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The Federal Election Commission is an independent federal regulatory agency governed by six Commissioners appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The agency has exclusive jurisdiction for the administration, interpretation, and civil enforcement of the Federal Election Campaign Act, which regulates campaign contributions and expenditures and disclosures of such, by candidates for federal office and committees supporting those candidates. The legal work at the Commission regularly involves important and complex issues implicating the First Amendment.
The purpose of the position is to provide cross-discipline technical guidance for application administration and configuration with a strong emphasis on application administration.
06/15/2017 to 06/29/2017
$94,796 - $123,234 per year
GS 13
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
13
No
FEC-17-049
472169900
Education cannot be substituted for experience at this Grade level.
FEC offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including: health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may include: flexible work schedules; telework; transportation subsidies.
If you receive a tentative offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.
Background Investigation: To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, FEC requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, the selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation as a condition of placement into this position.
The FEC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, physical disability, lawful political affiliation, or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation. The FEC 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 servicing HR Office. Requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application will be reviewed and evaluated first for minimum qualifications. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this position, your application will be reviewed further to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience and education as they relate to the qualifications stated in the vacancy announcement. Qualification and experience determinations will be based solely on the information provided by the applicant. Only those applicants found to be among the best qualified may be contacted for further assessment, such as interviews and consideration by the selection official.
Category rating procedures will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. The following quality categories will be used:
Best Qualified (90 - Above)
Well Qualified (89 - 85)
Qualified (84 - Below)
Within each quality category, veterans' preference eligibles will receive selection priority over non-veterans.
Your final category placement will be based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Please ensure your resume provides enough detail to support your responses.
If, after reviewing your resume and / or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score can / will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you.
1. Resume
2. Cover Letter addressing troubleshooting production issues as stated in the Qualifications tab.
3. Veterans' Preference documentation, if applicable. Please indicate on your resume the type of veterans' preference you are claiming and provide the appropriate supporting documentation (DD-214 stating disposition of discharge or character of service (Member 4 Copy), VA letter, SF-15, etc.) to http://www.fedshirevets.gov/index.aspx
4. Former and current federal employees must submit a standard form 50 (notification of Personnel Action) that verifies career status.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package by 11:59 PM, Eastern Time, on the closing date of this announcement which includes:
Once your complete application is received, we will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications and determine your ranking. The best qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview. You will be notified of the outcome by email.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/472169900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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