- Position Title
- Supervisory Technical Information Specialist
- Agency
- Agricultural Research Service
- Announcement Number
- ARS-S22Y-11345714-TLH Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, January 7, 2022 to Friday, January 21, 2022
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans' Preference?
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. Your answers will be used to determine your eligibility to apply to this job opportunity announcement. You will be considered under the eligibility option(s) to which you answer YES. Select YES to all eligibility options for which you want to be considered. If you respond NO to meeting the criteria for all the eligibilities, you will not be considered for those eligibilities.
NOTE: You must submit the required supporting documentation to receive consideration for EACH selected eligibility. Failure to provide the required documents will result in an ineligible rating and your application will be excluded from consideration.
NOTE: You must submit the required supporting documentation to receive consideration for EACH selected eligibility. Failure to provide the required documents will result in an ineligible rating and your application will be excluded from consideration.
2.
Are you a current USDA employee who meets the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee, in which received official notice that your job is no longer needed or that you will lose your job by Reduction-in-Force (RIF)? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you 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.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
• you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you 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.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than USDA? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area as 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 were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
• you are located in the same local commuting area as 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 were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
4.
Have you registered for reemployment consideration AND meet one of the below:
• Are you a current or former competitive service USDA employee who will be or was separated by Reduction-In-Force (RIF) and received a rating of satisfactory or above as your last annual performance rating?
OR
• Are you a former USDA competitive service employee who separated due to a compensable injury or disability?
• Are you a current or former competitive service USDA employee who will be or was separated by Reduction-In-Force (RIF) and received a rating of satisfactory or above as your last annual performance rating?
OR
• Are you a former USDA competitive service employee who separated due to a compensable injury or disability?
Assessment 1
Your responses to the questions below will be used in the evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Your resume and application materials must support the level of experience and/or education you claim in this questionnaire. If, after a complete review of your application package, a determination is made that you have overstated your qualifications, you may be rated ineligible for this position.
1.
From the choices below, please select the response that best describes how your experience meets the minimum qualification requirements for this position at the GS-15 level. Your resume must clearly support the response you select or you will be rated as not qualified.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Participating in establishing policies, programs, plans, and budgets for an organization.
3.
Providing leadership in the formulation and execution of organizational strategies through policies, programs, and services.
4.
Initiating or directs plans for acquiring, preserving, or making accessible scientific research datasets that facilitate the creation of agricultural knowledge.
5.
Developing policies to ensure research data are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR principles), support scientific research communities, or meet other customer needs and expectations.
6.
Initiating plans to ensure the long-term preservation and access of funded research data in a research library setting.
7.
Developing plans in consultation with senior programmatic and scientific officials across an organization or in the Land-Grant research community.
8.
Overseeing the development of exhibits, programs, or services to translate scientific knowledge to the public.
9.
Participating in the development of plans and policies for national and international cooperation in the creation or distribution of agricultural information.
10.
Building communities of interest that reinforce effective data management to facilitate the creation of knowledge in the agricultural sciences.
11.
Participates with key officials and thought leaders from outside agricultural institutions to ensure information technologies or platforms developed in the agricultural sciences produce current data products and emerging digital objects.
12.
Collaborating with other organizations to ensure information technologies and information technology platforms developed for scientific research meet basic and applied scientific research needs, support multi- and inter-disciplinary research, or meet long-term preservation and access requirements.
13.
Ensuring conformance with both internal and external applicable statutes, regulations, and policies.
14.
Providing leadership in the formulation and execution of organizational policies, programs, or services.
15.
Developing data standards, formats, or metadata policies to advise data providers on the preferred standards.
16.
Developing data access and sharing policies to advise data providers on the preferred standards.
17.
Developing relationships with key officials and thought leaders from outside institutions to exchange information, gain their support, or influence their thinking on plans and objectives.
18.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.