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This position is located in the Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment - Immediate Office, in Arlington, VA.
For more information on this office, visit their website: http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-research-and-development-ord
05/26/2017 to 06/16/2017
$112,021 - $161,900 per year
GS 14 - 15
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Temporary Promotion - Temporary Promotion not-to-exceed one year.
Full-time
15
0401 General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences
No
RTP-ORD-MP-2017-0053
470689100
You will:
-Serve as the Communications and Regulatory Support Director by leading the communications and regulatory support team.
-Develop and implement National Center for Environmental Assessment’s (NCEA) scientific communications strategies to disseminate complex scientific information.
-Provide advice and recommendations to the NCEA Director and Deputy Director on the impacts of science policy development, planning, and other scientific and technical issues.
-Serve as the designated contact in the NCEA Director’s Office for requests for information, briefing materials, desk statements, and press releases.
-Provide day-to-day leadership, direction, and oversight of team members work to ensure overall quality, consistency, and compliance with Federal, EPA, Office of Research and Development, and NCEA guidelines.
When entering a Federal job at a grade level lower than the highest promotion potential level, you may be promoted to more complex duties and work more independently as your career progresses.
You will spend less than 25% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.
You must meet time in grade requirements no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement.
This position is designated as Low Risk and requires a background investigation. Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation.
Position has portable work and selectee may be eligible to telework.
If you are selected, you will serve in either a temporary promotion or a detail.
If this position is at a higher grade than your current grade, the assignment will be a temporary promotion.
If you are already at the same grade as this position, your assignment will be a detail. While on the detail, your salary will not change.
A temporary promotion will be processed for a period not to exceed one year. It may be extended up to 3 years without further competition.
If you are detailed, the detail will be not to exceed 120 days, and may be extended in 120 day increments.
You may be returned at any time to the position from which you were temporarily promoted or detailed, or to a different position of equivalent position and pay.
If selected, your position may become permanent.
Are you a Displaced Federal Employee? If so, please read the Required Documents and visit the EPA website for additional information: http://www.epa.gov/careers/evapr.html
This information is used to determine your qualifications for employment. The use of this information is authorized under Title 5 USC, Sections 3302 and 3361.
If you have part-time work experience, read this: (http://www.epa.gov/careers/evapr.html)
If you are selected, travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will not be paid by EPA. Any travel, transportation, and relocation expenses associated with reporting to work in this position will be your responsibility.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your resume and required documents to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. Your resume must address the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed in the Qualifications Section. If you meet basic qualification requirements, your application will be further evaluated based on your answers to the on-line assessment. Your responses to the on-line assessment will be used to measure the degree to which your background matches the requirements for the position and an applicable score assigned.
We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. We will evaluate your qualifications and eligibility and notify you if you meet minimum qualification requirements.
NOTE: We do not require a separate statement responding to the competencies, also referred to as Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). However, your resume should clearly show possession of these competencies.
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Documents to be submitted on-line:
-- Resume clearly stating your experience related to this position as described in the Duties Section and Qualifications Required Section. In describing your experience, you need to be clear and specific. We may not make assumptions regarding your experience.
-- Responses to the on-line assessment questionnaire.
--College transcripts - required to submit either unofficial transcripts or a list of courses that includes school(s) attended, school address, course title, grades earned, completion dates, department, and quarter or semester hours earned.
-- Displaced Federal employees under CTAP - copy of your most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and your most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, tenure, and duty station.
-- Current EPA Employees: You are encouraged to submit a Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50). If you fail to provide an SF-50, we will access your Federal employment records in e-OPF to verify your eligibility to be considered. If your eligibility for consideration cannot be determined, your application will be rated ineligible.
If you want to know more about submitting documentation to our office, visit EPA's web site: http://www.epa.gov/careers/evapr.html
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.
You are strongly encouraged to read the entire announcement before you submit your application for this position.
To begin the application process, click the Apply On-line button to the right on this screen, follow the prompts to log-in/register, submit all required documents, and complete the assessment questionnaire. To be considered, you must submit a complete application package by 11:59 PM Eastern time on the closing date of this announcement.
All required supporting documents will be collected electronically via the USA Jobs document portfolio feature.
If you cannot apply on-line, you must contact the Human Resources Office listed to the right for assistance no later than three business days prior to the closing date of this announcement. You must provide complete application materials by the closing date of this announcement.
For detailed instructions to assist you in ensuring your application package is received, go to http://www.epa.gov/careers/evapr.html
You can track the progress of your application package via your USAJobs account.
You will receive an acknowledgement from USAJobs that your submission was successful, once we have received your on-line occupational questionnaire, resume and any supporting documentation.
You will be notified of the status of your application via your USAJobs Account after we conduct a qualification review of your complete application package. You will be contacted if further evaluation or interviews are required.
Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempt to conceal information may disqualify you for employment consideration. We may verify all information you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background check, and/or verification of your education.
If you are selected, you will be contacted personally by the human resources office posting this announcement.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/470689100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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