Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is
in this document.
This is a Science and Technology Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project position and incorporates the
GS-05 step 01 through GS-13 step 10.
FOR GS-05 equivalent
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as performing ALL of the following duties: 1) Providing analysis and recommendations to leadership on program planning and execution; 2) Managing and prioritizing multiple tasks to meet short suspense requirements in a fast-paced environment; 3) Rapidly adapting to changes in mission and requirements; and 4) Working with and across multi-disciplinary teams that are geographically dispersed. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-01 or GS-04).
OR
Four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation.
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 36. Then divide your total number of completed undergraduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 120. Add the two percentages.
FOR GS-07 equivalent
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as performing ALL of the following duties: 1) Providing analysis and recommendations to leadership on program planning and execution; 2) Managing and prioritizing multiple tasks to meet short suspense requirements in a fast-paced environment; 3) Rapidly adapting to changes in mission and requirements; and 4) Working with and across multi-disciplinary teams that are geographically dispersed. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-01 or GS-05).
OR
Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Budget Analyst
OR
Superior Academic Achievement: Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above. Superior Academic Achievement is based on: (1) Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR(2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR(3) Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achsnatl.org/).
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.
FOR GS-09:
Specialized Experience: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as performing ALL of the following duties: 1) Providing analysis and recommendations to leadership on program planning and execution; 2) Managing and prioritizing multiple tasks to meet short suspense requirements in a fast-paced environment; 3) Rapidly adapting to changes in mission and requirements; and 4) Working with and across multi-disciplinary teams that are geographically dispersed. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-01 or GS-07).
OR
Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
FOR GS-11:
Specialized Experience: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as performing ALL of the following duties: 1) Providing analysis and recommendations to leadership on program planning and execution; 2) Managing and prioritizing multiple tasks to meet short suspense requirements in a fast-paced environment; 3) Rapidly adapting to changes in mission and requirements; and 4) Working with and across multi-disciplinary teams that are geographically dispersed. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-01 or GS-09).
OR
Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-05 for GS-7; GS-07 for GS-9 and GS-09 for GS-11).