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About the Position:
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is participating in an alternative personnel system known as the Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project (DEMO).Among other features, the Demonstration Project replaced GS grade levels with occupational families and pay bands. The pay band DK-02 is equivalent to the former GS-05 Step 01 through GS-07 Step 10. This position is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) which is in Harford County, Maryland, along the Northern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. APG sits on more than 72,500 acres and offers recreation, sports, golf, pools, and child/day care facilities.The Research Laboratory is recognized as a frontier for Army research programs with substantial affect on national defense issues and new technology areas. To learn more about the Army Research Laboratory you can check their website at http://www.arl.army.mil/.
This is a Modified 5 year term position with an extension to the sixth year approved. Employees hired under the modified term appointment authority may be eligible for conversion to career conditional appointments. To be converted, the employee must(1) have been selected for the term position under competitive procedures, with the announcement specifically stating that the individual(s) selected for the term position(s) may be eligible for conversion to career-conditional appointment ata later date;(2) served two years of continuous service in the term position;(3) be selected under merit promotion procedures for the permanent position; and (4)have a current rating of B or better.
The President has ordered a government-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the hiring freeze. Although we are moving forward with the consideration of candidates, we will not make a selection for this vacancy announcement unless and until the position is no longer subject to the hiring freeze.
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens
Learn more about this agency03/17/2017 to 03/30/2017
$36,281 - $58,428 per year
DK 02
1 vacancy in the following location:
Not required
No
Term - Term NTE 5 years
Full-time - Full Time
No
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You will provide administrative support to division, branch or office chiefs where the work involves responsibility for office management, arrangement of conferences and meetings, preparation of recurring and one-of-a-kind reports, and other administrative tasks necessary for an effective and efficient office operation. Perform a variety of technical and nontechnical duties in support of
management initiatives and functions associated with the organization, coordination, and execution of technical and administrative functions. Examples are to maintain awareness, advise managers and employees, and perform monitoring, scheduling, and tracking on matters related to existing
and new procedures, policies, and regulations in many areas such as personnel, programs, budget, property, travel, procurement, security, safety, automation, facilities, visits, meetings, awards, correspondence, briefings, filing and records management; prepare correspondence, reports, and analyses using a wide variety of office automation hardware and software tools; manipulate data and determine scenarios for finished documents and spreadsheets; customize software package outputs to accommodate information or presentation requirements; prepare purchase and contract
documentation and serve as a Contracting Officers Representative; and use knowledge of computer operations and software to participate and assist in the technical investigations of the organization.
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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.
Experience required: 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.
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: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the DK-01/GS-04 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates two or more of the following: 1.) Greeting customers and determining their eligibility to enter a controlled area; 2.) Processing applications for and issues access badges; 3.) Entering applicants information into a badge credential systems; and 4.) Reviewing and verifying information for accuracy and completeness prior to issuing badges
OR
successful completion of 4 years of education above the high school level in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or at least 20 hours or classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial or technical school. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
OR
Combining Education and Experience: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements at grade level GS-5. Only education in excess of
the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of
specialized experience.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to qualify. For this job, you must include this information with your application packet. Only degrees from accredited college ot university recognized by the department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute for experience. For additional information, please go to the office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Superiorly Qualified, Highly Qualified and Basically Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
Your resume:
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you wish to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualifications determination and you may be found "not qualified. See: Transcripts and Licenses.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: Faxing Applications and Documents. The Vacancy ID is 1909879. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
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.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Thursday, March 30, 2017 to receive consideration.
The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position.
If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/466013200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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