TRAVEL REQUIRED:

50% or less - Position requires 25% local travel and 25 % overnight travel.

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED:
Relocation expenses reimbursed No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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U.S. Citizenship

Suitability/Background Investigation for Federal employment.

Registered for Selective Service if applicable. (www.sss.gov)

Must be 18 years or older to be hired.

A trial period may be required.

This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position.

Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Applicants are responsible for insuring that the application submitted clearly indicates that they meet the qualifications listed below. To be eligible for this position, you must have the specialized experience, education, or a combination as indicated below.

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.

EXPERIENCE: Applicant must have one year of specialized experience that includes managing, supervising, leading a staff, assigning work, and setting priorities.  Experience managing a decentralized workforce.  Experience providing outreach to various external networks such as local news media, community organizations, leaders, and government officials.  Experience communicating with internal management, training individuals and groups on recruiting techniques and strategies for hard to recruit locations.  Experience implementing and monitoring a recruitment campaign to ensure large volumes of applicants apply within a specific geographic location.

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EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in any area with Superior Academic Achievement OR one full year of graduate education directly related to the position.

The following links provide information on various hiring authorities that may enable you to apply through merit assignment procedures, or be eligible for a non-competitive appointment.

• VRA 
• 30% or more disabled veteran
• Persons with Disabilities

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 the Human Resources Office at 301-763-4060. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

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

Your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. If you meet the minimum qualifications stated in the job opportunity announcement, we will compare your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation to your responses on the scored occupational questionnaire (True/False, Yes/No, Multiple Choice questions) and place you in one of three pre-defined categories. These categories are "gold," "silver," and "bronze." Your resume and/or optional cover letter must support your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire, or your score may be lowered. Candidates placed in the "gold" category will be identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview. 

How you will be evaluated for preference eligibility: Within each category, those entitled to veterans' preference will be listed at the top of the pre-defined category for which they are placed. Preference eligibles with a service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest quality category (gold).

The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies at the full performance level of this position AD-00:

• Ability to lead, supervise and assign work, set priorities, coordinate, plan and oversee subordinate staff.
• Ability to communicate and interact with people with various levels of responsibility, while presenting information clearly and logically.
• Skill working with local news media, community leaders and organizations as well as local government officials to promote community cooperation and generate support for recruitment efforts.
• Ability to train individuals and groups.
• Skill implementing and monitoring recruitment campaigns.

For more information on category rating, please go to: http://www.hr.commerce.gov/s/groups/public/@doc/@cfoasa/@ohrm/documents/content/prod 01_009474.pdf

We recommend that you preview the online questions for this announcement before you start the application process.

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Drug test required No