This Position Closed on 25-Jan-2013

Job Title:Supervisory Program Manager

Department:Department of the Army

Agency:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Job Announcement Number:NCFV12979864711111

SALARY RANGE:	$84,697.00 to $110,104.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD:	Thursday, July 26, 2012 to Friday, January 25, 2013
SERIES & GRADE:	GS-0340-14
POSITION INFORMATION:	Full Time - Temporary NTE 9m or 1yr
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 14
DUTY LOCATIONS:	Many vacancies in the following location(s): Afghanistan AfghanistanView Map Iraq IraqView Map
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:	Status Candidates

JOB SUMMARY:

Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission.  They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations.  The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.

About the Position:This announcement is for CURRENT CIVILIAN ARMY EMPLOYEES ONLY. All other Federal employees please refer to Announcement NCFV12979864711179F for Self-Nomination.

You MUST submit current employment documents SF-50 verifying your eligibility with your applicantion package. If you fail to provide 

Starting as of 1 May 2012 all deployments will be either 9 months or 12 months.  Relocation bonus of 9 month will receive 18.75% as authorized, 12 month will receive 25% as authorized per FRAGO 2 to Operation Order 2011-03, Personnel Support to Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) was signed on 17 February 2012. 

Incremental rating cut-offs will be utilized starting 8 Aug 12 for first cut off.  

This announcement may be used to fill temporary full-time, part-time or intermittent positions. Indicate on your resume your availability for any of these appointments. AED separated into the Afghanistan Engineer District (North)-TAN and the Afghanistan Engineer District (South)-TAS.The position is under the supervision of the District commander within AED.  

The job provides the opportunity to learn how USACE operates in a reconstruction effort. You will deal with competing priorities and corporate approach to improving programs and methods of operation. To be successful in this position, you will need to (a) know your job; (b) be situationally aware; (c) be healthy; and (d) treat every individual with dignity and respect.This position provides an opportunity to join an organization of both military and civilian personnel who are working side-by-side as dedicated professionals committed to the reconstruction mission within Afghanistan. 

At the employee's discretion, assignment duration may be 9 months to 1 year. Assignments may be Temporary Change of Station (TCS) or Temporary Duty (TDY), whichever is more cost effective to the organization. For TCS assignments of 9 month to 1 year duration TCS entitlements will be authorized.

 

Deployment information:

http://www.usace.army.mil/Careers/CivilianDeployment.aspx

 

Medical requirements:   http://www.tam.usace.army.mil/UDC/MEDICAL.ASP

 

Who May Apply – Click here for more information:  Current Army Employees with competitive status (includes Army Employees serving on a career or career-conditional appointment.

KEY REQUIREMENTS



• Secrect Security Clearance is required.
• A Financial Statement (DD Form 1555) is required.

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DUTIES:

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Utilizing a highly skilled professional knowledge of the principles, theories, and methodology of professional engineering and engineering

project management. Serves as a Branch Chief and as a senior advisor to the Chief, Programs and Project Management Division (PPMD) and the Deputy District Engineer for Project Management (DDE/PM) for the progress under his/her purview. Responsibilities include the management of overseas work. Work involves one or more of the following: military installation planning, programming, studies, surveys, environmental audits, and design, engineering and construction during all phases of development through study

implementation, design development or construction completion. Among other duties, the incumbent is responsible for and assists a broad range program management, implementation, product review, coordination and control including such items as project schedules, reports, Architect-Engineer (A-E) selection and contract administration, community IDT support, construction contract administration, protocols with host nations, construction quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA), contract fiscal closeout biddabilty / constructionability / operability (BCO), etc. The incumbent performs the full range of supervisory responsibilities. Work includes

planning, recruitment, work assignment and review, performance evaluation and supervisory personnel management functions.

 

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QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

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Specialized/General experience: To Qualify applicants must possess one year of specialized/general experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-13).  Specialized experience is defined with supervisory personnel management functions as in planning, programming, studies, surveys, environmental audits, design, schedules, reports, recruitment, work assignment and performance evaluation.

 

Time in Grade Restriction: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must meet the Time in Grade Restriction.

 

Time in Grade Restriction: Must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower GS-13 Level. 

 

 Other Requirements:

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Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

 

- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

 

- One year trial/probationary period may be required.

 

- Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.

 

Position may be designated as Emergency Essential.

 

A medical examination may be required.

 

Immunization screening may be required.

 

Position requires employee to wear a uniform and/or protective clothing.

 

NOTE: This vacancy will be filled by candidates that qualify for temporary promotions, reassignment, or change to lower grade. Generally, indoor work location has power, water, heating, and air conditioning, although outages should be expected.  Lack of sleep may occur due to long work hours and uncomfortable living conditions.  Employee will report symptoms of stress and fatigue to the on-site supervisor.  Living conditions range from having all basic amenities; light, power, water, refrigeration, to not having one or more of these amenities. Employees who need to store refrigerated medication shall prior to departure from the primary duty station, inform the local Emergency Operations Center so availability of refrigeration at the work site can be determined. Environmental conditions at work locations may range from excessive heat and humidity to extreme cold and rainy. Some locations require that the employee be able to maintain stable mobility in sandy and unstable terrain. Although some work is sedentary, work conditions such as ergonomic issues related to lifting and carrying, seating, or video display terminals; repetitive motion injury from using computers, and the like may be expected. Foreign post differential of 35% is authorized while TCS/TDY to downrange location. Additional compensation of 35% over basic compensation will be granted to employees for service at designated danger pay costs. Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area if accepting TCS. Locality rates of pay in CONUS will not be used for pay setting when transferring to the overseas if accepting TCS assignment.

 

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be reviewed to verify that you meet the basic eligibility and qualification requirements.  Your responses to the questionnaire will be used to evaluate your relevant personal, educational, and work experiences. 

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BENEFITS:

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The Department of Defense offers excellent benefits programs some of which may include:

Comprehensive health and life insurance

Competitive salaries

Generous retirement programs

Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time

Flexible work environment and alternate work schedules

Paid employment related training and education

Possible student loan repayment

Payment of licenses, certification, and academic degrees as applicable

Bonuses, incentives, and awards as appropriate for the job.

For more information on benefits and entitlements please visit:

https://cpolrhp.cpol.army.mil/eur/overseas/employee_handbook/guide/index.htm

OTHER INFORMATION:

Other Information:

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Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

 Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19 at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/131519p.pdf .

 Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area if accepting TCS assignment.

 Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.

 Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

Temporary promotion maybe made or extended up to a maximum of five years.

Temporary Duty (TDY) travel may be required.

This position is Emergency Essential.  Incumbent will be subject to on-call and irregular work hours.  Position is considered essential to support DA’s mobilization and wartime mission during periods of increasing tension or mobilization.  Position is considered emergency essential because (1) no qualified and immediate replacements exists and (2) leaving position vacant would (a) impair the effective operations of essential military support systems, or (b) adversely impact the combat mission of deployed forces. 

Emergency - Essential Position Agreement, DD Form 2365, must be completed prior to deployment.

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HOW TO APPLY:

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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your resume: If you submit a resume with inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume may be submitted in any format. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.
2. Your responses to the questionnaire.
3. Additional required documents (see Required Documents section below)

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Friday, January 25, 2013To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.  Follow the prompts to complete the questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.

To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following Vacancy ID 711111  Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.

 

If you cannot apply online, you will need to provide the same information obtained in the online process.  You will need three documents to complete this process:  the Occupational Questionnaire, the scan response form, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Occupational Questionnaire (OPM Form 1203-FX), and a separate document described in item #3. below.

 

1. Download the scan response form, OPM Form 1203-FX, from http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf. 

 

2. View Occupational Questionnaire  Use this information to guide you in completing the OPM Form 1203-FX.  Note that you may be instructed to leave some responses blank on the scan response form.

 

3.  On a separate document, please identify which position(s) on your resume (include title, organization, and employment dates) support any response of “E” ("I am considered an expert in performing this task...."). 

 

4. Fax the completed OPM Form 1203-FX, along with your required and supporting documents, to 1-478-757-3144. Your OPM Form 1203-FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.

 

PLEASE NOTE: The numbering on the OPM Form 1203-FX will not match the Occupational Questionnaire.  Section 25 of the OPM Form 1203-FX continuously numbers from number one, while the Questionnaire starts each section of questions with number one.  When entering your responses please continue regardless of number sequence.  This issue has been identified and will be resolved as soon as possible. 

 

It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.  Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.  Faxed documents must be completely transmitted by 11:59p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of the announcement.

 

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

The following documents are required:

• Resume: If you submit a resume with inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume may be submitted in any format. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.
• If the position has an education requirement or you are qualifying based on a combination of education and experience or solely on education, you must submit your college transcripts with your application.
• You MUST submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. These documents may include, but are not limited to: for current employment verification, a SF-50 or DD3434; for MSP claims, PCS orders and marriage certificate; for verification of Veteran status, DD214 (which indicates character of service) SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activation/Deactivation orders.

If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and will not be considered any further. 

PLEASE NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.   Some supplemental documents like military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for other than the applicant. These documents may be sanitized to remove such personal information before submission with the application. Applicants may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents upon selection to confirm eligibility.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: (410)306-0137
Email: APPLICANTHELP@CONUS.ARMY
.MIL

Agency Information:
W31R80 Afghanistan Engineer District South
255 Fort Collier Road
Winchester, VA
22604-1450
USA

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements.  To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire.  The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire.  The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position.  Please follow all instructions carefully.  Errors or omissions may affect your rating. 

 

To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.

 

If no email address is provided, applicant is responsible for checking status updates and notifications in Applicant Manager.  Hard copy notifications will not be sent to applicant. 

 

For questions regarding the status of your application, eligibility or qualifications determination contact: applicanthelp@conus.army.mil

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