USA Staffing

Position Title: Program Manager
Agency: Customs and Border Protection
Announcement Number: IMP-10009145-17-RJS Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, April 24, 2017 to Friday, May 5, 2017

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1. Are you a current federal employee who has received notice that you will be displaced from the Department of Homeland Security? If yes, confirm:

you occupy a position in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you will be separated; AND
your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility, such as:

Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice, AND
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 Department of Homeland Security employee with competitive status?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent status. Must reflect:

Tenure: Career or career-conditional (1 or 2)
Position Occupied: Competitive service (1)

A. Yes

B. No

3. Are you a current Department of Homeland Security employee, or a former Department of Homeland Security employee who was involuntarily separated without cause, eligible for a status appointment under the Interchange Agreement?

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

Tenure: Career or career-conditional (1 or 2)
Position Occupied: Excepted service (2)
Separation type, if involuntarily separated.

A. Yes

B. No

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

2. 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?

To verify, please submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form (SF-50) or other relevant documentation reflecting your status as a Political Appointee.

A. Yes

B. No

3. There is a time-in-grade (TIG) requirement for promotion into this position. Have you completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-12 grade level?

A. Yes, I have completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-12 grade level (or equivalent).

B. No, I have not completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-12 level.

C. Not applicable. TIG does not apply to me because although I am a current or former federal employee, I am not or was not (within the past 52 weeks) under the GS pay scale.

4. There is a time-in-grade (TIG) requirement for promotion into this position. Have you completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-13 grade level?

A. Yes, I have completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-13 grade level (or equivalent).

B. No, I have not completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-13 level.

C. Not applicable. TIG does not apply to me because although I am a current or former federal employee, I am not or was not (within the past 52 weeks) under the GS pay scale.

5. There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP. During the three years prior to applying for this position, you must have: physically resided in the United States or its protectorates or territories (excluding short trips abroad, such as vacations); worked for the U.S. Government as an employee overseas in a Federal or military capacity; and/or been a dependent of a U.S. Federal or military employee serving overseas. Exceptions may be granted to applicants if they can provide complete state-side coverage information required to make a suitability/security determination. Examples of state-side coverage information include: the state-side address of the company headquarters where the applicant's personnel file is located, the state-side address of the Professor in charge of the applicant's "Study Abroad" program, the church records for the applicant's overseas church missions, and/or the state-side addresses of anyone who worked or studied with the applicant while overseas. Applicants must provide this information when filing their application for employment.

Do you meet the residency requirement?

A. Yes, I physically resided within the United States or its protectorates or territories, I worked for the U.S. Government as an employee overseas in a Federal or military capacity, and/or I was a dependent of a U.S. Federal or military employee serving overseas.

B. The residency requirement does not apply to me because I am a current CBP employee.

C. No, I do not meet this requirement and am therefore requesting an exception. I can provide documentation from a state-side based company, school, religious organization, and/or individual(s) who will account for any periods of my residency outside the United States over the last three years.

D. No, I do not meet this requirement and am not requesting an exception.

6. If you are a CBP employee, please enter your CBP email address in this format without any extra spaces or characters: john.a.smith@cbp.dhs.gov. If you are not a CBP employee, enter N/A.

7. If you are a CBP Employee, please enter your Hash ID without any additional spaces, punctuation, or letters. Example: CIC1K4L. If you are not a CBP employee, enter NA.

8. 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

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