- Position Title
- Supervisory Paralegal Specialist (Group Supervisor)
- Agency
- Social Security Administration
- Announcement Number
- SA10015359-17-160 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, June 5, 2017 to Friday, June 16, 2017
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
Please read the questions carefully. Responding "No" may result in loss of further consideration.
1.
Are you a current SSA employee applying for reassignment or change to lower grade? Select yes if you currently hold or previously held a permanent position at or above the grade level(s) posted in this vacancy announcement. (NOTE: If the posted position has higher promotion potential than you have held on a permanent basis, you must apply for promotion to receive consideration.)
OR
Are you applying for non-competitive consideration? Select yes if you are an SSA employee currently serving under one of the following appointment types: Schedule A 213.3102(u) for individuals with disabilities; temporary/term appointment for 30% or more disabled veterans; or Veterans Recruitment Appointment (Note: Employees serving on VRA appointments are only eligible for non-competitive consideration for positions at GS-11 or below).
OR
Are you applying for non-competitive consideration? Select yes if you are an SSA employee currently serving under one of the following appointment types: Schedule A 213.3102(u) for individuals with disabilities; temporary/term appointment for 30% or more disabled veterans; or Veterans Recruitment Appointment (Note: Employees serving on VRA appointments are only eligible for non-competitive consideration for positions at GS-11 or below).
2.
Are you a current SSA employee applying for promotion? Select yes if you have 52 weeks at the next lower grade AND you have not held a permanent position at the grade level(s) posted in this vacancy announcement, OR if this position has higher promotion potential than the positions you have held on a permanent basis.
Preferences
1.
Please enter your Employee Common ID (ECI). Your ECI can be found on the first page of Employee Data.
Assessment 1
Please answer yes or no to the statement below. Your response will determine if you are qualified for the GS-13 Group Supervisor position.
1.
I have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal Service by the closing date of the announcement. Specialized experience is experience which is in or directly related to the work of the position. Please refer to the vacancy announcement for examples of specialized experience.
2.
I am in good standing and I am not serving under a formal Opportunity to Perform Successfully (OPS) improvement plan.
3.
Please select the statement that best describes your status.
For the statements below, please select the answer that best describes your experience level. Note: Submission of this electronic questionnaire is certification that all responses are true to the best of your knowledge. Materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations are subject to disciplinary action.
4.
Participate in a regional or national workgroup dealing with programmatic, policy, or systems issues in ODAR. (4 points)
5.
Evaluate, clarify, and develop local office policy and operational procedures for the processing of claims under Title II, XVI or XVIII of the Social Security Act.
(3 points)
(3 points)
6.
Review legal issues and analyze federal, state, and county laws on matters relating to social security programs to make formal recommendations. (2 points)
7.
Supervise or direct technical or professional personnel involving the full range of supervisory duties (i.e., performance management, employee recognition, taking or recommending appropriate personnel and disciplinary actions, delegating, assigning, and monitoring work). (4 points)
8.
Evaluate and monitor employee performance to make recommendations for promotion, demotion, reassignment, or disciplinary actions. (3 points)
9.
Identify, arrange, and ensure that necessary developmental and training needs of employees are met. (2 points)
10.
Plan, organize, and monitor a variety of workloads in a unit including establishing unit goals and priorities, reporting on work in progress, monitoring quality and productivity of the work, analyzing workload data and shifting work amongst employees to ensure that deadlines are met. (4 points)
11.
Implement plans or procedures to assure that operations goals are met. (3 points)
12.
Monitor and make minor modifications to procedures, which led to the unit meeting performance goals. (2 points)
13.
Analyze data to set priorities, conduct quality reviews, identify deficiencies and problems, and recommend solutions. (4 points)
14.
Conduct studies and analyses to make recommendations on local administrative or programmatic issues, such as workload management or training needs. (3 points)
15.
Evaluate and interpret information or data and recommend alternative solutions or make final determinations. (2 points)
16.
Conduct oral presentations for a variety of groups and individuals including, but not limited to, oral presentations to management officials, conducting oral briefings and meetings, instructing training courses, counseling employees, dealing/negotiating with union representatives, conferring and negotiating with peers. (4 points)
17.
Provide verbal briefings to managers, executive staffs and visitors and provide verbal information, advice and recommendations to higher-level officials. (3 points)
18.
Communicate orally for the purpose of obtaining or providing information needed to make decisions, solve problems and explain program requirements. (2 points)
19.
Prepare written materials for distribution, such as work plans, proposals, complex determinations, technical, investigative, or analytical reports, procedures, guides, or directives; some writings may be of a sensitive nature. (4 points)
20.
Compose technical procedures, policies, instructions, and analytical reports for distribution. (3 points)
21.
Prepare written work plans, proposals, special determinations, memoranda, press releases, or newsletters. (2 points)