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GLIN==> Sea Grant_Communications_Position
- Subject: GLIN==> Sea Grant_Communications_Position
- From: Elizabeth LaPorte <elzblap@umich.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:25:16 -0400
- Delivered-To: glin-announce-archive@glc.org
- Delivered-To: glin-announce@great-lakes.net
- List-Name: GLIN-Announce
Title: Sea
Grant_Communications_Position
Attached is the vacancy announcement and instructions on how to
apply for the Program Leader for communications position at the
National Sea grant Office. Note that the closing date for
applications is October 7, 2002. The Department of Commerce is
using a new hiring system, which may be confusing to candidates
applying from outside the federal government. Interested individuals
may contact Jim Murray, Assistant Director for Outreach, (301)
713-2431 ext. 152 or email: Jim.D.Murray@noaa.gov, to discuss the
position and/or to assist with the application process.
The individual filling the position will play a critical role in
developing, coordinating and implementing national Sea Grant
communications programs and activities.
Web site address for application:
https://www.jobs.doc.gov/cool/doc/APP_VAC_VIEW?F_USERNAME=&F_ANN_NO=74914&F_AG_ID=11&SK=
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
H-OAR-02050A.04.RAW Position:
Program Analyst, ZA-0343-04
All Qualified Applicants must be a U.S. Citizen.
Duties: The
incumbent is responsible for leading the national Sea Grant College
Program's Communications activities. The incumbent contributes to the
policy development, coordination and administration of national Sea
Grant communication's programs for the purpose of enhancing the
visibility and awareness of Sea Grant research and outreach programs
to identified constituencies at the national and regional levels.
Develops and implements a national communications strategic plan.
Gathers, analyzes and develops communications materials for target
audiences. Represents the National Sea Grant Office to the Sea Grant
Communications Network. Collaborates with the Sea Grant network to
plan and implement special activities that facilitate greater
knowledge of Sea Grant research, education and outreach capabilities.
Develops other national programs as assigned.
Qualification
Requirements: Applicants must have one year of specialized
experience equivalent to the next lower grade/band level in the normal
line of progression in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is
that which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge,
skills, and abilities to analyze, evaluate and develop policy and
coordinate activities associated with a national diverse communication
program for a scientific organization. Time-in-grade/band must be met
on, or before, the closing date of this announcement.
Basis of
Rating: Candidates will be rated based on an evaluation of
knowledge, skills and abilities, in relation to the duties and
requirements of the position, as indicated by the information provided
in the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities section of their application
form. Only experience acquired by the closing date of this vacancy
announcement will be considered.
What to
File: Applicants must submit an application through the COOL
On-Line web base application system and any additional supporting
documentation specified in the COOL vacancy announcement for this
position at the www.jobs.doc.gov web site. If you have never applied
for a job using the COOL system, you must fax these specified
supporting documents: STATUS applicants or REINSTATEMENT ELIGIBLES
must fax an SF-50 showing current title, series, grade and salary.
Veterans fax documentation (DD-214, VA letter dated within one year,
SF-15). CTAP/ICTAP applicants must fax proof of eligibility. Faxed
materials must include the COOL cover sheet which identifies the name,
user ID, e-mail address and phone numbers of the applicant. ALL
DOCUMENTATION MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT. APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED WITHOUT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
How to
Apply: This vacancy is posted through Commerce Opportunities
On-Line (COOL). COOL is a web-based vacancy announcement and
application system, which allows you to search and apply for
Department of Commerce jobs on-line. All applicants apply through this
system.
Additional
Requirements and Information:
This position may be filled through means other than the
competitive promotion process. This may include reassignments or
repromotion of qualified eligibles or appointment from an Office of
Personnel Management Certificate of Eligibles.
Applicants for vacancies announced under the agency's Merit
Assignment Program must meet all time-in-grade and qualification
requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
All qualified reassignment applicants who are eligible to apply
will be referred for selection consideration. Employees competing for
promotion are subject to the evaluation methods specified for this
vacancy announcement.
Many positions require the completion of additional forms and/or
the submission of supplemental materials. Please thoroughly review the
vacancy announcement and carefully follow all instructions. Failure to
provide the required information and/or materials may result in you
not being considered for the vacancy.
Applications will be accepted from disabled applicants eligible
for a Schedule A appointment, and from disabled veterans who are in
receipt of compensation at the rate of 30% or more.
The Department of Commerce provides reasonable accommodations to
applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation
for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify
Human Resources Office listed below. The decision on granting
reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants who apply under the Merit Assignment Plan (MAP)
announcement option must meet all time-in-grade requirements by the
closing date of this announcement.
Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the
closing date of this announcement.
Applications will be accepted from only United States
citizens.
Applicants must meet the citizenship requirements defined in the
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act.
New appointees must present proof of identity and eligibility to work
in the United States.
This position is in the competitive service.
For additional information on this announcement, please contact:
Rebecca Williams on 301-713-0528.
For any vacancy, employees of the Department of Commerce may be
considered before other applicants, if no well-qualified DoC CTAP
eligibles apply.
One year probationary period is required.
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based
on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification
Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards.
This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's
website located at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.
"Status" refers to candidates who are eligible for
noncompetitive movement within the competitive service because they
either are now or were serving under career-type appointments in the
competitive service.
If no well-qualified DOC CTAP eligibles apply for this vacancy,
first consideration may be given to permanent NOAA employees with
competitive status.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the announcement
only if selected.
Status applicants and those with reinstatement eligibility must
submit a copy of an SF-50B "Notification of Personnel
Action". This document must be received, prior to the closing
date of this announcement. The document must be annotated with your
applicant COOL User ID. See "Faxing Instructions for Supporting
Documentation" later in this application process to print out the
FAX Cover Sheet with specific instructions.
This vacancy announcement is open under both the agency's Merit
Assignment Plan (MAP) and under Delegated Examining authority, granted
to this agency by the Office of Personnel Management. Status
candidates (e.g. current Federal employees serving under a career or
career conditional appointment, former Federal employees who served
under a career or career conditional appointment who have
reinstatement eligibility, applicants eligible under the Career
Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career
Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), and veterans who are preference
eligibles or who have been separated from the armed forces under
honorable conditions after 3 or more years of continuous active
service) may apply under both MAP and the Delegated Examining
authority. Non-status applicants should apply only under the Delegated
Examining authority. A status applicant who wishes to be considered
under both the MAP and Delegated Examining authority must select the
"Both Merit Assignment Plan and Delegated Examining authority"
option, when applying for this vacancy announcement. Only one
application needs to be completed for a status applicant to be
considered under both processes.
You may find out the status of your application by logging on the
Commerce Opportunities On-Line (COOL) web site and clicking on
"Application Status, History, and Supporting Documents" at
the Applicant Main Menu. Please allow 3-5 days after the closing date
of the announcement to find out the status of your application.
Salaries shown for this vacancy include locality pay. Applicants
interested in relocating to a different geographic location should be
aware that their salary is subject to change.
Payment of relocation expenses IS authorized.
Veterans who are preference eligibles or who have been separated
from the armed forces under honorable conditions after three years or
more of continuous active service may apply for this announcement
under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA).
Veterans who are preference eligibles or who have been separated
from the armed forces under honorable conditions after three years or
more of continuous active service may apply for this vacancy under the
Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA). Indicate your
eligibility in this application and submit proof of eligibility prior
to the closing date of this announcement. Proof of eligibility must be
annotated with your applicant COOL User ID. See "Faxing
Instructions for Supporting Documentation" later in this
application process to print out the FAX Cover Sheet with specific
instructions.
Disabled veterans, handicapped and other applicants eligible for
noncompetitive appointment under special appointing authorities, must
indicate eligibility in this application and submit proof of
eligibility prior to the closing date of this announcement. Proof of
eligibility must be annotated with your applicant COOL User ID. See
"Faxing Instructions for Supporting Documentation" later in
this application process to print out the FAX Cover Sheet with
specific instructions.
Applicants who are claiming veteran's preference for their
non-status application under this vacancy announcement must complete
the Military Service section of the COOL application. To receive
5-point veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214.
To receive preference if your service began after October 15, 1976,
you must have: a Campaign Badge or Expeditionary Medal with an
honorable discharge OR served on active duty during the Gulf War from
August 2, 1990 - January 2, 1992, under the following conditions:
honorably discharged, served a minimum of 2 years on active duty, or
if a Reservist served the full period for which called to active duty
(Reservists must include appropriate documentation). To receive
10-point veteran's preference for a service connected disability you
must submit an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans'
Preference" and documentary proof from the appropriate branch of
the Armed Forces or the Veterans Administration, as well as a copy of
your DD-214. Applicants claiming 10-point preference who do not submit
the required documentation will receive 5-point veteran's preference
assuming they meet the basic veteran's preference requirements and
submit the appropriate proof of military service. You must submit your
proof of eligibility for veteran's preference prior to the closing
date of this announcement. Proof of eligibility must be annotated with
your applicant COOL User ID. See "Faxing Instructions for
Supporting Documentation" later in this application process to
print out the FAX Cover Sheet with specific instructions.
Applicants claiming 10-point veterans preference should fax a
standard form 15 (SF-15) and the appropriate proof listed on that form
prior to the closing date of this announcement. The documents must be
annotated with your applicant COOL User ID. See "Faxing
Instructions for Supporting Documentation" later in this
application process to print out the FAX Cover Sheet with specific
instructions.
Applicants claiming 5-point veterans preference should fax a copy
of their DD214 which reflects the qualifying service dates or
appropriate campaign/expeditionary medal. Proof of eligibility must be
annotated with your applicant COOL User ID. See "Faxing
Instructions for Supporting Documentation" later in this
application process to print out the FAX Cover Sheet with specific
instructions.
If selected for this vacancy, you may be required to complete a
Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine your
suitability for federal employment and to authorize a background
investigation. You may be required to sign and certify the accuracy of
all the information in your application. If you make a false statement
in any part of your application, you may not be hired; or you may be
fired after you begin work; or you may be fined or jailed.
If you are currently a Department of Commerce employee who has
received a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Certificate
of Expected Separation you may be entitled to special priority
selection under Department of Commerce's Agency Career Transition
Assistance Program (CTAP). To receive this priority consideration you
must: (1) Be a current Department of Commerce career or
career-conditional (tenure group I or II) competitive service employee
who has received a RIF separation notice or a Certificate of expected
Separation (CES) and, the date of the RIF separation has not passed
and you are still on the rolls of Department of Commerce. You must
submit a copy of the RIF separation notice or CES . (2) Be applying
for a position at or below the grade level of the position from which
you have been separated. The position must not have a greater
promotion potential than the position from which you were separated.
(3) Have a current (or last) performance rating of record of at least
fully successful or equivalent. (4) File your application and
supporting documents by the vacancy announcement closing date and meet
all the application criteria. (5) Be rated well-qualified for the
position. To be considered well qualified, applicants must meet the
basic qualification standards and eligibility requirements satisfying
physical, suitability, education, and experience questions (and
multiple choice answers) that are designated in the COOL application
with an asterisk. The submitted copy of the RIF separation notice or
CES must be annotated with your applicant COOL User ID. See
"Faxing Instructions for Supporting Documentation" later in
this application process to print out the FAX Cover Sheet with
specific instructions.
If you are a displaced Federal employee you may be entitled to
receive special priority selection under the Interagency Career
Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To receive this priority
consideration you must: (1) Be a displaced Federal employee. You MUST
submit a copy of the appropriate documentation such as a RIF
separation notice, a letter from OPM or your agency documenting your
priority consideration. The following categories of candidates are
considered displaced employees. A. Current or former career or career-
conditional (tenure group I or II) competitive service employees who:
(1) Received a specific RIF separation notice; or (2) Separated
because of a compensable injury, whose compensation has been
terminated, and whose former agency certifies that it is unable to
place; or (3) Retired with a disability and whose disability annuity
has been or is being terminated; or (4) Upon receipt of a RIF
separation notice retired on the effective date of the RIF; and can
submit a Standard Form 50 that indicates "Retirement in lieu of
RIF"; (5) Retired under the discontinued service retirement
option; or (6) Was separated because he/she declined a transfer of
function or directed reassignment to another commuting area. OR B.
Former Military Reserve or National Guard Technicians who are
receiving a special Office of Personnel Management (OPM) disability
retirement annuity under section 8337 (h) or 8456 of title 5 United
States Code. 2. Be applying for a position at or below the grade level
of the position from which you have been separated. The position must
not have a greater promotion potential than the position from which
you were separated. 3. Have a current (or last) performance rating of
record of at least fully successful or equivalent. (This requirement
does not apply to candidates who are eligible due to compensable
injury or disability retirement.) A copy of this current performance
rating MUST be submitted along with your ICTAP proof of eligibility.
4. Occupy or be displaced from a position in the same local commuting
area of the position for which you are requesting priority
consideration. 5. File your application and supporting documents by
the vacancy announcement closing date and meet all the application
criteria. 6. Be rated well-qualified for the position. To be
considered well qualified, applicants must meet the basic
qualification standards and eligibility requirements satisfying all
medical, physical, suitability, education, selective factors and
experience questions (and multiple choice answers) that are designated
in the COOL application with an asterisk. The submitted proof of
eligibility and performance appraisal must be annotated with the your
applicant COOL User ID. See "Faxing Instructions for Supporting
Documentation" later in this application process to print out the
FAX Cover Sheet with specific instructions.
Evaluation Methods
Contact Information Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
HRMO/Demonstration Project Office
1315 East-West Highway, OFA45
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Denise Robinson
301-713-0524
Rebecca.A.Williams@noaa.gov
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYER
The Department of Commerce does not
condone or tolerate discrimination based on race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age,
physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation.
OMB Control
No: 0690-0019
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Elizabeth LaPorte, Communications Director
Michigan Sea Grant College
Program
(734) 647-0767 | www.miseagrant.org | Fax:
734-647-0768
I.S.T. Bldg., 2200 Bonisteel
Blvd., Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099
Michigan Sea Grant is dedicated
to the protection and sustainable use of the Great Lakes.