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Marketing Specialist

Employer
USAJobs
Location
Washington D.C.
Closing date
Mar 26, 2019
TRAVEL REQUIRED:

Occasional travel - 1 to 5 nights per month.


RELOCATION AUTHORIZED:
Relocation expenses reimbursed No


KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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The experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:
Marketing consumer/business-to-business product/services with special emphasis on precious metal products and/or collectables. AND
Developing strategies and tactics to carry out the day-to-day operations of developing, bringing to market, executing and promoting consumer products or services. AND
Working with precious metals products, taking & processing orders in a retail or wholesale business-to-business environment. AND
Monitoring financial markets for trends that could impact demand. AND
Working with a marketing team to bring products/services to market in an e-Commerce environment, monitoring the performance of those products/services, and recommending strategies/tactics to improve their performance.

For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:
Marketing consumer/business-to-business products and services. AND
Processing financial products orders. AND
Trading/taking orders for precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, palladium) in a retail/business-to-business wholesale environment. AND
Working with a marketing team to bring products/services to market, monitoring the performance of those products/services, and recommending strategies/tactics to improve their performance.

For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:
Marketing retail/business to business product/collectibles; AND
Promoting consumer products or taking and processing product orders; AND
Working with business-to-business customers in an effort to facilitate consumer products/collectibles orders.

OR

You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent  doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

OR

You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

Education Requirements:
The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

- We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- We offer opportunities for telework.
- We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- A one year probationary period may be required.
- Public Trust – Background Investigation will be required.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation.
- Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
- File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
- Undergo an income tax verification.

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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application includes your résumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your résumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a “not qualified” determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Technical, Communication, and Business Acumen. Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories, superior, good, and acceptable, depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. A subject matter expert may be used in the evaluation. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that category. Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview. If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must be assigned the middle category or better to be rated as “well qualified" to receive special selection priority.


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Read more Security clearance Not Required

Drug test required No


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