To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Your Resume (MANDATORY SUBMISSION): Submit a resume or any other written format you choose to describe your qualifications. Your resume must contain:
- Vacancy Announcement number
- Full name, email, mailing address, day and evening telephone numbers.
- Educational information including the name, city, and state of colleges/universities you attended, as well as the type of any degree received. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, you may refer to the following U.S. Department of Education website: http://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
- Information about paid and nonpaid work experience related to this position including: job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, duration of employment, and salary. Information about honors, awards, and special accomplishments.
2. Executive Core Qualifications
(MANDATORY SUBMISSION): A narrative statement specifically addressing each individual ECQ using the Challenge-Context-Action-Result Model. Each accomplishment should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed, and results of your actions. Total ECQ write-up should not exceed 10 pages using 12pt, Arial or Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. Additional information on ECQs is available at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp
In lieu of narrative statement, current career SES members, former career SES members with reinstatement eligibility, and SES Candidate Development Program (CDP) graduates
must provide an SF-50 showing their status or reinstatement eligibility and Candidates who have successfully graduated from an OPM approved Candidate Development Program
must submit a copy of their ECQ certification.
3. Mandatory Technical Qualification
(MANDATORY SUBMISSION): A separate narrative statement specifically addressing the mandatory technical qualification. This separate statement should not exceed two pages (per MTQ) using 12pt, Arial or Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. Applicants must reflect superior technical qualifications demonstrated through leadership and management in the following:
- Experience to lead, manage and direct a diverse staff responsible for daily and scheduled operations encompassing logistics, communications, technology, security, protocol, financial, administration and personnel activities to execute high level and diplomatic event and visit coordination, planning, and communication for US Presidential level international engagements, NATO Summits, NATO Foreign Ministerials and NATO Defense Ministerials.
- Skillset to lead, control, shape and direct the work environment and utilized methods to provide secure, automated, continuous and reliable communications between the Ambassador, US National Command authorities and throughout the NATO Alliance networks. Ability to influence internal stakeholders within USNATO, DoD and across the USG as well as external stakeholders such as allies and partners in both formal and informal settings, and NATO International Staff and other national delegations.
- Experience to to lead, control, manage, direct and influence resourcing for the expenditure of operating costs, expenses, capital and programmatic requirements within USNATO and the NATO Alliance ensuring the application of appropriate guidance based on U.S. and NATO policies, program objectives and constraints. Ability to review studies and recommendations, or to formulate alternatives, ensuring adherence to policy and evaluating each for administration, governance and political impacts on the U.S. or NATO.
4. Performance Assessment.
(MANDATORY SUBMISSION): Submit ONE of the following: A signed letter of recommendation dated within the last three years that assesses your performance *or* your most recent signed performance appraisal. (Please do not submit any prior appraisals.)
5. Current or former employees MUST provide an SF-50 showing their status or reinstatement eligibility. SES Candidates who have successfully completed an Office of Personnel Management approved SES Candidate Development Program must submit a copy of their ECQ certification.
If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility
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.