- Position Title
- Program Support Specialist
- Agency
- Food and Drug Administration
- Announcement Number
- FDA-CVM-23-11756808YM-IMP Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, December 16, 2022 to Friday, December 30, 2022
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Eligibilities
1.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MERIT PROMOTION ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS VERY CAREFULLY.
Your responses to these questions will impact your eligibility.
This vacancy announcement is being advertised under Merit Promotion procedures. This means that only specific groups of applicants are eligible to apply to this announcement. The following eligibility questions will determine if you are among any of these specific groups eligible to apply. You will only be considered for each eligibility which you respond "yes" to. If you respond "no" to all eligibility options in this list, your application will not be considered under this advertisement. For more information about Merit Promotion advertisements, visit the USAJOBS Which Vacancies am I Eligible For? article. The specific area of consideration (those groups of applicants eligible to apply) are listed in the "Who May Apply" section of this announcement. If you still have questions about this advertisement or your potential eligibility, please reach out to the FDA Applicant Help Desk | quickquestions@fda.gov | 888-478-4340.
By answering "yes" below, you are indicating that you have read and understand this information.
Your responses to these questions will impact your eligibility.
This vacancy announcement is being advertised under Merit Promotion procedures. This means that only specific groups of applicants are eligible to apply to this announcement. The following eligibility questions will determine if you are among any of these specific groups eligible to apply. You will only be considered for each eligibility which you respond "yes" to. If you respond "no" to all eligibility options in this list, your application will not be considered under this advertisement. For more information about Merit Promotion advertisements, visit the USAJOBS Which Vacancies am I Eligible For? article. The specific area of consideration (those groups of applicants eligible to apply) are listed in the "Who May Apply" section of this announcement. If you still have questions about this advertisement or your potential eligibility, please reach out to the FDA Applicant Help Desk | quickquestions@fda.gov | 888-478-4340.
By answering "yes" below, you are indicating that you have read and understand this information.
2.
- Are you a current HHS employee in a bargaining unit position represented by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU)? NOTE: This question is not used to determine if you are eligible for consideration; it is only used to ensure proper referral in accordance with the HHS and NTEU collective bargaining agreement effective October 1, 2010, revised March 6, 2014. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must also respond "Yes" to the applicable eligibility questions below.
If you answer yes, Block 37 (Bargaining Unit Status) of your SF-50 must be 3591.
3.
Are you a current employee of any agency within the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) who has been notified that your job is no longer needed or that you will lose your job by Reduction-in-Force (RIF)? If so, you may be entitled to selection priority under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP).
To be eligible, you must:
1. Meet the definition of 'surplus' or 'displaced' employee, as defined in Section 330-2-30; and
2. Have a duty station in the local commuting area of the vacancy; and
3. Have a performance rating of at least Fully Successful or equivalent; and
4. Be applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you're being separated; and
5. Be applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you're being separated; and
6. Be well-qualified for the position. Refer to the vacancy announcement for a description of the criteria; and
7. Submit the following supporting documentation:
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered for selection priority under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)?
To be eligible, you must:
1. Meet the definition of 'surplus' or 'displaced' employee, as defined in Section 330-2-30; and
2. Have a duty station in the local commuting area of the vacancy; and
3. Have a performance rating of at least Fully Successful or equivalent; and
4. Be applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you're being separated; and
5. Be applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you're being separated; and
6. Be well-qualified for the position. Refer to the vacancy announcement for a description of the criteria; and
7. Submit the following supporting documentation:
- RIF separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice; and
- Copy of your latest performance rating; and
- Copy of your most recent SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action showing your position, grade and step, tenure code, and duty location.
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered for selection priority under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)?
4.
Are you a current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employee? If so, you may be eligible to apply competitively to this vacancy announcement.
To be eligible, you must:
1. Be a current permanent FDA employee on a career or career-conditional in the competitive service. If you are unsure, review your SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action for the following:
2. Have never held a permanent position with the same or greater promotion potential. Review the vacancy announcement for the promotion potential of this position.
AND
3. Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action with your application package. Review the Required Documents section of the vacancy announcement.
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered as a current FDA employee (Competitive)?
To be eligible, you must:
1. Be a current permanent FDA employee on a career or career-conditional in the competitive service. If you are unsure, review your SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action for the following:
- Block 24 (Tenure) must be '1 - Permanent' or '2 - Conditional'; and
- Block 34 (Position Occupied) must be '1 - Competitive Service'
2. Have never held a permanent position with the same or greater promotion potential. Review the vacancy announcement for the promotion potential of this position.
AND
3. Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action with your application package. Review the Required Documents section of the vacancy announcement.
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered as a current FDA employee (Competitive)?
5.
Are you a current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employee? If so, you may be eligible to apply non-competitively to this vacancy announcement.
To be eligible, you must:
1. Be a current permanent FDA employee on a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service. If you are unsure, review your SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action for the following:
2. Currently hold or have previously held a permanent position with the same or greater promotion potential. Review the vacancy announcement for the promotion potential of this position. You must submit a copy of your SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action showing the highest grade (or promotion potential) held.
AND
3. Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action with your application package. Review the Required Documents section of the vacancy announcement.
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered as a current FDA employee (Non-Competitive)?
To be eligible, you must:
1. Be a current permanent FDA employee on a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service. If you are unsure, review your SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action for the following:
- Block 24 (Tenure) must be '1 - Permanent' or '2 - Conditional'; and
- Block 34 (Position Occupied) must be '1 - Competitive Service'
2. Currently hold or have previously held a permanent position with the same or greater promotion potential. Review the vacancy announcement for the promotion potential of this position. You must submit a copy of your SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action showing the highest grade (or promotion potential) held.
AND
3. Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action with your application package. Review the Required Documents section of the vacancy announcement.
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered as a current FDA employee (Non-Competitive)?
6.
Are you a current Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps Officer stationed at a position within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? Not all positions are appropriate for the Commissioned Corps and it is at the supervisor's discretion to fill a position through the Corps.
To be eligible, you must:
1. Be a current PHS Commissioned Corps Officer with FDA; and
2. Submit a copy of your most recent PHS personnel orders or letter from the Public Health Service verifying you are currently in, or have been accepted to, the Commissioned Corps.
See the PHS Commissioned Corps website for more information.
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered for a Commissioned Corps appointment?
To be eligible, you must:
1. Be a current PHS Commissioned Corps Officer with FDA; and
2. Submit a copy of your most recent PHS personnel orders or letter from the Public Health Service verifying you are currently in, or have been accepted to, the Commissioned Corps.
See the PHS Commissioned Corps website for more information.
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered for a Commissioned Corps appointment?
7.
Are you an individual with a documented intellectual, severe physical, or psychiatric disability?
If so, you may be eligible for employment through a Schedule A appointment.
To be eligible, you must:
1. Submit medical documentation of your disability. Documentation must:
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered for a Schedule A appointment?
If so, you may be eligible for employment through a Schedule A appointment.
To be eligible, you must:
1. Submit medical documentation of your disability. Documentation must:
- Be obtained from a licensed medical professional; a licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist; or any Federal, state, or District of Columbia agency or U.S. territory that issues or provides disability benefits; and
- Be printed on the official letterhead of a medical professional and must include a signature, must include the following information: date of issuance, medical professional's name, address/location, contact information (i.e. valid phone number, email address, and fax number), and signature. Letters that no not provide this information will be invalid.
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered for a Schedule A appointment?
8.
Are you a current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employee and a disabled or decorated veteran eligible under the Veterans Recruitment Authority (VRA)? If so, you may be eligible to be considered for a non-competitive, excepted appointment. Under this eligibility, you may be converted to the competitive service after satisfactory completion of 2 years of substantially continuous service.
To be eligible, you must:
1. Meet any of the following conditions:
2. Submit the following documentation:
3. Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action with your application package. Review the Required Documents
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered for a non-competitive, excepted appointment under Veterans Recruitment Authority?
To be eligible, you must:
1. Meet any of the following conditions:
- Served during a war or are in receipt of a campaign badge for service in a campaign or expedition; OR
- Be a disabled veteran, OR
- Be in receipt of an Armed Forces Service Medal (includes the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal) for participation in a military operation, OR
- Be a recently separated veteran (within 3 years of discharge), AND
- Be separated under honorable conditions (this means an honorable or general discharge).
2. Submit the following documentation:
- Copy of your DD-214: Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member #4 copy indicating character of service), OR
- Other proof of your service which includes character of service; AND
- If claiming 10-point preference, you will need to submit the appropriate documentation listed in the Standard Form 15 (SF-15), "Application for 10-point Veterans' Preference."
3. Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action with your application package. Review the Required Documents
Based on the above, are you eligible and would you like to be considered for a non-competitive, excepted appointment under Veterans Recruitment Authority?
Preferences
1.
In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee?
You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
- A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
- A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
- A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
2.
===== Acknowledgement of Restrictions on the Employment of Relatives by Public Officials =====
5 U.S. Code, § 3110 lays out specific and important restrictions on the employment of relatives within an agency.
A public official of a government agency may not appoint, promote, or otherwise advocate for the employment, advancement, or promotion of relatives within the agency for which the public official is employed or has control over.
Employees hired in violation of 5 U.S. Code, § 3110 will not be entitled to any pay for their period of employment, and any pay already received before the violation becomes known, will be considered as a debt to the government on the part of the employed individual.
For the purpose of this question, a "relative" is defined as: father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
QUESTION:
After having read the definition of "relative" as stated above, does the Food and Drug Administration employ any of your relatives?
IF YES: You must provide the following information, for each relative employed by the FDA:
- The full legal name of the relative.
- The relative's relationship to you (from the list above).
- If known, the relative's employing organization and position.
3.
Your responses to the all questions, and any information or documentation which you provide as part of your application, will be thoroughly reviewed for accuracy and truthfulness. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, your application will not be considered. Knowingly providing false information in your application (or submitted documentation) is a crime!
- I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in my application is true, correct, and provided in good faith.
- I understand that if I intentionally make a false statement, or commit deception or fraud in my application, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 USC, Sec 1001); my eligibility may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 CFR, Part 731).
- I understand that any information I provide may be investigated.
- I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
Assessment 1
We will evaluate your resume and responses to this Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification and must be supported by your resume and supporting documents.
1.
From the descriptions below, select the one which best describes your experience and meets the minimum qualification requirements for the Program Support Specialist, GS-0301-09
2.
In addition to your response to the question above, please indicate where in your resume you gained the specialized experience to support your response. Please include the following:
Company Name
Position title
Date (s) of Employment
Number of Hours Worked per week
Company Name
Position title
Date (s) of Employment
Number of Hours Worked per week
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Conduct studies at the supervisor's request.
4.
Assist in researching sensitive issues and analyzing and presenting findings and recommendations.
5.
Assist in developing position papers to explain study findings and recommendations.
6.
Determine the level of priority of items and takes action accordingly.
7.
Assist in creating draft documents which present office views, policies, and procedures.
8.
Monitor and review incoming request for programmatic action or information.
9.
Examine, edit, and consolidate information to ensure it is factually correct and written in the appropriate style.
10.
Assist in researching records, consolidate information, identify project status, and provides recommendations.
11.
Participate in center meetings or as a member of working groups to advocate their policies and priorities concerning administrative or management areas.
12.
Brief the supervisor on the discussions and actions required and follows up to ensure that required action is taken.