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Position Title
Supervisory Auditor (Performance)
Agency
Department of Energy - Agency Wide
Announcement Number
24-IG-12422279-MP-DAM Opens in new window
Open Period
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 to Wednesday, June 5, 2024
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Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a current/former federal employee who meets one of the following Merit Promotion eligibilities:

1. Current career/career-conditional federal employee applying for a PROMOTION or TRANSFER to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?
2. Former career/career-conditional federal employee with "Status" applying for REINSTATEMENT 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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Are you a current/former federal employee who meets one of the following non-competitive eligibilities:

1. Current career/career-conditional federal employee applying for REASSIGNMENT, CHANGE-TO-LOWER GRADE, REPROMOTION, or TRANSFER, 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?
2. Former career/career-conditional federal employee with "Status", applying for REINSTATEMENT, and you previously held a position with the same grade/pay band or higher and the same or higher promotion potential on a permanent basis?
3. Current Excepted Service employee at an agency that has a valid INTERCHANGE agreement with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)?
4. Current or former federal employee with the Foreign Service, Postal Career Service, Postal Rate Commission Employee, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts or other federal agency for which you gained eligibility to apply for career/career-conditional positions?

For more information on eligibility visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments

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. Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location. (limit characters)
2. 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)
3. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently employed, or have been employed within the last 5 years, in any one of the categories below, you must disclose this information. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

Are you a current or former political appointee as described under 5 U.S.C. sections 5312 through 5316?
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Are you a current or former Schedule A or Schedule C political appointee, or an appointee who serves/served in a political capacity under agency-specific authority in the Executive Branch?
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Are you a current or former political appointee or non-career SES Executive Branch employee?
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4. Reasonable Accommodations for completing the online assessments or interview process are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments or interview process and require a Reasonable Accommodation?

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5. This position requires the incumbent to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08). Are you willing to comply with this requirement? (limit characters)
6. This position requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain a Critical Sensitive Q Security Clearance (Top Secret equivalent). Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of security clearance will result in the withdrawal of the job offer or removal. (Select the appropriate response below.) (limit characters)
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This position is a Drug Testing Designated position and is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing. (Select the appropriate response below.)

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Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Office of Inspector General, Department of Energy.  The Supervisory Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-15, position is located at various locations as identified within the vacancy announcement.  Please ensure your resume fully supports the responses you provided on the assessment questionnaire.  Failure to do so may result in ineligible rating and lowered score.
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1. Select the response below that best describes your education attained to meet the basic requirement of the Supervisory Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-15, position.  Please upload a copy of your official (preferred) or unofficial transcript to support your basic requirement claim.  Select only one response.  If you select more than one response or leave this question blank, you will be rated ineligible.  If you do not meet the educational requirements, you will not receive consideration for this position. (limit characters)
2. Select the response below that best describes your skill and ability to perform the work of a Supervisory Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-15, position.  Please provide evidence of this skill and ability in the submitted resume.  Select only one response.  If you select more than one response or leave this question blank, you will be rated ineligible.  If you do not meet the ability requirements, you will not receive consideration for this position. (limit characters)
For task statements below, select the response (A-E) from the list that best describes your knowledge and/or ability. Select only one response per statement. Ensure that your application supports all your responses.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
3. Provide direction, implementation, compliance, and supervision of the agency's audit program to include the operation of an audits division. (limit characters)
4. Plan and direct the overall work to be accomplished of subordinate supervisors by setting and adjusting short-term and longterm priorities, and timely execution of several program segments. (limit characters)
5. Evaluate subordinate supervisors and work performance of auditing teams to ensure accomplishment of division's goals and objectives. (limit characters)
6. Oversee disciplinary measures (i.e., warnings and reprimands) to recommend other action in more serious cases as required. (limit characters)
7. Direct and coordinate staff services required to coordinate all audit processes, personnel, training, budget, and other administrative matters. (limit characters)
8. Develop long-range Department performance, audit objectives, directions of effort, and broad resource application strategies to include changes thereto as dictated by circumstances. (limit characters)
9. Develop and analyze justifications for changes to the annual performance plan to develop goals and priorities for the periodic update of the audit annual performance plan. (limit characters)
10. Prepare budget data and monitor the auditing annual budget to provide performance measure data in support of annual performance report requests for auditing and preparation of input to the semiannual report to Congress. (limit characters)
11. Identify developmental and training needs of employees and supervisors to provide or arrange for needed development and training. (limit characters)
12. Formulate and maintain documentation requirements and instructions for long-range planning and assignment planning to include provisions for coordination of audit plans of external audit groups, compliance audits, and reviews/audits of disclosure statements. (limit characters)
13. Review draft and final reports ensuring they are logical, concise, and tonal to conform with appropriate standards, established policies, and procedures prior to issuance. (limit characters)
14. Determine appropriateness of requested information in response to Freedom of Information Act requests pertaining to auditing division matters as required. (limit characters)
15. Review and approve the substance of reports, work papers, and other documents to assure accurate reflection the policies, position of the auditing division, and the views of the agency. (limit characters)
16. Conduct audits, reviews, and evaluations to audit specific areas of concern identified as possibly impacting on the operations of the department or indicating noncompliance by the department with rules or regulations. (limit characters)
17. Brief agency management on issues to gain agreement with proposed remedies. (limit characters)
18. Influence leadership and senior executives in providing input, process improvements, and achieve resolutions to concur with the strategic audit plan (limit characters)
19. Employ a high level of diplomacy, negotiation, leadership, and conflict resolution skills to gain approval of audit planning recommendations and the commitment of significant resources. (limit characters)
20. As previously explained, your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents and references you submit.  Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your ratings.  Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you or dismissing you from the position/agency.  Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy.  By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you:  1) Understand this warning; 2) Have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and 3) Verify your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.  Failure to agree to this statement will disqualify you from further consideration for the position. (limit characters)