- Position Title
- Family Assistance Program Specialist
- Agency
- Administration for Children and Families
- Announcement Number
- HHS-ACF-DE-24-12290694 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, March 11, 2024 to Tuesday, March 26, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the Department of Health and Human Services? If yes, confirm:
• You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• Your grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy AND
• Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center page (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ctap/).
• You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• Your grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy AND
• Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center page (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ctap/).
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position?
If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center. (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/)
If yes, confirm:
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy and
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center. (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/)
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
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.
- 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).
3.
Are you an HHS employee in a Bargaining Unit (such as the National Treasury Employees Union)?
Assessment 1
1.
Select the one statement below that best describes your education and/or experience to meet the basic requirement for a position in the Social Science Series, 0101.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
2.
Do you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing (4) of the (5) duties listed below:
- Monitor human service/social service programs servicing low income families such as TANF for compliance with program requirements as given in laws, regulations, or other written guidance;
- Research laws, regulations, or other written guidance to answer questions about programs servicing low-income families such as TANF;
- Assisting with the coordination of data collection or implementation of research studies for human service/social service programs;
- Utilize tools for managing projects and/or resources for a project serving a vulnerable or marginalized community.
- Review or analyze grantee plans, amendments, special requests and/or reports?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Partner with grantees to communicate requirements and/or assist them in administering their programs within the limits of the requirements.
4.
Manage and/or facilitate successful grant plan review, reporting, and revision processes for grantees.
5.
Respond to policy or program administration questions from grantees.
6.
Provide guidance and technical assistance to grantees seeking to enhance their programmatic or organizational practices.
7.
Monitor grantee performance ensure compliance with all grantee program ensure compliance with all grantee program requirements, including review audits, review reports for accuracy, completeness and timeliness, and/or conduct site visits.
8.
Demonstrate expert knowledge of human service policies and/or guidelines to provide assistance to low-income families.
9.
Work with grantees or customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, or resolve their problems.
10.
Proactively engage with customers/grantees/stakeholders to develop positive working partnerships.
11.
Link grantees or customers to appropriate resources or knowledgeable professionals.
12.
Interpret and/or apply laws, regulations, policies, and/or procedures to help grantees in the administration of their programs.
13.
Collaborate and partner with team members, other staff or offices, and/or contractors to implement descriptive studies, rapid cycle evaluations, surveys, or other approaches to learn more about approaches that grantees have adopted.
14.
Work independently to achieve individual and organizational goals and advance initiatives.
15.
Assist grantees in using technical assistance, research, data, and/or the results of their reports to make informed programmatic decisions.
16.
Prepare draft responses to inquiries, recommendations for audit resolutions, site visit reports, other documentation or verbal consultations.
17.
Explain verbally and in writing, routine regulatory and legal requirements related to implementation and assessment of grantee programs.
18.
Provide coordination, consultation, and authoritative technical assistance to stakeholder.
19.
Communicate with grantees through correspondence, telephone calls and/or site visits to observe how grantees are fulfilling the objectives of their grant.