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Community Planning and Development Specialist

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
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Summary

This opportunity is also open to Status eligibles under Announcement 19-HUD-536. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
05/13/2019 to 05/28/2019
Salary
$59,173 to - $98,176 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 09 - 11
Locations
San Francisco, CA
1 vacancy
New York, NY
1 vacancy
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - 6-11 nights per month
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent - Full-time
Work schedule
Full-time - Career/Career Conditional
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
11
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Announcement number
19-HUD-537-P
Control number
532917400

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Clarification from the agency

U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required.

Duties

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The following are the duties of this position at the GS-11. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

  • Monitor and evaluate recipients of CPD Programs and other grants. This process requires planning, scheduling, conducting on-site reviews, analyzing information, coordinating group activities and recommending subsequent actions.
  • Assess the adequacy of the grantee’s management system(s), and with determining compliance in such priority areas as program process, accountability of awarded funds and program income, program benefit, national objectives and eligibility, effective use of funds and sub-recipient management.
  • Develop training programs and help train those involved in making judgments concerning disaster assistance program requirements, such as activity eligibility, compliance with other statutory requirements, adequacy of grantee performance and reporting.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

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  • Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

This position is located in the Disaster Recovery and Special Issues Division in the Office of Block Grant Assistance within CPD. The Office of Block Grant Assistance is responsible for administering the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, including grant programs for entitlement communities, states, small cities, and insular areas.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: 

- Supporting a community development or economic development program for a federal, state, or local government or non-profit organization; AND
- Designing training programs or conducting training on community or economic development topics.

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Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M.; in order to be qualifying, education must be in a related field.

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A combination of the following: more than 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree, if related, and experience, may be used to meet total qualification requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

- Supporting a community development or economic development program for a federal, state, or local government or non-profit organization; AND
- Assisting with training on community or economic development topics.

OR
Master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B. or J.D.; in order to be qualifying, education must be in a related field.

OR
A combination of the following: more than 1 full year of progressively higher level graduate education, if related, and experience, may be used to meet total qualification requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

Additional information

- We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
- Relocation expenses will not be paid.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- This position is Non-Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
- Recruitment incentive may be offered.
- HUD offers alternative and flexible work schedules.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- A one year probationary period may be required.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation.
- Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
- Public Trust – Background Investigation will be required. 

HUD employees are subject to a number of government-wide and HUD specific ethics laws and regulations, including restrictions on outside employment. To review applicable ethics rules, please visit https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/general_counsel/ethics

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application includes your résumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a “not qualified” determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Technical, Analytical, and Communication skills. Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories: Best Qualified, Better Qualified, and Qualified (Good) depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that category. 

Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category. 

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview. 

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must be assigned the middle category or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority.


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