within their resume.

Experience must have been at a sufficiently high level of difficulty to clearly show that the candidate possesses the required professional/technical qualifications set forth below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). 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. Professional Technical Qualifications: Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their application materials that they possess technical attributes in the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs).

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must possess all of the mandatory Professional Technical Qualifications listed below by the closing date of this announcement. These qualifications would typically be acquired through education, experience, and training which reflect progressive development and achievement in managing a comprehensive business program in a complex organization. An individual's total experience and education must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: All applicants must meet the qualification requirements outlined below to be considered minimally qualified for this position. The qualification requirements are in accordance with the OPM Qualification Standards. ALL QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility comparable to the next lower grade or comparable pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is directly related to the duties and responsibilities of this position and referenced in the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs), and that equipped the candidates with the scope and level of knowledge, skills, and experience to successfully perform the work. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-14/15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with State or local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations.

All applicants MUST submit a written narrative response to the following PTQs. Please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc.

**Responses to PTQs must not exceed 2 pages for each PTQ typed in 12-point font.

PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (PTQs):

  1. Demonstrated expertise and knowledge of cross-Agency information sharing and safeguarding environments, including the ability to strengthen a governance framework to address legal and policy challenges related to sharing and safeguarding information responsibly across a community of government stakeholders.
  2. Demonstrated superior analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to think strategically and identify needs, requirements, and develop innovative recommendations and solutions for improvement.
  3. Demonstrated superior interpersonal and negotiation skills, and the ability to build consensus, work effectively, and independently exert influence on major stakeholders.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement.

Additional information

Background Investigation/Clearance: This position is designated as Special-Sensitive (High Risk) | Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).

Public Financial Disclosure: This position is covered under the Ethics in Government Act, which requires comprehensive financial disclosures from employees. The appointee will be required to file a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-278), within 30 days after his/her appointment, and then annually thereafter.

Qualifications Approval and Probationary Period: Persons newly selected for a career appointment to the Scientific and Professional (SL) will be required to serve a one-year probationary period. If an employee has completed their 1 full year probationary period requirement under the current position they were competitively selected for, and were selected for a SL appointment, they will not need to complete a new probationary period.

Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required by P.L. 104-134 to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.

Drug Testing: Applicants tentatively selected for employment in any position are subject to designated and/or random pre-employment and employment urinalysis. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment and/or removed from employment with the Department of Commerce.

Selective Service: Male applicants born after 12/31/1959, who are required to register with the Selective Service under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, must be registered (or must have registered at the time they were required to do so) in order to be eligible for appointment. For more information, visit the SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM web site at http://www.sss.gov/default.htm.

Veterans' preference: Veterans' preference applies to SL positions and will be applied accordingly: When category rating is used to fill a SL position, each veteran goes to the top of the quality category for which they are qualified. In practice, this means that veterans who qualify for the highest quality category will be the highest-ranked candidates.

False Statements: If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired, you may be fired after you begin work, or you may be subject to fine, imprisonment, or other disciplinary action.

SSN: You will be required to enter your full social security number (SSN) only to initially access and create an account at the OPM USAJOBS website; however, only the last four digits will appear in your resume. Please DO NOT put your SSN on pages within your application package. Privacy Act - Privacy Act Notice (PL 93-579): The information requested here is used to determine qualifications for employment and is authorized under Title 5 U.S.C. 3302 and 3361.

Signature: Before you are hired, you will be required to sign and certify the accuracy of the information in your application.

Application materials: The materials you send with your application will not be returned.

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Applicants are required to submit a narrative statement for each Professional/Technical Qualification (PTQ) listed. Please keep in mind each PTQ are unique qualifications. Therefore, duplicate responses are not sufficient in determining if you meet that specific qualification. Failure to submit a narrative statement or address any of the PTQs is also considered incomplete and WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. As a result, you will be rated as "INCOMPLETE".

The category rating process does not add veteran's preference points or apply the 'rule of three', but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligible within each category.

The servicing Human Resources Specialist may forward all minimally qualified applicants to be evaluated by an Executive Resources Board (ERB) rating panel of senior managers to determine the degree to which they possess the PTQs and best qualified candidates may undergo an interview and a reference check. The ERB rating panel will make recommendations on best qualified candidates to the appointing authority. Applicants will be evaluated on the quality and extent of their total accomplishments, experience and the PTQs.

A selecting official may make selections from the highest quality category provided no preference eligible in that category is passed over to select a non-preference eligible in that category unless the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 3317(b) or 3318 (b) are satisfied.

Do not enter "Refer to Resume" to explain your answer. Applications directing the reader to search within the application or to "See Resume" are considered incomplete and WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Failure to submit a narrative statement or address any of the PTQs is also considered incomplete and WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. As a result, you will be rated as "INCOMPLETE".

Applicants who meet or exceed minimum qualifications will be assigned to one of three category groups based on job-related criteria:-Best Qualified-Well Qualified-Qualified.

The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.

Required Documents

All applicants will be evaluated by a panel of senior executives on the following documents to determine the degree to which they possess the qualifications. PTQ narratives are mandatory.

Required Documents:

Resume (not to exceed five pages) Your resume should demonstrate possession of the professional/technical qualifications. Typically, experience demonstrating the technical and executive core qualifications will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Follow the instructions in the vacancy announcement carefully when preparing your resume and adhere to the page limitations. Any pages in excess of the page limit will not be considered.

Your responses to the Professional/Technical Qualifications (should not to exceed 6 pages total). PTQ narrative responses should be attached under "Mandatory Technical Qualifications.

Current Federal Employees: You are encouraged to submit your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) that documents your current tenure, position title, series and grade level.

Veterans: Please indicate on your resume the type of veterans' preference you are claiming and provide the appropriate supporting documentation (DD-214 stating disposition of discharge or character of service, VA letter, SF-15, etc.) to validate your claim. For more information regarding eligibility requirements, please go to: http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx

Displaced Employees: If requesting consideration under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring at least an 85) and provide all of the following documents:

  1. your most recent performance appraisal,
  2. the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and
  3. your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.

Failure to provide all the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating. Do not submit any additional information that is not required: Extraneous materials will not be considered and will not be forwarded to the rating panel or selecting official.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

Applications (resume and application questions, including any required narratives) for this vacancy must be received on-line via USAJOBS by 11:59pm Eastern Time (ET) (Washington, D.C. time) on the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to submit a complete online resume, you will not be considered for this position. Requests for extensions will not be granted. If applying online poses a hardship for you, you must speak to someone in the Servicing Human Resources Office listed on this announcement PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE for assistance. Instructions for Applying Online for this Vacancy Announcement:

  1. Click the blue "Apply Online" button.
  2. If you are not a registered USAJOBS user, please create a new account and follow the instructions to complete your application process. If you are a registered user, login to access your existing USAJOBS profile.
  3. As a registered user, select a stored resume and select one or more of your stored documents to attach to your application.
  4. Check the "Certification" box and click the "Apply for this position now!" button located at the bottom of the screen.
  5. Address the eligibility questions as well as the questionnaire containing questions and/or task statements that address the knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies for this vacancy.
  6. Submit the required documents.
  7. If you experience technical difficulties during the online application process, please contact the USAJOBS helpdesk.
To view the application form, visit:https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12562673

Agency contact information

Nicole McFadden
Address
First Responder Network Authority
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
M/S 243
Reston, VA 20192
US
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Next steps

The Office of Executive Resources will provide notification of applicant status through periodic emails at the four points of the hiring process, as applicable, in a timely fashion. The four points of notification are:

  • Application Received;
  • Minimum Qualification Requirement Met or Not Met;
  • Panel Rating of Best Qualified (Application referred to the Selecting Official) or Panel Rating of Well Qualified/Qualified (Application not referred to Selecting Official); and,
  • Selected or Not Selected.

The best qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview. You will be notified by email of the receipt of your application.

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