Clarification from the agency

This vacancy is open to current, permanent (career/career conditional) employees of the Montgomery Regional Office VBA and CTAP eligible only.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Develops briefings or status/staff reports to plan, coordinate or advise on work reports.
• Analyzes potential organizational problems or changing situations.
• Presents controversial findings to agency/corporation senior managers with tact.
• Communicates relevant information to resolve issues and develop solutions.
• Summarizes recommendations discussed during meetings with customers for documentation purposes. Compose complex correspondence.
• Writes documents such as memoranda/letters/reports that present highly sensitive and controversial agency policies.
• Participates in the composition of complex correspondence or other written work for external high-level officials that are controversial and politically sensitive.
• Provides oral reports of project status during management or team meetings.
• Assist in conducting management studies of organizations, manpower utilization, work methods, management controls, and policies.
• Perform analytical study of a variety of complex procedures designed to improve effectiveness of the operation.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• This position includes a one-year probationary period. Continued employment beyond the probation period requires agency certification that your performance and conduct support conversion to a career appointment and serve the public interest.
• A complete application package must be submitted: Resume, transcripts, etc.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-in-Grade:
Applicants who are current federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9 level.
For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level.

To support your claim of time-in-grade, you must submit a promotion, within grade increase, or an appointment SF-50. Some applicants may have to submit more than one SF-50 to demonstrate their eligibility. See the required documents section for more information.

GS 11
To qualify at the GS-11 grade level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-9).

Specialized experience: includes knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques in order to analyze, evaluate, and measure the effectiveness and efficiency of organizational operations. The duties and responsibilities of this position are at one level below, Management Analyst, GS-343-12, and in a training status.

OR

Applicants may substitute education for experience to qualify at the GS-11 grade level: Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

GS-12
To qualify at the GS-12 grade level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level.

Specialized experience: includes basic qualitative and quantitative techniques in order to analyze, evaluate, and measure the effectiveness and efficiency of organizational operations. Specialized experience also includes skill in applying communication techniques sufficient to present plans and proposals convincingly.

There is no education substitution at this grade level.


NOTE: 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; religions; 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.

The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards associated Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR), and Individual Qualification Standards (IQS) covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here.

How you will be evaluated

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

In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Applicants who do not fully address the specialized experience needed for the position (as described above in the job announcement) in their resume or who do not possess the education to substitute for it will not be referred for consideration.

After you have met the minimum qualifications, you will be rated on the following competencies based on your application for this position:

• Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Technology Application: Uses machines, tools, or equipment effectively; uses computers and computer applications to analyze and communicate information in the appropriate format.
• Writing - Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material that is appropriate for the intended audience.

Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The following documents are required for all applicants:

• Resume
• SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action

Resume (limited to 2 pages):

• You must provide a resume detailing your specialized experience and competencies relevant to the position.
• For qualifications determinations your resume must reflect hours worked per week, the inclusive dates of employment, and the level of your experience. If your resume does not reflect this information, you will not receive credit for the experience.
• If you submit more than one copy of your resume, the most recent version will be reviewed. The latest timestamp will be used to determine which version of your resume is "most recent." It is your responsibility to check the status and timestamp of all documents you submit as part of your application. We would recommend that you do not submit more than one version of your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, we will not use it to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered further for the vacancy.

SF-50:

• To support your claim that you have the required time-in-grade, you must submit your most recent promotion, within-grade increase, or appointment SF-50 (not an award or general adjustment SF-50). Some applicants may have to submit more than one SF-50 in order to demonstrate their eligibility.
• If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit an SF-50 showing that grade.
• If you are seeking a reassignment/change to lower grade, you must submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (non-award) AND the SF-50 placing you into your current position.

Accepted Documents:

• Cover Letter
• DD-214/ Statement of Service
• Disability Letter (Schedule A)
• Disability Letter (VA)
• CTAP Documents
• Other (2)
• PCS Orders
• Performance Appraisal
• Professional Certification
• Proof of Marriage Status
• Resume
• Separation Notice (RIF)
• SF-15
• SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
• Transcript

Transcripts

• If you are basing all or some of your qualifications on education or if a degree is required for the position, a transcript must be included as part of your application package.
• Unofficial transcript(s) may be submitted, however it must contain the course names, levels, credits earned, and grades received.
• Your transcript must contain the degree conferred date if you are substituting a degree for experience.
• A photocopy of your degree is not acceptable in place of a transcript.
• An official transcript will be required at a later date if you are selected for the position.

Applicants claiming CTAP eligibility must also submit:

• Certification of expected separation or reduction-in-force separation notice and your most recent performance evaluation; and an SF-50 demonstrating your separation or the position you will be separated from. Or
• Worker's compensation separation: agency certification of inability to place employee and notification of separation or a separation SF-50. Or
• Disability annuity termination: Notification from OPM of disability annuity termination and separation SF-50 of the last position held. Or
• Military reserve or National Guard technician special disability retirement annuity under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456: Certification of special disability retirement annuity from a military department or National Guard bureau and separation SF-50 of the last position held.

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. You will not be contacted for additional information. In addition to the information listed above, please use this checklist to ensure you have included other documents required for your application.

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