- Position Title
- PROTOCOL SPECIALIST
- Agency
- Secretary of the Navy/Assistant for Administration (DON/AA)
- Announcement Number
- ST-10594275-19-AK Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, September 4, 2019 to Friday, September 13, 2019
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans' Preference?
2.
Are you an active duty service member with a statement of service showing that you expect to be honorably discharged or released from the armed forces under honorable conditions no later than 120 days after submitting your application? Please note: you will be ineligible for consideration if your statement of service is not submitted with your application or it shows an expected discharge or release date greater than 120 days from the date of the submission of the certification.
You are required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The statement of service must provide the branch of service, rate/rank, all dates of service, the expected date of discharge and anticipated character of service (e.g., Honorable, General, etc.). Veterans should upload their DD-214 once they receive it upon separation.
Failure to provide supporting documentation will result in a rating of ineligible. For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
You are required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The statement of service must provide the branch of service, rate/rank, all dates of service, the expected date of discharge and anticipated character of service (e.g., Honorable, General, etc.). Veterans should upload their DD-214 once they receive it upon separation.
Failure to provide supporting documentation will result in a rating of ineligible. For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
3.
Are you currently receiving an annuity for service as a federal civil servant?
The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants.
Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf
The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants.
Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf
4.
Are you a current or former land management agency employee AND you:
served under a time limited (temporary or term) appointment AND
receive a fully successful or better (or equivalent) performance rating AND
have not separated from the land management agency OR separated within the last two years for reasons other than misconduct?
If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit supporting documentation of your claim including a copy of your last or most recent SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action reflecting all periods of creditable service and a fully successful performance appraisal (or equivalent documentation) from the same time period.
Failure to provide supporting documentation will result in a rating of ineligible. For more information, please see https://chcoc.gov/content/eligibility-land-management-employees-time-limited-appointment-competitive-service
served under a time limited (temporary or term) appointment AND
receive a fully successful or better (or equivalent) performance rating AND
have not separated from the land management agency OR separated within the last two years for reasons other than misconduct?
If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit supporting documentation of your claim including a copy of your last or most recent SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action reflecting all periods of creditable service and a fully successful performance appraisal (or equivalent documentation) from the same time period.
Failure to provide supporting documentation will result in a rating of ineligible. For more information, please see https://chcoc.gov/content/eligibility-land-management-employees-time-limited-appointment-competitive-service
5.
Are you a former permanent competitive service employee in a Federal agency eligible for reinstatement?
If you are, your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect career status: Tenure 1 in box 24 OR
Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect career-conditional status: Tenure 2 in box 24 and you separated within the last three years OR
Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect career-conditional status: Tenure 2 in box 24 and you have veterans preference?
If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your last SF-50 showing you were in the competitive service AND the SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your last SF-50. Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible.
If you are, your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect career status: Tenure 1 in box 24 OR
Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect career-conditional status: Tenure 2 in box 24 and you separated within the last three years OR
Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect career-conditional status: Tenure 2 in box 24 and you have veterans preference?
If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your last SF-50 showing you were in the competitive service AND the SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your last SF-50. Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible.
6.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the Department of Defense?
If yes, confirm:
Failure to provide this documentation will result in a rating of ineligible.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
If yes, confirm:
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy AND
- 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.
Failure to provide this documentation will result in a rating of ineligible.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
7.
Are you currently employed as a permanent competitive service employee in the Department of Defense (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, etc.)?
If you are:
If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 showing you are employed in the DoD in the competitive service AND the SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your most recent SF-50. Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible. If you are serving on an excepted service veterans recruitment appointment (VRA) you must ALSO submit an SF-50 showing your conversion or appointment to the excepted service VRA appointment (Authority code in block 5-C will be J8M).
PLEASE NOTE: If you are applying for a higher grade than the grade that you currently hold and the SF-50 you submit to support your eligibility claim has an effective date within the past year, it will not clearly show that you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement. Be sure to provide an additional SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Rate/Grade Increases (WRI/WGI), and appointment/conversion SF-50s with an effective date more than one-year old).
If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from MyBiz. Failure to provide documentation that fully supports your claim will result in a rating of ineligible.
If you are:
- Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect career or career-conditional: Tenure 1 or 2 in box 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 box 34 (Unless you are on a permanent VRA appointment then it will show a 2 in box 34).
If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 showing you are employed in the DoD in the competitive service AND the SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your most recent SF-50. Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible. If you are serving on an excepted service veterans recruitment appointment (VRA) you must ALSO submit an SF-50 showing your conversion or appointment to the excepted service VRA appointment (Authority code in block 5-C will be J8M).
PLEASE NOTE: If you are applying for a higher grade than the grade that you currently hold and the SF-50 you submit to support your eligibility claim has an effective date within the past year, it will not clearly show that you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement. Be sure to provide an additional SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Rate/Grade Increases (WRI/WGI), and appointment/conversion SF-50s with an effective date more than one-year old).
If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from MyBiz. Failure to provide documentation that fully supports your claim will result in a rating of ineligible.
8.
Are you the spouse of a relocating Armed Forces member? If yes, please confirm the following:
I am a military spouse who is currently married to my active duty sponsor. I am exercising my preference eligibility for positions within the local commuting area of my sponsor's current duty station. I certify that I have not accepted nor declined a permanent, continuing Federal or non-appropriated fund position in the local commuting area of our current duty location.
NOTE 1: Military spouses are eligible for one permanent noncompetitive appointment using their preference eligibility for the duration of the active duty sponsor's assignment to a permanent duty station, as long as the military spouse has not declined or accepted a permanent Federal or non-appropriated fund position in the commuting area of the sponsor's current duty location. If you certify that you have not used your preference at your sponsor's current duty location and it is discovered to be untrue, you may be subject to loss of MSP and possible disciplinary action.
NOTE 2: You must include a copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Acceptable documentation of your preference eligibility includes at a minimum: A copy of the PCS orders, and your marriage certificate or license.
Failure to provide this documentation will result in a rating of ineligible.
I am a military spouse who is currently married to my active duty sponsor. I am exercising my preference eligibility for positions within the local commuting area of my sponsor's current duty station. I certify that I have not accepted nor declined a permanent, continuing Federal or non-appropriated fund position in the local commuting area of our current duty location.
NOTE 1: Military spouses are eligible for one permanent noncompetitive appointment using their preference eligibility for the duration of the active duty sponsor's assignment to a permanent duty station, as long as the military spouse has not declined or accepted a permanent Federal or non-appropriated fund position in the commuting area of the sponsor's current duty location. If you certify that you have not used your preference at your sponsor's current duty location and it is discovered to be untrue, you may be subject to loss of MSP and possible disciplinary action.
NOTE 2: You must include a copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Acceptable documentation of your preference eligibility includes at a minimum: A copy of the PCS orders, and your marriage certificate or license.
Failure to provide this documentation will result in a rating of ineligible.
9.
Are you eligible to apply under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA)?
You are eligible if:
If you answer yes to this question you must submit a copy of your latest DD-214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy that shows all dates of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter that shows dates of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, you should submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned information on the DD-214 you must submit that too.
If you are entitled to claim VEOA due to derived preference you must also provide the applicable supporting documentation of your derived preference (e.g., disability letter from the VA, DD 1300, etc.) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15).
Failure to provide supporting documentation will result in a rating of ineligible. For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
You may request copies of your military personnel records (e.g., DD-214) online or from the VA.
NOTE: If you are an active duty service member you are not eligible for consideration under this authority. Refer to the active duty service member question for consideration.
You are eligible if:
- you are a veteran whose latest discharge was under honorable conditions AND
- you served three or more years of continuous active duty service in the military (NOTE: if released shortly before completing a 3-year tour, you are considered to meet the eligibility); OR
- you are entitled to veterans' preference including derived preference
If you answer yes to this question you must submit a copy of your latest DD-214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy that shows all dates of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter that shows dates of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, you should submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned information on the DD-214 you must submit that too.
If you are entitled to claim VEOA due to derived preference you must also provide the applicable supporting documentation of your derived preference (e.g., disability letter from the VA, DD 1300, etc.) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15).
Failure to provide supporting documentation will result in a rating of ineligible. For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
You may request copies of your military personnel records (e.g., DD-214) online or from the VA.
NOTE: If you are an active duty service member you are not eligible for consideration under this authority. Refer to the active duty service member question for consideration.
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
Where did you hear about this job? We know you saw this announcement on USAJOBS, but did you hear about it somewhere else first?
Please tell us where you first heard about this job.
Please tell us where you first heard about this job.
3.
TIME IN GRADE
Are you applying for a promotion? It is a promotion if you are applying for a general schedule (GS) position that is higher than the grade level you currently hold or previously held in the past.
To be considered for a promotion, you must provide SF-50(s) that shows that you have held the next lower GS grade or equivalent for at least one year. That means if you submit an SF-50 that is dated within the last year (e.g. General Adjustment SF-50), you must submit another SF-50 that is dated more than one year ago. In many cases, we need to see two (2) SF-50s to determine time-in-grade for promotion. Note: If you are applying to more than one grade, select your response based on the highest grade you are applying for.
Are you applying for a promotion? It is a promotion if you are applying for a general schedule (GS) position that is higher than the grade level you currently hold or previously held in the past.
To be considered for a promotion, you must provide SF-50(s) that shows that you have held the next lower GS grade or equivalent for at least one year. That means if you submit an SF-50 that is dated within the last year (e.g. General Adjustment SF-50), you must submit another SF-50 that is dated more than one year ago. In many cases, we need to see two (2) SF-50s to determine time-in-grade for promotion. Note: If you are applying to more than one grade, select your response based on the highest grade you are applying for.
Condition of Employment
1.
I am willing and able to travel away from my duty location.
2.
I am willing and able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
3.
I am willing and able to obtain and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
Assessment 1
1.
Please select one response that best describes how you meet the minimum qualifications for a GS-0301-12, PROTOCOL SPECIALIST.
2.
Please select one response that best describes how you meet the minimum qualifications for a GS-0301-11, PROTOCOL SPECIALIST.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Coordinate logistics and administrative support for special events.
4.
Arrange on-site and off-site events (e.g., scheduling rooms, coordinating instructors or speakers, announcing events, providing materials to participants) for an organization.
5.
Plan the details of an event (e.g., conference, workshop, seminar) to include facility accommodations, food services, security, audio-visual equipment, ground transportation, or ceremonial needs.
6.
Manage unanticipated situations that arise to minimize disruptions to an event.
7.
Manage invitation and RSVP processes for events.
8.
Develop agendas and plans for an event in accordance with the focus of the event.
9.
Administer managerial support (e.g., handle inquires, complaints, patrons) for any problematic occurrences at the facility.
10.
Advise clients on what project support is needed within the practical parameters of budgets and schedules.
11.
Determine proper protocol to coordinate, plan, oversee, or direct events (e.g., meetings, appointments, special ceremonies).
12.
Plan executive administrative functions in compliance with command protocol.
13.
Advise others on matters regarding protocol policies and procedures.
14.
Present ideas or give briefs on plans and action of events to supervisors, senior leadership, and dignitaries.
15.
Brief staff and senior leadership on events, conferences, and meetings to ensure they comply with established policies and procedures regarding events.
16.
Brief dignitaries' staff and support personnel on respective responsibilities for visit or event.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
17.
Do you certify that all of your responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate; and do you accept that if your supporting documentation does not support one or more of your responses to the questionnaire that your application may be rated lower or you may be removed from further consideration?