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About the Position:
This is an Excepted Service Appointment. If a current federal employee with career or career conditional status is hired for this position, the employee will be required to sign a memorandum of understanding prior to being converted to the excepted service.
Management may select at any of the grade levels announced.
Noncompetitive promotion potential to target grade.
In addition to using the USA Staffing tool, applicants must follow "Additional Requirements" instructions to be considered for this position.
About the Surrounding Area:
This position is located in Southwest Oklahoma and historic Fort Sill. Nestled in the historic American Southwest, the Fort Sill area boasts numerous attractions, expanding/affordable housing, quality school districts and ready access to shopping/dining. Lawton/Fort Sill is surrounded by a national treasure, the Wichita Wildlife Refuge. There are thousands of acres for hiking and open ranges for buffalo, elk, longhorn and other wildlife. For those desiring a big city atmosphere, Oklahoma City is only 70 minutes from Fort Sill and Dallas/Fort Worth is only 3 hours away.
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens
Army employees who currently hold Schedule A Excepted Service Religious positions must submit a copy of their current SF 50 (Notification of Personnel Action) that reflects the highest grade held on a permanent basis.
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09/13/2017 to 09/22/2017
$60,210 - $93,821 per year
GS 11 - 12
1 vacancy in the following location:
Occasional travel - Up to 5% to attend and provide training and to attend conferences
Yes—Permanent Change of Station(PCS) allowances are authorized, but DoD National Relocation Program services are not authorized
Permanent - Excepted Service Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
12
No
SWEK173106862003264D
479232400
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
ADDITONAL REQUIREMENT:
The Chief of Chaplains requires that only applicants who have been certified at a grade level equivalent to or higher than the stated grade of this position or those currently serving in a validated Army RE position will be considered fully qualified.
To be certified for positions in the Religious Education Career Field, applicants must:
1. Email a copy of their USAJobs/USA Staffing-generated resume to: Donald.e.ericson.civ@mail.mil (The USA Jobs resume builder system has an option built in to the program for forwarding copies to other agencies – see bottom of vacancy announcement for instruction on building a resume in USAJobs or self-nominating for a position.)
2. Request transcripts w/official seal be sent directly from all accredited college/universities/theological schools to:
HQ IMCOM Religious Support
ATTN: Mr. Donald Ericson
2405 Gun Shed Road, Bldg. 2261
JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234
PLEASE NOTE:
Only Official transcripts sent directly from the accredited academic institution and postmarked by the closing date of the announcement will be considered. Please do not send any documents other than your resume and transcripts. All other information will not be considered and must be discarded. Submission of the USAJobs generated resume, for the purposes of certification by the Office of the Chief of Chaplains, is in addition to the documents the applicant sends to the CPOC or submits digitally as part of the self-nomination process.
The Chief of Chaplains requires that Candidates meet the following minimum qualifications (See AR-165-1).
Director, Religious Education, GS-1701-11
Masters Degree in Religious Education and a minimum of 5 years documented professional experience conducting Religious Education programs. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. *You must submit a copy of your transcripts. Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
OR
Masters Degree (in any discipline) with a minimum of 24 graduate credits in Religious Education and a minimum of 5 years of documented professional experience conducting Religious Education programs. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. *You must submit a copy of your transcripts. Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
Director, Religious Education, GS-1701-12
Masters Degree in Religious Education and 5 years of full time experience, conducting Religious Education programs while serving as an Army Director of Religious Education, GS 1701-11. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. *You must submit a copy of your transcripts. Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
OR
Masters Degree (in any discipline) with a minimum of 24 graduate credits in Religious Education and a minimum of 5 years of documented professional religious education experience conducting Religious Education programs. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. *You must submit a copy of your transcripts. Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration
Best qualified applicants must show in their resume that they have experience which has provided the following:
* The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened for the Office of Personnel Management's basic qualifications requirements, and the skills needed to perform the duties of this position as described in this vacancy announcement.
* Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
There is a Positive Education requirement for this position:
A Master of Religious Education degree or its equivalent from an accredited graduate school.
OR
A Master's Degree in any discipline other than religious education which includes a minimum of 24 documented credits in religious education.
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the US Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or substitute education for experience. Additional information: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
Foreign Education: Education that has been completed in a foreign college or university may be used to meet the job requirements. In order to receive credit in the examination for your foreign education, you must have your foreign education evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education credentials. Such education must be declared the equivalent of similar undergraduate or graduate work in a U.S. institution. Please include this information in your resume.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
Your resume:
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you want to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education, and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found "not qualified." See: Transcripts and Licenses
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: Faxing Applications and Documents The Vacancy ID is 2003264. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
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 complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Friday, September 22, 2017 to receive consideration.
The Department of the Army 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 civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position.
If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
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/479232400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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