Congressional Affairs Specialist (Schedule Policy/Career) Department of Commerce Nional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrion Deputy Under Secretary for Operions (DUSO) Summary This position is loced in the Nional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrion (NOAA), Deputy Under Secretary for Operions (DUSO), Office of Legislive and Intergovernmental Affairs (OLIA), with one vacancy in Washington, DC. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Nional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrion (NOAA), Deputy Under Secretary for Operions (DUSO), Office of Legislive and Intergovernmental Affairs (OLIA), with one vacancy in Washington, DC. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade ZA 4 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Up to 10% of domestic travel may be required for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk NCS/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

UNSEC DUSO-26-13076068-ST

Control number 887355700 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Family of overseas employees Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency Open to current or former Federal employees w/permanent competitive stus; OR those eligible under a non-comp appointing authority (e.g. Individuals w/Disabilities, Phways Interns & Recent Grads who are eligible for conversion, etc.); OR current or former employees who are serving, or previously served on temp or term appmt in land mgmt agency; OR veterans w/preference or those separed from armed forces OR NOAA Corps under honorable conditions after 3+ yrs of continuous service. Videos Duties Help As a Congressional Affairs Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Lead Legislive Affairs outreach effort to congressional offices, including ste and district-based offices and Congressional case workers. Work closely with Nional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrion (NOAA) staff to plan briefings, hearings, meetings, and other external events involving Members of Congress, Congressional staff, and their constituents. Serve as the policy and planning authority for NOAA's policies and priorities with Congress and the Department. Develop Congressional drafts and other official documention, hearings, meetings, briefings, and other external events involving Members of Congress and staff and their constituents, to increase the understanding of Members of Congress, Congressional staff, and their constituents about the NOAA work and mission. Utilize expert knowledge to provide summaries of feedback from Members of Congress and Congressional staff to inform the Director for Legislive Affairs and Deputy Director about inquiries and requests th come in from Congressional offices and solicit informion from senior staff about NOAA's work to be shared with Congressional offices. Provide authoritive and substantive guidance on legislive issues. Recommend stregies for Congressional interaction to management based on knowledge of the interests of the approprie legislive audience. Conduct and coordine Freedom of Informion and Discovery requests for congressional inquiries. This position filled under the DOC Alternive Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. The ZA-4 is equivalent to the

GS-13/14. CONDITION OF EMPLOYEMENT

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Noncritical Sensitive security clearance to carry out duties requiring access to meetings, documents/info, and/or systems labeled as confidential or secret. Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we communicing with you via email; therefore, it is imperive th the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so th we can upde our system. Requirements Help Conditions of employment

Key Requirements:

Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigion. More requirements are listed under Qualificions and Additional Informion. Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable ( www.sss.gov ) Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of the announcement. If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing de of the announcement.

Additional Considerions:

Position requires Non-Critical Sensitive Security Clearance. Background investigion required. Continued employment is subject to applicant's successful completion of security investigion and favorable adjudicion. Failure to successfully meet these requirements grounds for terminion.

Nure of Employment :

This is a career, non-political position designed as policy-influencing (confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocing). Employment in this position is will. Standard civil service adverse action and performance based removal procedures under chapters 43 and 75 of Title 5, United Stes Code, do not apply. Consequently, traditional appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) regarding performance or conduct-based removals are unavailable.

Conditions of Employment :

Selection is made using merit-based evaluion procedures. Applicants and incumbents are not required to personally or politically support the President or the policies of the current administrion, but they are required to faithfully implement administrion policies to the best of their ability. Schedule Policy/Career employees are -will employees all times; therefore, they are not required to serve a trial period. Qualificions Qualificion requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificion Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualificion standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website loced : https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-standards/

EDUCATION:

There is no positive educion requirement for this position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience th has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions 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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify for the ZA-4 or GS-13 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower pay band ZA-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assessing legislive initiives on mters concerning programs and activities affecting environmental science and management programs; and Developing correspondence or responses to congressional inquiries. Educion Substitution of educion for specialized experience is not applicable to this vacancy. Additional informion During the applicion process you will have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. Non-Competitive Reinstement to a Higher Grade/Band than Previously Held MUST submit the following documents: SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action": You must provide the most current Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) th verifies career/career-conditional stus, title, series, and highest grade level held on a permanent basis for your previous position, AND the SF-50 th verifies your separion de;

AND Performance Appraisal:

Most recent performance appraisal showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable. NOAA participes in e-Verify, an Internet-based system opered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administrion (SSA) th enables participing employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. The Federal Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candides will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or nional origin. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire and/or evaluion through a manual assessment process, and your responses to any additional assessments (i.e. USAHire) required for this position. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents) and a Job Knowledge Test. The Job Knowledge Test is designed to assess technical and professional expertise directly relevant to the requirements of this announcement. This assessment measures the specialized knowledge and skills accumuled over time, which are critical for successful performance in this position. The best-qualified candides identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Partnering, Planning and Evaluing, Problem Solving, and Stregic Thinking Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. To preview the announcement questionnaire, click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13076068 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

(may be: (1) uploaded directly from your desktop; or (2) uploaded directly from your USAJOBS stored tachments): 1.

Resume:

Your resume must be no more than 2 pages . Applicants with resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Please review the USAJobs Help Center for additional requirements. You are encouraged to make your resume and profile searchable https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/profile/searchable. You are highly encouraged to use USAJOBS Resume Builder to ensure all required informion is included in your Resume. If you use your own resume or curriculum vitae, for each work experience a minimum, your resume should include; job title(s) (including job series and grade, if Federal); description of duties or work performed; starting and ending des (month and year). Part-Time work must be clearly identified and include the number of hours per week; if not identified, then work assumed to be Full-Time. (

NOTE:

A full-time work schedule requires most employees to work 33-40 hours during the work week. A part-time schedule requires an employee to work less than full-time, typically 16-32 hours per week.) 2. SF-50, "

Notificion of Personnel Action:

If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must provide the most current Notificion of Personnel Action (Form SF-50) th verifies career/career-conditional stus, title, series and grade (do not submit an Award SF-50). Also provide the SF-50 th reflects the highest grade level held on a permanent basis or the full performance level of your current position, whichever is higher. Failure to do so will result in an ineligible ring. 3. Veteran's documention: If you are requesting considerion under Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) you must submit a copy of your Member 4, DD Form 214 sting disposition of discharge or character of service or other valid proof of eligibility (i.e., stement of service th shows service des AND character of service) and/or any other required supporting documents (VA letter, SF-15, etc). For more informion, please click here .

Active Duty Service Members:

You must submit a stement of discharge/certificion of release or an official written document from the armed forces th certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days from the de the announcement closes. Enlisted Record Briefs and military identificion do NOT qualify as official documention. If the approprie informion is not submitted to confirm the discharge stus, des of service, etc., you will not be considered for this job opportunity under Veteran Preference procedures. To gain access to your DD-214 online please . 4. Documention supporting eligibility for non-competitive appointment: Includes Individuals with Disabilities, 30% Veterans, certain Military Spouses, etc. 5. Documention supporting

NOAA Commissioned Corps:

NOAA Form 56-16 or other documention supporting active duty in NOAA Corps.

OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS

Performance Appraisals Incentive Awards In accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3), due weight shall be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards during the selection process. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the blue "Apply Online" button. If you are not a registered USAJOBS user, please cree a new account and follow the instructions to complete your applicion process. If you are a registered user, login to access your existing USAJOBS profile. As a registered user, select a stored resume and select one or more of your stored documents to tach to your applicion. Check the "Certificion" box and click the "Apply for this position now!" button loced the bottom of the screen. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you experience technical difficulties during the online applicion process, please contact the USAJOBS helpdesk To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. Agency contact informion Applicant Inquiries noaa.applicantinquiries@noaa.gov Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US Next steps This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other equivalent positions throughout the Federal government. The position must be alike (e.g.: within the same geographic locions, equivalent grade/band and requires the same qualificions and specialized experience as indiced in this vacancy announcement). Salary ranges will vary based on the locion.

Please :

OPM Salary Charts for specific salary informion reled to a specific locion. You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website and clicking on "Track Your Online Applicion." The four points of notificion are: Applicion Received Applicion assessed for qualificion; Referred or Not Referred; and Selected or Not Selected. By submitting your applicion, you are certifying the accuracy of the informion contained in your applicion. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired; you may be termined after you begin work; or, you may be fined or jailed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. You required to submit official documention prior to appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, Veterans' Preference, proof of disability, etc.). Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

(may be: (1) uploaded directly from your desktop; or (2) uploaded directly from your USAJOBS stored tachments): 1.

Resume:

Your resume must be no more than 2 pages . Applicants with resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Please review the USAJobs Help Center for additional requirements. You are encouraged to make your resume and profile searchable https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/profile/searchable. You are highly encouraged to use USAJOBS Resume Builder to ensure all required informion is included in your Resume. If you use your own resume or curriculum vitae, for each work experience a minimum, your resume should include; job title(s) (including job series and grade, if Federal); description of duties or work performed; starting and ending des (month and year). Part-Time work must be clearly identified and include the number of hours per week; if not identified, then work assumed to be Full-Time. (

NOTE:

A full-time work schedule requires most employees to work 33-40 hours during the work week. A part-time schedule requires an employee to work less than full-time, typically 16-32 hours per week.) 2. SF-50, "

Notificion of Personnel Action:

If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must provide the most current Notificion of Personnel Action (Form SF-50) th verifies career/career-conditional stus, title, series and grade (do not submit an Award SF-50). Also provide the SF-50 th reflects the highest grade level held on a permanent basis or the full performance level of your current position, whichever is higher. Failure to do so will result in an ineligible ring. 3. Veteran's documention: If you are requesting considerion under Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) you must submit a copy of your Member 4, DD Form 214 sting disposition of discharge or character of service or other valid proof of eligibility (i.e., stement of service th shows service des AND character of service) and/or any other required supporting documents (VA letter, SF-15, etc). For more informion, please click here .

Active Duty Service Members:

You must submit a stement of discharge/certificion of release or an official written document from the armed forces th certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days from the de the announcement closes. Enlisted Record Briefs and military identificion do NOT qualify as official documention. If the approprie informion is not submitted to confirm the discharge stus, des of service, etc., you will not be considered for this job opportunity under Veteran Preference procedures. To gain access to your DD-214 online please . 4. Documention supporting eligibility for non-competitive appointment: Includes Individuals with Disabilities, 30% Veterans, certain Military Spouses, etc. 5. Documention supporting

NOAA Commissioned Corps:

NOAA Form 56-16 or other documention supporting active duty in NOAA Corps.

OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS

Performance Appraisals Incentive Awards In accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3), due weight shall be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards during the selection process. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the blue "Apply Online" button. If you are not a registered USAJOBS user, please cree a new account and follow the instructions to complete your applicion process. If you are a registered user, login to access your existing USAJOBS profile. As a registered user, select a stored resume and select one or more of your stored documents to tach to your applicion. Check the "Certificion" box and click the "Apply for this position now!" button loced the bottom of the screen. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you experience technical difficulties during the online applicion process, please contact the USAJOBS helpdesk To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Applicant Inquiries noaa.applicantinquiries@noaa.gov Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US Next steps This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other equivalent positions throughout the Federal government. The position must be alike (e.g.: within the same geographic locions, equivalent grade/band and requires the same qualificions and specialized experience as indiced in this vacancy announcement). Salary ranges will vary based on the locion.

Please :

OPM Salary Charts for specific salary informion reled to a specific locion. You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website and clicking on "Track Your Online Applicion." The four points of notificion are: Applicion Received Applicion assessed for qualificion; Referred or Not Referred; and Selected or Not Selected. By submitting your applicion, you are certifying the accuracy of the informion contained in your applicion. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired; you may be termined after you begin work; or, you may be fined or jailed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. You required to submit official documention prior to appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, Veterans' Preference, proof of disability, etc.). Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade ZA 4 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Up to 10% of domestic travel may be required for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

UNSEC DUSO-26-13076068-ST

Control number 887355700