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Position Title: Management and Program Analyst (Program Advisor)
Agency: Customs and Border Protection
Announcement Number: MHCMP-10007518-PAG Opens in new window
Open Period: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 to Thursday, June 8, 2017

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1. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy AND
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.

A. Yes

B. No

2. Are you a current federal employee in the competitive service holding a permanent career or career-conditional position at a lower grade level than the lowest position being announced?

If eligible, submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status.

Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2 in block 24) AND
Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1 in block 34).

A. Yes

B. No

1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.

2. Time-in-Grade Requirement - Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. (If you have not held a GS grade at any time in the past 52 weeks, this question does not apply to you.) For this vacancy, applicants must have held grade GS-11 or higher for at least 52 weeks to be eligible for the GS-12 grade level, or GS-12 or higher for at least 52 weeks to be eligible for the GS-13 grade level of this position. The grade must have been held in the Federal service but may have been in any occupation. 52 weeks of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly on their resumes the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.

Do you meet the Time-in-Grade requirement?

A. Yes, I have at least 52 weeks time-in-grade in a position at the GS-11 grade level or I am currently a GS-12.

B. Yes, I have at least 52 weeks time-in-grade in a position at the GS-12 grade level or I am currently a GS-13 or above.

C. This restriction does not apply to me (for example, I have not held a GS position in the past 52 weeks, I am not a current or former federal employee and am applying as a VEOA, or I am eligible under a Special Appointing Authority)

D. No, this restriction applies to me, but I do not meet the requirements.

3. Are you a current political Schedule A or Schedule C Executive Branch employee or a former political Schedule A or Schedule C Executive Branch employee who held the position within the last five years applying to a competitive or non-political excepted service position under Title 5 of the United States Code or are you a current non-career Senior Executive Service (SES) Executive Branch employee or a former non-career SES Executive Branch employee who held the position within the last five years applying to a competitive or non-political excepted service position under Title 5 of the United States Code?

A. Yes

B. No

4. Are you a current U.S. Customs and Border Protection employee with competitive status?

A. Yes

B. No

5. Applicants who hold (or have held in the past) a permanent position in the competitive service, with a Full Performance Level (FPL) equivalent to or higher than the grade level being announced, can be referred for selection without competition under our agency merit promotion procedures. Details and temporary promotions do not count. If you are referred non-competitively based on your responses and that information is later found to be incorrect, you may lose further consideration under this announcement. FPL refers to the highest grade to which you can be promoted non-competitively; this means that you already competed and were selected for a position in which you are eligible to receive non-competitive promotions until you reach the FPL.

Do you currently hold (or have you held in the past) a permanent position in the competitive service with an FPL equivalent to or higher than the grade level being announced?

If you answer "yes" to this question, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) reflecting

Career or career-conditional status (Tenure 1 or 2 in block 24)
Competitive service status (Position Occupied is 1 in block 34) AND
Full Performance Level equivalent to or higher than the grade level being announced

A. Yes

B. No

The following questions will only be used to determine whether or not you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position. You may wish to consult the vacancy announcement for a description of those requirements.

1. Which of the following statements best describes your experience?

A. I have at least one year of experience as a Management/Program Analyst, GS-0343-11 (or higher grade level), with the federal government.

B. I have at least one year of experience as a Management/Program Analyst, GS-0343-12 (or higher grade level), with the federal government.

C. I have at least one year of specialized experience gathering information, identifying and analyzing issues, and developing recommendations to resolve substantive problems regarding the effectiveness or efficiency of work operations in a program or program support setting. The issues, problems, or concepts involved were not always susceptible to direct observation and analysis.

D. I have at least one year of specialized experience planning, scheduling, and conducting projects and studies aimed at improving the efficiency or effectiveness of program operations carried out by administrative or professional personnel, or substantive administrative support functions (e.g., budget, procurement, personnel).

E. I do not possess the experience described above.

The following questions will be used to rate applicants who meet the minimum eligibility and qualification requirements.

2. Have you devised solutions to issues, including addressing the consequences of proposed changes?

A. Yes

B. No

3. Have you planned or organized teams or task forces to address new management programs or initiatives?

A. Yes

B. No

4. Have you analyzed financial or statistical information for the purpose of developing cost-benefit or economic evaluation of current and projected programs?

A. Yes

B. No

5. Have you reviewed proposed expenditures and budget requests?

A. Yes

B. No

6. Select the choice, which best describes your ability to communicate orally with various levels of employees and management in order to obtain and provide information.

A. I have given presentations at departmental/organizational briefings and meetings, or acted as the main liaison with other departments or organizations.

B. I have discussed and explained technical material that was often controversial or sensitive. I have adapted my explanations to the level of the target audience, to include internal and external managers.

7. Select the choice, which best describes how you have interacted with others, including visitors, various levels of employees, and management.

A. I have been an individual contributor or facilitator on several teams, which met project goals and deadlines, through helping to reach consensus on problems/issues, which would arise.

B. I have interacted with people from diverse backgrounds, whereby I have negotiated, mediated or led the group to reach consensus.

C. I have represented the organization at meetings, conferences, etc.

8. Have you written final documents covering complex information, such as policies, training manuals/materials, management reports, or conference materials?

A. Yes

B. No

9. Have you presented project status briefings, management reviews, or management reports to decision makers?

A. Yes

B. No

10. Have you conducted management programs, management reviews, audits, or studies?

A. Yes

B. No

11. Have you prepared budget and program resource requests and decisions?

A. Yes

B. No

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