- Position Title
- Supervisory Legal Instruments Examiner
- Agency
- Patent and Trademark Office
- Announcement Number
- TMCO-DCTO-24-12299298-IMP Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, February 16, 2024 to Friday, March 1, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employee in the competitive service?
If eligible, submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Block #24 Tenure 1 or 2) and Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect your status was in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1).
Please note: Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, with-in grade/range increases. While a General Adjustment and/or Award SF-50 may be your most recent SF-50 it typically DOES NOT show proof of Time in Grade. Thus, you may have to submit more than one SF-50 as proof of Time in Grade.
If eligible, submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Block #24 Tenure 1 or 2) and Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect your status was in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1).
Please note: Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, with-in grade/range increases. While a General Adjustment and/or Award SF-50 may be your most recent SF-50 it typically DOES NOT show proof of Time in Grade. Thus, you may have to submit more than one SF-50 as proof of Time in Grade.
2.
Are you a current USPTO employee who holds or has previously held a career or career-conditional position in the competitive service at the same or higher grade level with the same or higher promotion potential as the position being announced?
If eligible, submit a copy of your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status.
If eligible, submit a copy of your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status.
- Your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Block #24 Tenure 1 or 2) AND
- Your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect your status was in the competitive service (Block #34 Position Occupied is 1).
Preferences
1.
How did you hear about this USPTO job opportunity? (No Choice Limit)
2.
Have you held a political appointment within the previous five-year period?
3.
If you are a current or former Federal civilian employee, by what agency/office or Department of Commerce bureau are you employed?
4.
If you answered "Other" to the above question, please enter the agency and organization.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in our Supervisory Legal Instrument Examiner position within the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Your resume and the responses you provide will be used to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit your application
1.
Select the one statement that best describes the experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of an Supervisory Legal Instrument Examiner at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent in the Federal Service.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Please select the response that best describes your experience planning and assigning work based on overall program objectives, priorities, skills and available staffing levels.
3.
Please select the response that best describes your experience executing day to day planning and administration.
4.
Please select the response that best describes your experience evaluating employee performance.
5.
Please select the response that best describes your experience developing internal procedures and controls.
6.
Please select the response that best describes your experience reviewing operations supervised, including the meeting of program milestones, timeliness of special projects, efficiency of methods, procedures and controls.
7.
Please select the response that best describes your experience evaluating unit effectiveness by reviewing reports, discussing with subordinates and consulting with customers serviced.
8.
Please select the response that best describes your experience identifying employee training requirements.
9.
Please select the response that best describes your experience recommending awards or disciplinary action for employee performance.
10.
Please select the response that best describes your experience directing assigned personnel in the accomplishment of the unit functions.
11.
Please select the response that best describes your experience proposing and issuing written or verbal guidance and procedures as required, including special instructions for non-routine and complex assignments.
12.
Please select the response that best describes your experience providing information to customer groups or individual customers on office procedures, customer services and status of particular transactions.
13.
Please select the response that best describes your experience keeping employees informed regarding the policies, procedures and goals of management as they relate to the work of the organization.