Clarification from the agency

Current FCC Employees Only

The incumbent in this position provides a wide variety of administrative and technical personnel management support to Division staff including:

• Prepares detailed Federal Register summaries of Rulemaking documents, Orders and Public Notices on a myriad of auction issues. The summaries must be prepared in accordance with specific requirements of the Office of the Secretary and the Government Printing Office.
• Manages the Division’s records and eMTS database, preparing administrative reports for division management, helping ensure that the Division is working towards eliminating its backlog of pending items. Updating and maintaining the division’s tracking system for these matters in coordination with Division attorneys and OMD staff.
• Assists division staff with timecard maintenance via Paycheck8, as well as requests for personnel actions and travel arrangements, and reimbursement processes. The incumbent tracks the actions through completion.
• Releases official Office-level documents such as Public Notices, by working closely with Division Staff, Office of the Secretary and Office of Media Relations, and the WTB and FCC web staff. Requires knowledge of the various functions of the Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS).
• Participates in testing FCC auction-related systems for use in specific auctions and evaluates new and existing automation technologies for reliability and appropriateness in particular auction scenarios. Incumbent reports any discrepancies.
• Reviews and analyses FCC auction short-form applications to verify the applications’ conformity with FCC auction rules and regulations and provides a determination of complete or incomplete for each assigned application. Communicates in writing results of review and reason for determination.
• Maintains the organization’s reference books and materials, updates and annotates as necessary to reflect changes in policies or procedures. Alerts supervisor regarding problems and recommends changes to affect efficient operation of the organization.
• Keeps track of activity in FCC dockets and updates project teams when new filings are submitted.

Conditions of employment

• FCC Employees Only.
• Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Current FCC employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade & status.
• Resume must not exceed two pages and must meet resume format criteria.
• Education-Transcripts Required

In order to be considered for this position, applicants must:

-Currently be employed in the Federal Communications Commission in positions serving under career or career conditional appointments.

ALL FCC EMPLOYEES MUST provide a legible Personnel Action, SF-50, that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade.  If an SF-50 is not submitted, the application will be rated as ineligible. To request a copy of your SF-50 please send an email to PersonnelRecordsRequest@fcc.gov

Qualifications

Interested candidates should be passionate about the ideals of our American republic, committed to upholding the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution, and committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government. Hiring decisions will not be based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  

GS-9

Candidates may qualify based upon education OR specialized experience OR a combination of both education and experience.

A. EDUCATION

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., if related

OR

B. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

In order to be deemed as qualified, candidates must have one year of specialized experience which is equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as:

1. Experience preparing detailed Federal Register summaries of Rulemaking documents, Orders and Public Notices.
2. Experience preparing administrative reports for management.
3. Experience assisting staff with timecard maintenance via Paycheck8, as well as requests for personnel actions and travel arrangements, and reimbursement processes.

OR

C. Combination of both education and specialized experience.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: 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.

How you will be evaluated

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

Optional Four Essay Questions

At the time of application, applicants have the option of answering the following four short, free-response essay questions.

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
3. How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples, and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Applicants will be required to certify that they are using their own words, and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]). The responses to each question cannot exceed 200 words per question.

All applicants will be rated on the extent and quality of experience and education relevant to the duties of the position.  An automated score is administered based on the on-line application process used.  Eligible applicants will receive a numerical rating based on their responses to the job specific questions for this position.

There are several parts to the application process that affect the overall evaluation of your application including:

1. the core questions
2. the vacancy questions
3. supplemental documentation (e.g., DD-214, SF-50, SF-15, transcripts), if applicable; and
4. your resume.

Applicants will be rated ineligible, if they do not respond to job specific questions provide supplemental documents and submit resume.  For more information, please click on Rating Process

Subject matter experts will review your application to determine if you meet the following required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's):

• Oral communication
• Writing
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving

If you are deemed to be qualified by the Subject Matter Experts, your application will be referred to the hiring manager for hiring consideration. Alternatively, if your application is not deemed as qualified by the Subject Matter Experts, your application will not be referred to the hiring manager for hiring consideration.