The following question applies to a current permanent federal employee in the competitive service. If you are not a current permanent federal employee in the competitive service, select No.
Are you a current federal civilian employee with the Federal government in a permanent competitive service position?
To verify your eligibility as indicated above, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action(s), Standard Form(s) 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form(s) reflecting your current permanent position in the competitive service
NOTE: If you are a current federal employee in an excepted service position or other than permanent competitive service position then you are not eligible under this current federal employee eligibility. If you have prior permanent competitive service with the federal government, you may be eligible as a reinstatement applicant if the announcement is open to former federal employees.
Are you a current or former land management employee eligible to apply under The Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act as described in 5 U.S.C 9602, who meets the conditions below?
Hired for a temporary or term position under a competitive appointment.
Served one or more temporary or term appointments at a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years.
Performed at an acceptable level of service during each period of service.
If no longer employed by the land management agency, have been separated for no more than two years, and departed that position in good standing.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit the following:
Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 reflecting your time limited status.
Additional Standard Form 50s may be required to demonstrate a service period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of 2 or more years.
Your most recent performance appraisal demonstrating fully successful, or equivalent. See Additional Information section of vacancy announcement for further details.
If you have had multiple periods of time-limited employment, you must show proof of acceptable levels of employment for each of the periods of employment used to satisfy the 24-month requirement.
Instruction: As a federal competitive service employee, answering this question incorrectly will not remove you from consideration. However, if you only claim promotion potential eligibility, you will not receive further consideration for this position.
As a current federal employee, have you held a permanent position in the Federal competitive service (or in a merit system with which OPM has an interchange agreement) with the promotion potential or equivalent of the position noted in the announcement? Please indicate your response below.
Promotion potential (also known as full performance level or FPL) means the highest level/grade that can be achieved in the career ladder progression of the position that is held on a permanent basis. Details and Temporary Promotions are not creditable towards meeting these requirements. To verify your eligibility as a current Federal civilian employee with promotion potential, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action(s), Standard Form(s) 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form(s) that reflect:
You may need to submit more than one SF-50 to demonstrate that you meet promotion potential. Further guidance on how to read your SF-50 can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Reading your SF-50 to determine your service and appointment type.