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Position Title
Supervisory Transportation Management Specialist
Agency
National Nuclear Security Administration
Announcement Number
24-NA-15-XA-02966-NNSA Opens in new window
Open Period
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 to Wednesday, February 21, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Are you a current career/career-conditional federal employee at the Department of Energy applying for a PROMOTION to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?

Note: also select "Yes" if applying for a change-to-lower grade (CTLG) to a position with higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis.

Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
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2. Are you a current career/career-conditional federal employee at the Department of Energy applying for a REASSIGNMENT, CHANGE-TO-LOWER GRADE, or REPROMOTION and you currently or previously held a position with the same grade/pay band or higher and the same or higher promotion potential on a permanent basis?

Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
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Preferences
1. Do any of your relatives work for the agency to which you are applying? If so, please list any applicable names below. Please enter N/A in the text box, if not Applicable. (Include: father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, and half sister). (limit characters)
2. I understand that the responses in this questionnaire must be fully supported in my online resume. I further understand that my resume must provide detailed descriptions and/or examples of my knowledge and competencies as required in the vacancy announcement, and that my failure to do so may result in my being rated "ineligible" or "not qualified" for this position. (limit characters)
WARNING! Your answers will be verified against information provided in your on-line resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all the questions by addressing experience and education relevant to this position. If you exaggerate or falsify your experience and/or education, you may be removed from employment consideration. You should make a fair and accurate assessment of your qualifications. (limit characters)
3. I have read this Vacancy Announcement thoroughly and understand that supplemental documentation may be required. I further understand that I will not be considered if my supplemental documentation is not received in the Servicing Personnel Office by the closing date of the announcement. (limit characters)
4. I declare under penalty of perjury, that all statements contained in this application and any accompanying documents are true and correct, with full knowledge that all statements made in this application are subject to investigation and that any false or dishonest answer to any question may be grounds for disqualification and loss of consideration. (limit characters)
5. Are you currently serving or have you served under a Political Appointment in the Federal Government within the last five (5) years? (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Please answer the following minimum qualification questions. (limit characters)
1. A qualified candidate must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band or GS grade level in the Federal Service i.e., NN-02, NQ-02 or GS-12.
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2. If you answered "Yes" to the above question above, please indicate the section of your resume where this information can be verified. (limit characters)
3. Are you a current National Nuclear Security Administration employee?
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4. Do you have experience as a Nuclear Materials Courier?
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5. This position is a secondary position. To be eligible for a secondary position, you must have 3 years in a primary (Nuclear Materials Courier) position. Do you have 3 years of experience as a Nuclear Materials Courier?
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Please respond to the following assessment questions. These responses must be supported by your resume. (limit characters)
Specifies goals and obstacles to achieving those goals, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses the best alternative in order to make a determination, draw conclusions or solve a problem. (limit characters)
6. Select the response below that best describes your experience with regulations and policy relative to the national transportation safeguards system activities and operational programs.
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Interacts with others to influence, motivate, and challenge them. (limit characters)
7. Experience in providing oversight and guidance to management on how to use resources in accomplishing office goals and objectives, including strategic planning, logistics planning, training, quality assurance, transportation of sensitive materials, budget formulation, and staffing.
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8. Please identify the experience that reflects your strongest capabilities in directing,
supervising, providing, and developing leadership to large groups of employees.
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Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. (limit characters)
9. Select the response below that best describes your experience working with various levels of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Secure Transportation
OST) management and other federal and state agencies to enhance mission success.
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Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, considering the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. (limit characters)
10. Experience communicating, reporting and/or presenting solutions to problems effectively orally and in writing regarding safe and secure transportation of sensitive materials. Please select the response that best describes your experience.
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WARNING! USAJOBS ONLINE positions close at midnight Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. After midnight ET, jobs that have closed will not be available for review or application. (limit characters)
REMINDER! Your resume must be established in your account to verify experience claimed in your responses to the questions. To be considered, you must ensure that your resume is submitted before the vacancy announcement closes. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
11. I understand that I must click on the "SUBMIT APPLICATION" button, located at the end of the review of my answers and resume, to complete the application process. I understand that I will receive a confirmation page AND that I should print this confirmation page.
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Thank you for using the USA Jobs Online system and for your interest in employment with the Department of Energy! (limit characters)