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Position Title
Supervisory Attorney Advisor (Group Supervisor)
Agency
Social Security Administration
Announcement Number
SI-12237492-24-IVOL-AT-090 Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, December 8, 2023 to Thursday, December 21, 2023
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Eligibilities
1. Are you a current SSA employee applying for reassignment, change to lower grade, or repromotion to a grade you previously held on a permanent basis? Select yes if you currently hold or previously held a permanent position at or above the grade level(s) posted in this vacancy announcement. (NOTE: If the posted position has higher promotion potential than you have held on a permanent basis, you must apply for promotion to receive consideration.) (limit characters)
2. Are you a current SSA employee applying for promotion? Select yes if you have 52 weeks at the next lower grade AND you have not held a permanent position at the grade level(s) posted in this vacancy announcement, OR if this position has higher promotion potential than the positions you have held on a permanent basis. (limit characters)
Preferences
1. Please enter your Employee Common ID (ECI). Your ECI can be found on the first page of Employee Data. NOTE: The Employee Data website is only viewable from within SSA's firewall. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Please answer yes or no to the statement below. Your response will determine if you are qualified for the GS-13 Group Supervisor position. (limit characters)
1. I have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal Service by the closing date of the announcement. Specialized experience is experience, which is in or directly related to the work of the position. Please refer to the vacancy announcement for examples of specialized experience.
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2. I am an active member in good standing of the Bar of the highest court of any state, Commonwealth, territory or the District of Columbia. Proof of bar membership MUST be uploaded by the closing date of the announcement.
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3. Are you currently in good standing?

CAUTION: Employees are not in good standing when they are placed on an OPS plan, and remain in not in good standing until they meet one of the following conditions:
  1. Successful completion of the OPS plan;
  2. Following the unsuccessful completion of the OPS, receive a successful rating for a new appraisal period under a new plan for a new position (if applicable based on the effectuated performance-based action); or
  3. Voluntarily change positions prior to completing the OPS.

In good standing information can be found on the first page of Employee Data. NOTE: The Employee Data website is only viewable from within SSA's firewall.
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4. Please select the statement that best describes your status.
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For the statements below, please select yes or no. Note: Submission of this electronic questionnaire is certification that all responses are true to the best of your knowledge. Materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations are subject to disciplinary action.. (limit characters)
5. Participate in a regional or national workgroup dealing with programmatic, policy, or systems issues in OHO. (4 points) (limit characters)
6. Evaluate, clarify, and develop local office policy and operational procedures for the processing of claims under Title II, XVI or XVIII of the Social Security Act. (3 points)
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7. Review legal issues and analyze federal, state, and county laws on matters relating to social security programs to make formal recommendations. (2 points)
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8. Supervise or direct technical or professional personnel involving the full range of supervisory duties (i.e., performance management, employee recognition, taking or recommending appropriate personnel and disciplinary actions, delegating, assigning, and monitoring work). (4 points)
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9. Evaluate and monitor employee performance to make recommendations for promotion, demotion, reassignment, or disciplinary actions. (3 points)
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10. Identify, arrange, and ensure that necessary developmental and training needs of employees are met. (2 points)
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11. Plan, organize, and monitor a variety of workloads in a unit including establishing unit goals and priorities, reporting on work in progress, monitoring quality and productivity of the work, analyzing workload data and shifting work amongst employees to ensure that deadlines are met. (4 points)
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12. Implement plans or procedures to assure that operations goals are met. (3 points)
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13. Monitor and make minor modifications to procedures, which led to the unit meeting performance goals. (2 points)
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14. Analyze data to set priorities, conduct quality reviews, identify deficiencies and problems, and recommend solutions. (4 points)
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15. Conduct studies and analyses to make recommendations on local administrative or programmatic issues, such as workload management or training needs. (3 points)
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16. Evaluate and interpret information or data and recommend alternative solutions or make final determinations. (2 points)
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17. Conduct oral presentations for a variety of groups and individuals including, but not limited to, oral presentations to management officials, conducting oral briefings and meetings, instructing training courses, counseling employees, dealing/negotiating with union representatives, conferring and negotiating with peers. (4 points)
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18. Provide verbal briefings to managers, executive staffs and visitors and provide verbal information, advice and recommendations to higher-level officials. (3 points)
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19. Communicate orally for the purpose of obtaining or providing information needed to make decisions, solve problems and explain program requirements. (2 points)
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20. Prepare written materials for distribution, such as work plans, proposals, complex determinations, technical, investigative, or analytical reports, procedures, guides, or directives; some writings may be of a sensitive nature. (4 points)
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21. Compose technical procedures, policies, instructions, and analytical reports for distribution. (3 points)
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22. Prepare written work plans, proposals, special determinations, memoranda, press releases, or newsletters. (2 points)
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