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Please accurately identify your level of training or experience when completing this questionnaire. Your responses will be evaluated and verified based on your submitted resume. Ensure that your resume accurately describes the level of education and/or experience claimed in the assessment questionnaire. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your stated level of experience and demonstrated capability. By continuing in the application process, I acknowledge that my self-assessment questionnaire score may be reduced, and I may lose consideration for this position if the work experience described in my resume does not support my responses to the assessment questionnaire.
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To meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-0301-15 position, you must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-14 level in the federal service or an equivalent level. Select the statement below that best represents your specialized experience. Your resume and/or supporting documentation must clearly support your responses to the questionnaire. Failure to provide support for your responses may result in an adjustment to your final rating or you may be removed from consideration.
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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This position requires a security clearance at the Top Secret level. Do you possess, or are you willing to obtain and maintain throughout the length of the appointment, a Top Secret clearance?
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This position requires you to submit to random drug testing. Are you willing to undergo random urinalysis drug tests?
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This position requires occasional travel, up to 10% travel to other duty locations. Are you able to travel to other duty locations up to 10% of the time?
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Serve as the DoD OIG staff authority on the interpretation of correspondence management and business processes for both internal and external communication with the Congress, Department and other Federal branches.
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Develop and manage short, mid, and long range processes and practices pertaining to DoD OIG correspondence effectiveness with Congress, the Department and other Federal branches.
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Manage the development, coordination, approval, publication, and review of official DoD OIG and DoD policy documents and forms.
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Assist in composing and editing Congressional correspondence products for leadership approval and signature.
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Explain performance expectations to employees and provide regular performance feedback.
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Advise senior leaders on the strategic and operational planning of the Executive Secretariat.
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Develop and implement policy, guidance, procedures and training for the DoD OIG to ensure accurate, concise, coordinated, and timely tasking and processing of internal and external executive correspondence.
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Oversee the design, configuration and implementation of systems, processes, and procedures to monitor the flow of information in the DoD OIG, and from Congress, the Department, other Federal branches, and the public.
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Maintain continuous awareness of senior leaders' priorities to advise and assist in their decision making concerning executive correspondence to the Department, Congress and other Federal branches.
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Monitor issuances from the Department, Congress, and other Federal branches to ensure that these external entities and the current environment are considered when advising and assisting senior leadership in the development of internal and external executive correspondence.
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Evaluate and improve the Executive Secretariat's effectiveness through analysis of data and reports.
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Manage an effective and efficient DoD OIG Publication, Policy Coordination and Forms.
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Serve as the liaison between the DoD OIG and other DoD and Federal offices regarding formal correspondence.
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Assist the DoD OIG Office of Legislative Affairs and Communication with responding to Congressional inquiries and correspondence, ensuring proper tasking, tracking, and closure.
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Oversee and direct organizational and workforce assessments of the effectiveness of the Executive Secretariat and recommend to senior leaders the optimum workforce structure for the Executive Secretariat.
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Ensure staff is properly trained and that the Executive Secretariat is fully capable to meet mission requirements.
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Provide leadership, supervision and direction to the Executive Secretariat staff in carrying out day to day operations and long range planning in support of the DoD OIG.
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Ensure effective oversight of staff work to include implementation of training, conformance to policy and procedures, effective liaison and coordination with DoD OIG and DoD senior staff on policy, directives, and instructions.
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Supervise skilled and technical workforce responsible for Executive Secretariat operational and training programs.
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Make decisions on work priorities, and provide to subordinates advice on best practices, general approaches, and methodologies on assigned work in support of the mission.
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Advise and provide counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management.
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Select or recommend selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in accordance with Merit Principles.
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Develop, modify, and interpret performance standards.
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Appraise subordinates' performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques.
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Recommend awards when appropriate and approve within-grade increases.
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Hear and resolve employee complaints and refer serious unresolved complaints to higher level management. Initiate action to correct performance or conduct problems.
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Support the Whistleblower Protection Program by responding constructively to employees who make protected disclosures under 5 U.S.C. section 2302(b)(8), taking responsible and appropriate actions to resolve any such disclosures, and creating an environment in which employees feel comfortable making such disclosures.
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Support EEO objectives and affirmative employment goals by creating a model EEO environment.
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Identify employee developmental needs and provide or arrange for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance.
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Approve master leave schedule, ensuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time.
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Promote an environment in which employees are empowered to participate in and contribute to effective mission accomplishment.
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Periodically review position descriptions to ensure accuracy, and the most effective utilization of personnel resources.
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Your response in this assessment questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents (e.g. resume) you submit. Ensure that your resume accurately describes the level of education and/or experience claimed in the assessment questionnaire. Please take this opportunity to review your assessment questionnaire responses to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: Understand this information; Have reviewed your responses to the questionnaire for accuracy, and; Verified that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability. Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position.
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