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Position Title
Management Information Specialist
Agency
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
Announcement Number
23-HUD-479 Opens in new window
Open Period
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 to Wednesday, January 18, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a veteran who separated from active duty under honorable conditions and you: 
  • have a rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs showing a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more OR
  • retired from active military service with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more
If eligible, submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. Please also provide the disability letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs or Armed Service and the Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15.For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources. 
 
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3. Are you a surplus or displaced Federal employee eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)?  Click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
 
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4. Are you a displaced Federal employee eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)?  Click ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
 
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5. Are you a current Excepted Service employee of a Federal Agency covered by an OPM Interchange agreement that conveys noncompetitive eligibility?

For more information, review Interchange Agreements with Other Merit Systems.  https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=InterchangeAgreementsWithOtherMeritSystems

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form (SF-50) reflecting your status. 
 
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6. Are you eligible for competitive consideration under any of the following merit promotion categories?
  • Current Federal civilian employee in the Competitive service on a permanent career or career-conditional appointment
  • Current Excepted service employee covered by an Interchange Agreement
  • Former Federal employee with Reinstatement eligibility
  • Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)
  • Current Federal employee serving on a VRA appointment
  • Land Management Employee eligible under Public Law 114-47
  • Other competitive category not listed above (you must submit proof of eligibility)
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7. Are you eligible to be appointed under the Military Spouse Noncompetitive Appointing Authority based on any of the following categories?
  • You are the spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces.
  • You are the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who retired with a disability rating at the time of retirement of 100 percent or the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who retired or separated from the Armed Forces and has a disability rating of 100 percent from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • You are the widow or widower of a member of the Armed Forces killed while in active duty status, and you have not re-married.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources. (https://www.usajobs.gov/Veterans)
 
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8. Are you a former federal employee that has been separated for at least one full year and is eligible to be non-competitively reinstated to a higher grade or full-performance level than which you left federal employment?
(Note: you MUST provide:  1) a copy of your separation SF-50 (the "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should show a "1" or "2"); AND 2) the last performance appraisal you received from your federal employment which shows at least a fully successful rating.)
 
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9. Do you currently hold (or have you previously held) on a permanent basis, a position in the competitive service (or in another merit system with which OPM has an interchange agreement), with promotion potential equivalent to (or higher than) the full performance level of the position advertised in this vacancy announcement?
 
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10. Are you eligible under any other miscellaneous appointing authority not listed thus far, such as (but not all inclusive to):
  • Postal Career Service Employee;
  • Postal Rate Commission Employee;
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO) Employee; 
  • Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Employee; or 
  • Foreign overseas employee or eligible family member of former overseas employee
 For more information, review Miscellaneous Authorities Not Regulated By U.S. Office of Personnel Management.  https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=MiscellaneousAuthoritiesNotRegulated .  To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form (SF-50) reflecting your status. 

For more information on Foreign overseas employment please review the following: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#NontemporaryForeignService or https://www.state.gov/global-community-liaison-office/family-member-employment/family-member-employment-in-the-d-c-area/non-competitive-eligibility-nce/#NCE5
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11. Are you eligible for consideration as a Peace Corps, VISTA, or Action volunteer?  If you select this option, you are required to provide acceptable documentation of your appointment eligibility by submitting proof of employment from the appropriate agency with your completed application.
National Service (Peace Corps and VISTA)
 
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12. Do you have a severe physical, psychiatric or mental disability that qualifies you for a Schedule A Disability appointment?

For more information, review USAJOBS Individuals with Disabilities resources.

To verify your eligibility, you must provide appropriate medical documentation, i.e., a letter signed by a licensed medical professional or licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist stating your condition and restrictions.
 
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13. Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?

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Preferences
1. Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location. (limit characters)
2. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
3. Are you currently serving or have served in the last five years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government? (limit characters)
4. If you were born a male after December 31, 1959, and are at least 18 years of age, have you registered with the Selective Service System (select "Not applicable" if this question does not apply to you)? (limit characters)
5. Are you a current Federal employee? (limit characters)
6. If you are, or ever were a Federal civilian employee, indicate the pay plan and grade level or pay band of the highest graded position you have ever held. (limit 250 characters)
Performance Appraisal
1. As outlined in the vacancy announcement, you must submit a copy of all pages of your most recent completed annual performance appraisal, dated within the last 12 months, that includes the final rating. If you have not submitted an appraisal meeting these specific requirements, you must explain why you are unable to do so in the next question. If you do not provide a copy of the performance appraisal, or a statement advising why it is unavailable, you will be removed from further consideration. If you are unable to provide a performance appraisal with your application, you will need to provide a reason in the text box below.

(Note: If you answer "NO" to this question, you must provide a reason as to why you were not able to provide a performance appraisal in the text box of the following question)

Have you submitted a copy of all pages of your most recent completed annual performance appraisal, dated within the last 12 months, that includes the final rating?
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2. If you answered "NO" to the previous question, please provide a reason as to why you were not able to provide a performance appraisal in the text box below. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
1. Specialized Experience for the GS-14 level is one year of experience at the GS-13 level, or equivalent that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Specialized Experience includes:

-Accessing, scrubbing, modeling and analyzing financial and programmatic data, applying analytical and problem solving techniques to identify issues and develop solutions; AND
-Performing system and process analysis (i.e. researching problems, planning solutions, recommending process, software and systems solutions, and coordinating development to meet business needs); AND
-Writing reports with commercial off the shelf (COTS) software.

Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
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2. Please specify where this experience is documented in your resume. (By indicating place of employment, job title and length of time performing the duties). (limit 250 characters)
3. Specialized Experience for the GS-13 level is one year of experience at the GS-12 level, or equivalent that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized Experience includes:

- Assisting in accessing, scrubbing, modeling and analyzing financial and programmatic data and applying analytical problem-solving techniques to identify issues; AND
- Assisting in performing system and process analysis (i.e. researching problems, planning solutions, recommending process, software and systems solutions, and assisting in development to meet business needs); AND
- Writing reports with commercial off the shelf (COTS) software.


Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
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4. Please specify where this experience is documented in your resume. (By indicating place of employment, job title and length of time performing the duties). (limit 250 characters)
5. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the governmental program or private sector business you worked on. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)
6. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to Oracle PL/SQL or Microsoft T-SQL based application. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
7. Do you have experience creating large scale applications (thousands of users) using Oracle PL/SQL or Microsoft T-SQL? (limit characters)
8. Please specify where the above experience is documented in your resume by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. (limit 250 characters)
9. Select the answers that your experience as it directly relates to Oracle or Microsoft Application. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)
10. Which query methods have you used to extract data using database software (e.g. Oracle SQL or PL/SQL, Microsoft SQL, or T-SQL)? (limit characters)
11. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to Oracle Apex, Java .Net and other object-oriented platforms. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)
12. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to Oracle Apex, Java, .Net and other object-oriented platforms. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)
13. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to Business Intelligence tools MicroStrategy or Oracle OBIEE or Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)
14. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to Database design and systems development. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)
15. Which advance database software features have you used? (e.g., Oracle PL/SQL or Microsoft T-SQL)? (limit characters)
16. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to Project Management. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)
17. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to Project Management. Carefully review your application and ensure that your response is supported by your resume. (limit characters)