Management Analyst - College Park, United States - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Description

Summary This position is located in the National Weather Service (NWS), National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Weather Prediction Center (WPC), with one vacancy located in College Park, MD


Salary Ranges:

GS-9: $68,405 - $88,926 GS-11: $82,764 - $107,590 GS-12: $99,200 - $128,956 Responsibilities The incumbent will serve as Management Analyst.

As a Management Analyst you will perform the following duties:

Provides administrative support to the Center Management Team and staff; provides scheduling and meeting/event coordination and assists in the development of briefing information.

Serves as a liaison between the Center Management Team and staff for administrative processes at the Center, informing them of current issues, conveying management objectives, and scheduling briefings as necessary.

Assists in the procurement process within the Center, including ordering office supplies, creating procurement requisitions, and performing support duties such as creating spreadsheets and tracking contract requirements.

May be required to check the availability of funds and prepare documentation or reports.

Serve as the Travel Administrator for all personnel in an assigned area by remaining current on all Travel Manager changes and disseminating changes to organizational personnel, processing domestic and international travel, and establishing routing structure for approving and certifying travel.

Performs or assists in various administrative functions, including the following:
(a) serves as records manager; (b) serves as the Center timekeeper; (c) serves as backup Purchase Cardholder for micro-purchases; (d) assists in property custodianship; (g) coordinates mail distribution and award packages. These duties are described at the full performance level of the GS-12; the GS-9 and GS-11 are developmental leading to such performance.

Requirements Conditions of Employment Key Requirements:
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation. Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period. More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information. Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable ) Payment of relocation expenses is not authorized. This position is in the bargaining unit. This position is covered by 1538. A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.

Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active.

Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.

If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications 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:


SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

This experience need not have been in the federal government.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

To qualify at the GS-09 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience MUST include all the following:
Coordinating personnel travel arrangements for an office


OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION:

master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B.

or J.D., if related.

OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
A combination of related graduate education and specialized experience. Only graduate education in excess of one year is qualifying for combination.

To qualify at the GS-11 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience MUST include all the following:
Serving as time administrator and managing travel arrangements for an office; and Assisting in the procurement process by completing task such as ordering office supplies, creating procurement requisitions, and performing support duties


OR SUSTITUTION OF EDUCATION:
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or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or L.M., if related.

OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
A combination of related graduate education and specialized experience. Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination.

To qualify at the GS-12 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience MUST include all the following:

Assessing effectiveness of programs and recommending ways to improve efficiency and productivity of administrative activities; Assisting in the procurement process by completing task such as ordering office supplies, creating procurement requisitions, and performing support duties; and, Managing travel both foreign and domestic for an office and serve as a time administrator.

Education Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements.

You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

For more information on how foreign education is evaluated visit:
OPM Foreign Education Evaluation


College Transcript:

If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned.

You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process.

If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Transcripts If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration.

Please ensure that all documentation is legible.

Additional Information CTAP and ICTAP candidates will be eligible if it is determined that they have exceeded the minimum qualifications for the position by attaining at least a rating of 85 out of 100.

Information about CTAP and ICTAP eligibility is on the Office of Personnel Management's Career Transition Resources website at:

Employee Guide to Career Transition CTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents: A copy of your specific RIF notice; notice of proposed removal for failure to relocate; a Certificate of Expected Separation (CES); or certification that you are in a surplus organization or occupation (this could be a position abolishment letter, a notice eligibility for discontinued service retirement, or similar notice).

A copy of your SF-50 "Notification of Personnel Action", noting current position, grade level, and duty location; A copy of your latest performance appraisal including your rating; and Any documentation from your agency that shows your current promotion potential.

ICTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents:

A copy of your RIF separation notice; notice of proposed removal for failure to relocate; notice of disability annuity termination; certification from your former agency that it cannot place you after your recovery from a compensable injury; or certification from the National Guard Bureau or Military Department that you are eligible for disability retirement; A copy of your SF-50 "Notification of Personnel Action" documenting your RIF separation, noting your positions, grade level, and duty location, and/or Agency certification of inability to place you through RPL, etc; A copy of your latest performance appraisal including your rating; and Any documentation from your agency that shows your current promotion potential.

Non-Competitive Reinstatement to a Higher Grade/Band than Previously Held MUST submit the following documents: 1. SF-50, "Notification of

Personnel Action:

you must provide the most current Notification of Personnel Action (Form SF-50) that verifies career/career-conditional status, title, series, and highest grade level held on a permanent basis for your previous position.

(do not submit an Award SF-50) AND, the SF-50 that verifies your separation date; AND. 2.

Performance Appraisal - most recent performance appraisal showing the official rating of record, signed by a supervisor, or statement why the performance appraisal is unavailable.

Do not submit a performance plan that does not include this information. NOAA participates in e

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E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that enables participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees.

The Department of the Commerce (DOC) places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission.

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