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Position Title
Supervisory Workforce and Career Development Specialist
Agency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Announcement Number
HHS-CDC-IMP-24-12364278 Opens in new window
Open Period
Thursday, March 28, 2024 to Friday, April 12, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) - Are you a current employee of the Health and Human Services (HHS) who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service? If yes, confirm you meet all the following requirements:
  • 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;
  • Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Certificate of Expected Separation (CES), AND a copy of your most recent annual performance appraisal, AND a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).

For more information, review USAJOBS Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
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2. Current CDC Federal Employee - Are you currently employed as a permanent career or career-conditional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employee in the competitive service?

If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form(s) which reflect the following:
  • Current grade and service status (SF-50 block 34 "position occupied" reflects "1" and block 24 "tenure" reflects "1" or "2".)
  • Highest grade ever held
  • If you currently hold or have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 12 months and are applying for a grade higher than you currently hold or have previously held, you MUST submit an SF-50/equivalent, which shows you have held the next lower GS grade for at least one year:
    • SF-50s that have an effective date within the past year such as General Adjustment or Reassignment, do not clearly show that you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement.
    • Within-Grade/Rate-Increase (WGI/WRI) SF-50s OR SF-50s that have an effective date outside the past year (General Adjustment, Reassignment, Promotion SF-50s, etc.) demonstrate you meet the time-in-grade requirements.
  • Note: You may need to submit multiple SF-50s to support your eligibility unless all the above requirements are met on one SF-50. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed, you may be found ineligible for the position.
For more information, review USAJOBS SF-50 resources
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3. Noncompetitive CDC Federal Employee - Are you a current career or career-conditional competitive service federal civilian employee in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) AND meet one of the following?
  • Repromotion eligible - previously held a permanent (not time limited) competitive service position at the grade level of the position being announced
  • Reassignment eligible - holds the same grade level as the position being announced
  • Change to Lower Grade eligible - holds a higher grade than the position being announced
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form which reflect(s) the following:
  • Current grade and service status (SF-50 block 34 "position occupied" reflects "1" or "2" and block 24 "tenure" reflects "1" or "2".)
  • Highest grade ever held on a permanent basis
  • Note: You may need to submit multiple SF-50s to support your eligibility unless all the above requirements are met on one SF-50. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed, you may be found ineligible for the position.
For more information, review USAJOBS SF-50 resources.
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4.

Public Health Service (PHS) officer - Are you currently an active-duty Public Health Service (PHS) officer or in the process of commissioning to become an active-duty PHS officer (call to active duty-CAD)?

Note:

  • If you indicate yes for this question, you MUST submit a copy of your current assignment personnel orders (current active-duty officers) or both official medical and board cleared notifications from Commissioned Corps Headquarters (CCHQ). Please remove your SSN from any documents where listed before submission (if applicable).
  • If you are an active-duty PHS officer separating from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, please mark "No" and select another eligibility status (if applicable). 


For more information, review https://jobs.cdc.gov/working-at-cdc/commissioned-corps.html.

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5. Political Appointee - 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? (To verify, check your Standard Form 50, section 5).

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)).

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).
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Preferences
1. Are you a Current or Former Political Appointee?

Agencies must seek prior approval from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political Excepted Service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from the Federal Service.

You must submit your SF-50 reflecting appointment as a Current or Former Political Appointee.
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2. Based on the following groupings, select the group(s) representing your current and previous work experience: (limit characters)
3. Current Federal Employee: All current federal employees must have a minimum performance rating of acceptable of higher to be considered for placement. Current federal employees who have a current unacceptable performance rating will be excluded from consideration. Failure to select one of the below responses will render you ineligible for further consideration. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in a Supervisory Workforce and Career Development Specialist GS-0301-15 position with the Federal government. (limit characters)
1. From the descriptions below, select the one which best describes your experience and meets the Minimum Qualification Requirements for Supervisory Workforce and Career Development Specialist, GS-0301-15. (limit characters)
2. Which of the following best describes your experience with human resource tasks? (limit characters)
3. For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters. (limit characters)
4. Which of the following best describes your experience working with stakeholders to monitor and evaluate program performance?
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5. Which of the following best describes your experience measuring program effectiveness?
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6. For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters. (limit characters)
7. Which of the following best describes your experience with documenting business processes?
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8. Which of the following best describes your experience evaluating systems and business processes?
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9. For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters. (limit characters)
10. Which of the following best describes your experience handling project management responsibilities?
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11. Which of the following best describes your experience managing resources to execute a project plan?
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12. For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters. (limit characters)
13. Which of the following best describes your experience with ensuring programs adhere to policies and procedures?
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Which of the following best describes your experience working to resolve complex risk and control issues and create analysis documents on an executive level?

 

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15. Which of the following best describes your experience implementing risk management best practices in the public and/or private sector?
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16. Which of the following best describes your experience with administrative plans, procedures, and systems? (limit characters)
17. For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters. (limit characters)
18. Which of the following best describes your experience integrating financial data? (limit characters)
19. Which of the following best describes your experience estimating budgetary needs? (limit characters)
20. Which of the following best describes your experience with strategic planning for fiscal resources? (limit characters)
21. For the questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters. (limit 250 characters)
22. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding 'No' to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
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