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Sports Specialist (Head Football Coach)

Department of Transportation
Maritime Administration
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Summary

This position is that of a Sports Specialist (Head Coach, Football) in the Department of Physical Education and Athletics, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Pointy, N.Y.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
05/16/2022 to 05/25/2022
Salary
$74,984 to - $87,925 per year
Pay scale & grade
AD 00
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Kings Point, NY
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
25% or less - Some travel will be required.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Term - This is a Full-Time, Excepted Service appointment with an Initial Term Not-to-Exceed 13 months; however, each year with a satisfactory performance appraisal, the appointment may be extended for an additional year.
Work schedule
Full-time - Full Time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
00
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
MARAD.MMA-2022-0035
Control number
654306400

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Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from any U.S. Citizen. This position is in the Excepted Service. For information on the Excepted Service, please visit: Excepted Service Appointing Authorities@ http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-authorities/excepted-service/

Duties

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You will be responsible for the development and conduct of educational courses and programs; instruction and academic counseling of Midshipmen, and assuming a share of departmental and other academic responsibilities.  In addition, the incumbent’s background and credentials demonstrate the ability to teach classes in Physical Education and perform the duties of Football Head Coach.

The ideal candidate must be highly motivated and experienced professional who works to support the Mission of the USMMA.  They must be capable of adjusting to various work environments, physical demands, and schedules.  They must be able to work well within the structure of the football staff and must be a positive contributor.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. citizen & meet specialized experience to qualify
  • Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date
  • Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
  • This is an Excepted Service position.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

  • SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
  • GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel.  A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
  • ETHICS/CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT: All employees are subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, set out in Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 2635, including restrictions on owning financial interests that may conflict with performance of their duties. Some employees, like those involved in contracting or regulating non-Federal entities, are subject to Executive Branch Financial Disclosure requirements set out in Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 263.
  • TRIAL PERIOD: This is an Excepted Service position. This job will be filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive service. Applicants selected for an excepted service position may be subject to a two-year trial period.

Qualifications

To be qualified for this position, you must meet the education requirements and have experience teaching college level classes in the required field of study.

To qualify for a Sports Specialist (Head Coach, Football), you must have:

  • At least 8 academic years of teaching Physical Education at the collegiate level AND at least 10 seasons of full time experience (or equivalent) as an offensive or defensive coordinator and/or head football coach at an NCAA institution.
  • Must have chaired and/or served on an institutional committee for at least 2 years.

Your resume and application materials (including college transcripts) must show that you have the education and specialized experience necessary to teach Physical Education related courses above the high school level (examples: Aquatics, Health, Self-Defense). Your application package must include all the required documents to support that you have met this requirement.

Highly Desirable:

  • Well qualified candidates must be highly motivated and experienced professionals possessing integrity, stamina, and ingenuity, and be capable of adjusting to various work environments, physical demands, and schedules. Highly desirable candidates will provide experience in the development of educational curriculum and/or organizational excellence.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

  • Education and Training
  • Leadership
  • Oral Communications

For all types of consideration, 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).  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.

For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link:  https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4

Education

The educational requirement for this Sports Specialist Head Coach includes a minimum of a Master’s Degree in Physical Education or closely related field.

Additional information

PLEASE NOTE: 

This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local number 3732.

COVID VACCINATION: If selected, you will be required to provide information regarding your COVID-19 vaccination status for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.

Qualified CTAP/ICTAP candidates receive priority and will referred to the hiring manager.

How you will be evaluated

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

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level

For this announcement, all applicants will be reviewed to determine if they meet the basic qualifications for this position, specifically the educational and specialized experience requirements.

Applicants will not be rated or ranked.

All applications that are verified to meet the basic qualifications will be referred to the selecting official.

The answers you select in the on-line process must be substantiated in your application package.  If upon review, it is determined that your described work history, competencies, and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, you may not be referred to the selecting official. Please ensure that your work history provides enough details to support your answers.


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