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Position Title
Management and Program Analyst
Agency
Customs and Border Protection
Announcement Number
OFO-IMP-10019249-LBF Opens in new window
Open Period
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 to Monday, July 17, 2017
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
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.
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2. Are you a current U.S. Customs and Border Protection employee with competitive status?

To verify eligibility, CBP employees are strongly encouraged to provide a copy of their most recent SF-50.
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3. Do you hold or have you previously held a permanent position in the competitive service with a Full Performance Level (FPL) equivalent to or higher than the FPL of the position being announced?
 
Applicants who currently hold or have previously held a position with the same FPL have already competed for a position with the same FPL as the position being announced and may be referred for selection without competition under our agency merit promotion procedures. The position held must be a permanent position; details and temporary promotions do not count.
 
To verify your eligibility as a current or former Federal civilian employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form that reflects:
  • career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND
  • status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1); AND
  • Full Performance Level equivalent to or higher than the grade level being announced.
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Preferences
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
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.
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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-11 grade level? (limit characters)
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-12 grade level? (limit characters)
5. 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. (limit characters)
6. 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. (limit characters)
7. Are you a current U.S. Customs and Border Protection employee with competitive status? (limit characters)
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
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9. Only applicants who reside or are permanently assigned to a duty station within the local commuting area will be considered for this position. The local commuting area is defined as the area surrounding the duty station in which people reasonably travel back and forth from home to work. Employees on a temporary assignment outside of the commuting area for a period of one year or less will be considered within the area of consideration of their permanent place of residence or position of record.

Do you reside or are you permanently assigned to a duty station within the local commuting area?
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Assessment 1
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. (limit characters)
1. Which of the following statements best describes your experience?
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2. Which of the following statements best describes your experience?
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The following questions will be used to rate applicants who meet the minimum eligibility and qualification requirements. (limit characters)
3. Have you participated in planning activities as they pertain to program and or project management?
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4. Have you ever been responsible for analyzing, planning, or projecting budgetary requirements for a specific program or project?
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5. Have you ever analyzed resource requirements in support of a specific program, project, agency or organizational budget?
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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.
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7. Do you have experience in writing professional correspondence, memoranda or responses to requests for information?
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8. Have you written final documents covering complex information, such as policies, training manuals/materials, management reports, or conference materials?
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9. Have you conducted management reviews, audits, or studies?
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10. Have you drafted proposed solutions to issues, including addressing the consequences of proposed changes?
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11. Have you participated on teams or task forces to implement and.or evaluate new management programs or initiatives?
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12. Have you performed financial or statistical analyses for the purpose of developing cost-benefit or economic evaluation of current and projected programs?
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