- Position Title
- Rehabilitation Program Specialist
- Agency
- Administration for Community Living
- Announcement Number
- HHS-ACL-DE-24-12541936 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, September 30, 2024 to Friday, October 11, 2024
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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.
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).
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-13 level in the Federal Service performing at least three (3) of four (4) following activities?
- Conducting disability and rehabilitation research and development (R&D) activities that generate new knowledge or products to promote positive outcomes among people with serious mental health conditions.
- Evaluating disability research findings, trends, and issues related to the experience and outcomes of people with serious mental health conditions.
- Writing evaluative or research reports and studies across a wide variety of concerns and issues affecting people with serious mental health conditions and other members of the disability community.
- Presenting disability and rehabilitation research concepts and practices to professional and lay-audiences.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
3.
Enhance research programs through development, application, or refinement of agency practices.
4.
Evaluate disability research and development trends, emerging issues and/or needs by utilizing data to establish research and development priorities.
5.
Project future programmatic, demographic and/or economic trends through research planning processes.
6.
Monitor all activities to ensure program and policy objectives are met.
7.
Interpret Federal, State, and local policies and/or programs that are relevant to the administration of disability and rehabilitation research and development.
8.
Develop and/or manage organization research program impacting rehabilitation and other services for people with disabilities.
9.
Interpret and apply research grant administration laws, policies, procedures and/or regulations related to organization program areas.
10.
Monitor assigned disability research and development projects.
11.
Prepare evaluations and/or analysis of topics in organization program areas.
12.
Evaluate organization-funded research projects to ensure they meet established milestones and act, if not met.
13.
Negotiate changes to address disability research and development deficiencies and inadequacies to meet program objectives.
14.
Provide assistance on structuring grant reviews to enhance research capability in organizational program areas.
15.
Serve as a competition manager and panel monitor on review panels for award of disability research and development grants and contracts.
16.
Develop technical and/or programmatic information for major organizational research programs.
17.
Prepare written guidance on organizational program areas.
18.
Provide support in the preparation of articles, reports, and/or conference proceedings so appropriate stakeholders are informed of research findings.
19.
Review and/or provide input on a wide variety of policy related documents.
20.
Represent the organization at conferences and meetings to advise on programs of research and other initiatives as they relate to program areas.
21.
Build and maintain working relationships with peers and leadership of government, private entities, social and professional businesses, and stakeholders.
22.
Support organizational informational interests by communicating disability research activities conducted by other organizations to share information, as appropriate.