- Position Title
- Management and Program Analyst
- Agency
- Geological Survey
- Announcement Number
- USGS-RES-23-11928125-IMP-DP Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, April 14, 2023 to Friday, April 28, 2023
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Eligibilities
Please mark "YES" to all eligibility options below for which you wish to be considered. We can only verify eligibility options for which you claim and provide proper documentation. Please see the "Required Documents" section of the announcement for specific requirements.
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Are you a current Department of the Interior employee who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
- This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- You have a current performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
- You have not yet been separated.
2.
Are you a current USGS employee who holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service?
3.
Are you a current USGS employee who holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service and has held a permanent (non-temporary) position in the competitive service at the same or higher full performance level as the position being announced?
4.
What is the highest grade you have held on a permanent basis in the federal service?
(limit 2 characters)
5.
What is the highest full performance level of a position you've held on a permanent basis in the Federal service?
(limit 2 characters)
6.
What was the date of the promotion/appointment for the highest grade held above? Your response will assist in verifying the time-in-grade requirement. If not applicable, enter N/A.
7.
Are you a current USGS employee, regardless of status, who is eligible for consideration under a noncompetitive authority such as those specific to veterans, individuals with disabilities, Pathways Interns, Recent Graduates, and Presidential Management Fellows who are eligible for noncompetitive conversion, etc.; or current or former employees of a land management agency who is serving or previously served on a temporary or term appointment?
8.
If your response to the preceding question is yes, please identify the authority for which you claim eligibility below. If your response is no, enter N/A.
(limit 250 characters)
9.
My performance is at an acceptable level and I am not serving under a Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance (NODAP).
Assessment 1
Please select the responses to the questions below that best describes your experience as it relates to this position.
1.
GS-12: Choose the one answer that best describes your experience.
2.
Knowledge of USGS programs, its organization, and its partners.
3.
Analyze complex problems, determine solution, and recommends action.
4.
Adapt behavior and work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
5.
Interpret and analyze highly complex issues to discern patterns and trends.
6.
Promote and maintain good working relationships with key individuals or groups in order to accomplish special goals and objectives.
7.
Review and edit technical and/or non technical materials, identifying inadequacies in format, grammar, or construction in accordance with standards such as the GPO Style Manual
8.
Conduct complex studies relating to management analysis, organizational dynamics, and administrative program management.
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Apply analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency, effectiveness and improvement of program operations.
10.
Use sound judgement to generate and evaluate alternatives and to make recommendations.
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Complete complex assignments requiring accurate, timely & technically sound products or decisions under tight time constraints.
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Prepare work products that generally must be delivered under the pressure of very short deadlines with occasional-to-frequent interactions involving opposing views and conflicting interests.
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Plan and organize meetings, conferences and/or workshops.
14.
Conduct numerous studies which rely on assembly, analysis, and interpretation of data and evidence that action was taken pursuant to the conclusion of the study.
15.
Analyze issues and identify obstacles to achieving scientific program goals.
16.
Interpret and/or edit technical materials dealing with natural resources subject-matter for a range of technical and non-technical audiences.
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Experience writing speeches and talking points for high level officials.
18.
Search for and extract information from files, documents, reports, publications, recordings or other materials to compose written materials.
19.
Present ideas clearly and concisely in writing.
20.
Develop new plans or schedules that require an understanding of program, overall priorities, and related efforts of the organization.
21.
Determine the approach to achieve objectives, identify specific steps, decides on meetings, information and other input.
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Communicate information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information.
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Prepare independently researched issue papers, which are rarely returned for substantive rewrite.
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Experience providing advice and input to senior managers on issues and possible actions and solutions.
25.
Assist in the development of long and short range plans in anticipation of changes in program needs.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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I certify, to the best of my knowledge that all the information in my application is true, and that I have truthfully and accurately represented my work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education. I understand that providing false or fraudulent information may be grounds for not hiring me or for firing me after I begin work. I also certify that I have read the entire vacancy announcement; that I have reviewed my answers to the eligibility questions for accuracy; and that I understand what supporting documentation, if any, is required for submission and when it's due.