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Position Title: Budget Analyst -- COTA
Agency: Social Security Administration
Announcement Number: SH-10031714 Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, July 31, 2017 to Friday, August 18, 2017

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1. Are you a current SSA employee applying for consideration under the Career Opportunities Training Agreement (COTA) program? Select yes if you are eligible for reassignment or change to lower grade. (Note: If you are applying for a grade higher than you have held on a permanent basis, you must apply for promotion and meet the full qualifications requirements of the position.)

A. Yes

B. No

1. Please enter your Employee Common ID (ECI). Your ECI can be found on the first page of Employee Data. NOTE: The Employee Data website is only viewable from within SSA's firewall.

Read the WHO MAY APPLY and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement before you begin this questionnaire. This is a COTA (Career Opportunities Training Agreement) announcement and can only be filled by reassignment or change-to-lower-grade. You must hold (or have held) a permanent position at or above GS-09, WG-13, WL-10 or WS-05 to be eligible under this COTA announcement.

1. Choose the statement that best describes your qualifications for this position.

A. I do not meet any of the “full-qualifications” described in the QUALIFICATIONS section. Instead, I am a GS-09 or above applying for reassignment or change-to-lower-grade under the provisions of COTA and have at least 52 weeks of experience performing general duties* that contribute towards the workload goals of an office or component. *Qualifying duties must be at a level equivalent to GS-07 or above and include adhering to specified deadlines; using computers and automated systems to complete work assignments; filing and/or disseminating informational material; generating routine correspondence; drafting standard reports; applying regulations or procedures to program or management operations; and communicating effectively, both orally and in writing. Such experience must be clearly described in your SSA-45.

B. I do not meet any of the “full-qualifications” described in the QUALIFICATIONS section. Instead, I am a Federal Wage Schedule employee (WG-13, WL-10, WS-05 or above) applying for change-to-lower-grade under the provisions of COTA and have at least 52 weeks of experience performing general duties* that contribute towards the workload goals of an office or component. *Qualifying duties must be at a level equivalent to GS-07 or above and include adhering to specified deadlines; using computers and automated systems to complete work assignments; filing and/or disseminating informational material; generating routine correspondence; drafting standard reports; applying regulations or procedures to program or management operations; and communicating effectively, both orally and in writing. Such experience must be clearly described in your SSA-45.

C. I meet the “full-qualifications” for this position. If you choose this option, you are ineligible to apply under COTA. Discontinue this questionnaire and apply under SH-10031706 instead.

D. I do not meet the experience and/or grade requirements for this position and am not eligible to be considered under this vacancy announcement.

2. Are you currently in good standing? This means your most recent performance rating was Successful or higher AND you are currently not serving under a formal Opportunity to Perform Successfully (OPS) improvement plan) OR you are a new employee and have not yet received a performance rating but are not serving under a formal OPS.

A. Yes

B. No

3. Indicate your appointment type. If you are uncertain, refer to blocks 34 and 24 of your most recent SF-50.

A. Competitive Service -- permanent or conditional appointment

B. Excepted Service -- Schedule A (appointment SF-50 must show Reg. 213.3102(u) in block 5)

C. Excepted Service – VRA (Veterans Recruitment Authority) appointment

D. None of the above (e.g., excepted service not listed above, including excepted service for attorneys, Pathways appointment, term appointment, contractor, etc)

4. Indicate your duty location.

A. My permanent OR temporary duty station is the Baltimore/Washington DC/Falls Church Headquarters; Office of Central Operations (OCO) Baltimore; Wilkes-Barre Data Operations Center (WBDOC) or Region III (Philadelphia).

B. Neither my permanent nor temporary duty station is listed in option A, but I am applying under the SSA-4100 provision.

C. Neither of the above apply.

5. Select the option that corresponds to the element average shown on your performance appraisal for the most recently completed appraisal period:

A. 3.0

B. 3.3

C. 3.5

D. 3.7

E. 4.0

F. 4.3

G. 4.5

H. 4.7

I. 5.0

J. I am a New Hire and/or Trainee (NHT) and received a successful appraisal rating.

K. I am not rated under PACS; however, I received a "Pass" rating on my most recent appraisal rating.

L. I received a Level 1, Fail, or Unsuccessful appraisal rating.

Select the option that corresponds to the total number of points you should receive for awards. You may receive points for your monetary awards as follows: 1 point for each cash award earned earlier than 5 years from the date of the vacancy (Maximum of 5 points) 1 point for each ECSA award within the prior 5 years. 2 points for each performance award (ROC/QSI) within the prior 5 years. (Note: Although SSA did not pay cash awards for the appraisal period of 10/01/11-9/30/12, you should credit yourself for that period with 2 points towards the 10 point maximum if your Element Average was equal to or higher than 4.0 or 1 point if your Element Average was between 3.0 - 3.9). Your overall total for monetary awards may not exceed 10 points.

6. Please indicate the number of points you should receive for awards:

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

E. 4

F. 5

G. 6

H. 7

I. 8

J. 9

K. 10

The following questions list examples of career achievements that contribute to SSA's mission. Please answer Yes or No for each question. Each question is worth 1 point, for a maximum of 5 points. All responses must be documented on the SSA-45 and will be subject to further review.

7. Have you received a letter of commendation or an honor award for your contribution(s) to the accomplishment of the agency's mission or for providing exemplary service in the community that promotes or enhances the image/mission of the agency or the federal service?

A. Yes

B. No

8. Have you participated in a workgroup or interagency activity to develop or revise technical resource materials or test the effectiveness of a work process or system?

A. Yes

B. No

9. Have you served as a subject matter expert, delivered formal classroom instruction, provided formal mentoring or on-the job training or served on a voluntary detail of at least 30 days?

A. Yes

B. No

10. Have you suggested (formally or informally), recommended, organized and/or implemented a work process that improved accuracy or resulted in cost or time-savings?

A. Yes

B. No

11. Have you represented the agency on various initiatives to deliver information about agency programs?

A. Yes

B. No

Please answer Yes or No to the following questions. 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.

12. Do you have experience (working under direct supervision) analyzing SSA's budget, a component's budget, another agency's budget or private sector budget?

A. Yes

B. No -- I am applying under COTA and this experience does not apply.

13. Do you have experience (working under direct supervision) tracking an organization's budget expenditures?

A. Yes

B. No -- I am applying under COTA and this experience does not apply.

14. Do you have experience (with supervisory oversight) formulating an organization's budget?

A. Yes

B. No -- I am applying under COTA and this experience does not apply.

15. Have you successfully completed training in budget, accounting or finance?

A. Yes

B. No -- I am applying under COTA and this training does not apply.

16. Do you have experience (working under direct supervision) reading documents, records or other information for conformance to federal policies, regulations or procedures? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

17. Do you have experience (working under direct supervision) resolving discrepancies and making corrections to documents, records or information in conformance with federal policies, regulations or procedures? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

18. Do you have experience (working under direct supervision) relating facts, evidence or issues to the requirements of federal policies, regulations or procedures? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

19. Do you have experience (under direct supervision) completing assignments in a federal program (for example retirement, survivors, disability, black lung, health insurance benefits or supplemental security income payments)? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

20. Do you have experience reading and applying instructions pertaining to federal programs? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

21. Do you have experience (under direct supervision) applying applicable policies, laws and regulations when completing work assignments? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

22. Have you successfully completed analyst training or Claims Authorizer or Claims Representative training? (1 point)

A. Yes

B. No

23. Do you have experience performing assignments as part of a team to meet organizational objectives? (3 points)

A. Yes

B. No

24. Do you have experience carrying out job responsibilities under supervision and handling sensitive information in a confidential manner? (3 points)

A. Yes

B. No

25. Do you have experience working with employees from other components? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

26. Do you have experience providing assistance or technical guidance to other employees in the component? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

27. Have you successfully completed training in teambuilding or leadership? (1 point)

A. Yes

B. No

28. Do you have experience evaluating data and expressing decisions or findings clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing? (3 points)

A. Yes

B. No

29. Do you have experience reviewing and analyzing work products and presenting recommendations for changes to management? (3 points)

A. Yes

B. No

30. Do you have experience communicating with individuals for the purposes of obtaining and conveying information necessary to complete a work assignment? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

31. Do you have experience preparing materials for briefings or presentations? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

32. Do you have experience preparing spreadsheets or documents using standard software? (2 points)

A. Yes

B. No

33. Have you successfully completed training in any of the following: MS Excel, Word or Power Point? effective briefing techniques? writing through critical thinking? technical writing? (1 point)

A. Yes

B. No

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