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Specialized experience for the GS-14 is defined as one year of experience at the GS-13 level, or equivalent, that is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes:

-Analyzing data and results, and developing recommendations to senior management AND

-Evaluating information security programs, regulations or policies (such as: classifying, safeguarding, declassifying classified national security information).

1. For the GS-14, select the answer that best describes your experience.

A. I have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level as described above.

B. I do not meet the specialized experience as listed above.

2. Select the following leadership functions on projects and/or studies that you have led as a regular, recurring part of your job. Select all that apply.

A. Established the project objectives, scope, methodology, milestones, and resource requirements.

B. Assigned tasks to project team members.

C. Reviewed completed work for technical adequacy and conformance with professional standards.

D. Provided constructive feedback based on work product reviews.

E. Identified areas where employees working on a project needed skills enhancements and discussed as appropriate.

F. Followed up with project team members to ensure project milestones were timely met.

G. Resolved conflicts, differences, or problems among project team members.

H. Coached and mentored project team members to achieve desired results.

I. Kept supervisors regularly apprised of project progress and results.

J. Led opening conferences, status briefings, and closing conferences with senior customer management.

K. Drafted or reviewed draft and final report products.

L. Assessed feedback received from customer management and made changes to reports, as appropriate.

M. Summarized the results of ongoing/completed project work for the purpose of communicating in a format other than a formal report.

N. Led efforts of employees in different locations but part of the same team.

O. Worked with a new employee or employee new to the work group to communicate the organizations (or work groups) policies and practices.

P. None of the above.

3. Please choose the following area(s) in which you have experience:

A. Managing organization-wide projects.

B. Executing mission-related programs and plans.

C. Providing technical guidance and leadership to team members.

D. Developing and maintaining effective relationships at all levels of the organization.

E. None of the above.

4. Please indicate which of the following best describes your experience planning and organizing work to achieve the goals of a program or organization.

A. I planned, developed, and implemented programs with organizational scope and impact, managing work teams and/or advisory groups in the overall design of systems and programs.

B. I established annual, multi-year, or similar types of long-range work plans for an organizational component, setting goals and objectives, planned for short and long-term resource needs.

C. I set goals and/or planned work to be accomplished by others, set and adjusted priorities, and prepared schedules for the completion of work.

D. I planned and organized my own work assignments against deadlines assigned by my Supervisor, often handling several work assignments at the same time.

E. None of the above.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

5. Do you have experience managing a project across a large, geographically diverse organization, working with multiple internal stakeholders, to accomplish established goals?

A. Yes

B. No

6. Please indicate the statement that best describes your experience with agency industrial/information security programs, including the development and implementation of formal plans to improve industrial/information security programs.

A. I have led the development of plans for industrial/information security across an organization, working with POCs across the organization to develop strategies for improvement.

B. I have led the development of plans for industrial/information security at a local level, identifying concerns specific to the local office and addressing them in a detailed plan.

C. I have contributed to the development of plans at a local level by suggesting initiatives aimed at improving industrial/information security programs.

D. I do not have experience working with industrial/information security programs.

7. Select all the answer(s) that describe your experience identifying and analyzing problems, making logical decisions, and providing solutions.

A. Identified and analyzed problems; distinguished between relevant and irrelevant information to make rational decisions.

B. Used qualitative data and analytical tools in problem solving.

C. Developed policies, regulations, procedures, and plans for meeting the organization's goals and objectives.

D. Interpreted and applied statutes and regulations to resolve problems and issues.

E. Prepared and presented analytical information to senior management officials within the organization. Analyses are used to explain or justify decision, conclusions, findings and recommendations.

F. Developed comprehensive material for reports, briefings or meetings of senior management officials on issues.

G. None of the above.

8. Which of the following choices best reflects your highest level of experience solving problems?

A. I have resolved problems under close supervision.

B. I have experience solving problems that require agreement on issues, achieving cohesiveness, and interacting with individuals constructively.

C. I have experience solving problems that require analyzing and solving problems collectively, inspiring others, building cohesiveness among diverse individuals, and reaching solutions on controversial issues.

D. I have prepared analytical documents such as decision memos that identified policy or process issues and offered multiple options for resolution.

E. I have served on teams assigned with the task of brainstorming alternative solutions of previously identified issues and identifying the effectiveness of those alternatives.

F. None of the above.

9. Choose the statement that best describes your ability to stimulate creative thinking and innovation in others.

A. I have interacted with others on an individual basis seeking new solutions to a problem.

B. I have participated in groups or panels that successfully formulated innovative methods to achieve an assigned task.

C. I have led a group of employees in developing an innovative and improved processes in my field.

D. None of the above.

10. Choose the statement that best describes your experience building support for ideas and initiatives with key stakeholders inside and outside the organization.

A. I have had limited experience building support for ideas and initiatives with key stakeholders inside and outside the organization gained by seeking support for ideas of initiatives under close guidance.

B. I have sought support for ideas and initiatives from key internal and external stake holders with the result that these ideas/initiatives have been included in major recommendations made by others.

C. I have analyzed the pros and cons of key ideas/initiatives and clearly elucidated these options for key internal and external stake holders with the result that the ideas/initiatives were successfully implemented.

D. None of the above.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

11. Do you have experience with reviewing and analyzing data to identify trends, areas of strengths, areas for improvement, and using the findings to identify potential improvement actions?

A. Yes

B. No

12. Please indicate the statement(s) that describes your experience with oral presentations and communications experience with a wide variety of audiences on activities related to changing policies or issues. Select all that apply.

A. Effectively communicated technical information to internal and limited external audiences.

B. Conducted training sessions to various audiences with different levels of comprehension.

C. Prepared written products that are widely distributed with the agency or to limited external audiences.

D. Briefed senior management on significant issues that impact the organization.

E. None of the above.

13. I have experience briefing or presenting information to the following audiences (Select all that apply):

A. Senior agency officials

B. Supervisors

C. Subordinates

D. Government organizations

E. General public

F. Technical experts

G. None of the above

14. Select the response that best describes your interpersonal skill in communicating information, including making presentations to diverse groups and/or high-ranking management officials.

A. I have orally justified controversial decisions, conclusions, findings, or recommendations.

B. I have delivered formal presentations or training sessions.

C. I have persuaded program managers and other decision-making officials, with differing goals and interests, to follow recommended courses of action.

D. I have participated in meetings to discuss plans, present findings, and address problems.

E. I have provided advice to managers on the need to revise program operations, financial policies, and/or regulatory requirements.

F. I have recommended remedial action to correct existing or potential problems.

G. None of the above.

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