Supervisory Marine Accident Investigor Nional Transportion Safety Board Office of Marine Safety (OMS) Summary This position is a Supervisory Marine Accident Investigor loced in the Nional Transportion Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Marine Safety (OMS), Investigions Division. OMS investiges major marine casualties to determine the probable cause and identify safety recommendions th will prevent similar events in the future. The Investigions Division provides investigors-in-charge (IICs) and group chairmen for marine accident investigions. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is a Supervisory Marine Accident Investigor loced in the Nional Transportion Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Marine Safety (OMS), Investigions Division. OMS investiges major marine casualties to determine the probable cause and identify safety recommendions th will prevent similar events in the future. The Investigions Division provides investigors-in-charge (IICs) and group chairmen for marine accident investigions. 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—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential 15 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 - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1801 General Inspection, Investigion, Enforcement, And Compliance Series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MS-13061424-26-SL

Control number 886352000 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency This position is open only to Stus Candides currently employed by the Nional Transportion Safety Board. Videos Duties Help As a Supervisory Marine Accident Investigor, GS-1801-15, you will perform the following major duties: Serve as Branch Chief of Investigions Division by determining marine accident investigion assignments within the Division based on team schedule, nure of accidents, distribution of workload, and required skills and qualificions of the Investigor-In-Charge (IIC) and group chairpersons. Promote teamwork and counsel IIC's and group chairpersons on investigive operions. Receive updes from the investigion scene, track the progress of all open investigions, and provide updes to the Investigions Division Chief and Office of Marine Safety (OMS) management of upcoming milestones. Responsible for overall timeliness and quality of products, including technical accuracy and adequacy, investigive approach, issue identificion based upon facts, thoroughness of analysis, and general presention of work products. Set and adjust short-term priorities of subordines, evalue work performance and appraise staff performance. Identify developmental and training needs of staff, conduct and/or plan training courses to maintain and improve both technical and investigive employee skills. Develop and make speeches and/or formal presentions to nional, internional, and local groups reled to marine safety topics. Direct investigors in the preparion of NTSB's public hearings and participe as a member of the technical panel. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be regi or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency. Resume and supporting documents (see "How to Apply" section.) Suitability for Federal employment Financial Interest in transportion enterprises evalued on a case-by-case-basis.

Bargaining Unit Position:

NO Direct Deposit is required. This position is subject to a one-year probionary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. Stus candides must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks the next lower grade level) by the closing de of this announcement. Only experience and educion obtained by the closing de of this announcement You may be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually.

THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REMOTE TELEWORK.

Applicants must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de of the announcement. A Relocion Incentive may be offered to highly qualified candides. This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situional telework as determined by the agency policy. Multiple and subsequent vacancies may be filled from this announcement. Moving expenses associed with permanent change of stion (PCS) ARE NOT authorized for this position.

Two-Page Resume Limit:

Resumes must not be more than two standard single-sided pages (or one page if submitting a front and back, hard-copy). The selectee is required to serve a probionary period upon initial appointment to a supervisory and/or managerial position. Qualificions To qualify for this position, you must meet the following

Basic Requirements:

To qualify for this position, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as:

applying principles and practices of marine accident investigion and marine transportion safety sufficient to provide leadership; AND utilizing knowledge of legislion, Code of Federal Regulions, and guidelines governing marine transportion safety sufficient to recognize deficiencies in the regulory oversight of marine transportion activities; AND serving as lead investigor (e.g., IIC) by managing all aspects of marine investigion including coordining investigive parties, setting schedules, and maintaining budget.

For more informion see link:

General Inspection Investigion Enforcement and Compliance Series 1801

NOTE:

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience and competencies reled to this position. Failure to demonstre how you possess the educion, specialized experience and/or competencies will result in an "Ineligible" ring. Educion There is no educion substitution this grade level. Additional informion

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities:

For more informion on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements identified below please https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/special-hiring-authorities/ .

Career Transition Assistance Programs:

These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP eligibility criteria; (2) meet the basic qualificion standards (including minimum educional and experience requirements; (3) be red well-qualified for the position with a score of 80 and above on the ring criteria for this position; and, (4) submit the approprie documention ( to support your CTAP eligibility. For more informion : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . ( https://appsupport.usastaffing.gov/hc/en-us/sections/28980686389652-Reasonable-Accommodion-Informion ) 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 . The Nional Transportion Safety Board (NTSB) offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, paid vacion, sick leave, holidays and various benefits as well as work life amenities such as alterne work schedules, telework, flextime, fitness and transit 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 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., two-page resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. 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. Do NOT include the following types of informion in your resume/applicion. If any are included, you deemed

INELIGIBLE

for considerion. Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13061424 . 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 . The Nional Transportion Safety Board (NTSB) offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, paid vacion, sick leave, holidays and various benefits as well as work life amenities such as alterne work schedules, telework, flextime, fitness and transit 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 You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. You are required to provide documention th supports the eligibility and qualificion claims made in your resume and assessment questionnaire . You must submit the applicable documents listed here and those listed with the eligibilities you select in the announcement questionnaire with your applicion package. Applicants who do not provide supporting documention th fully support their claims will not be referred to the hiring manager. Cover letter is optional. The following documents are required for a

COMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGE

A Complete Two-page Resume is required: Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion MUST be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week, and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g.

GS-0201-09

) for relevant federal experience. Please see OPM's video on

Resume Writing Tips:

http://www.youtube.com/wch?v=8YX7o1PBoF Responses to the questionnaire. College transcripts (Unofficial or Official), if qualifying based on educion or as a basic requirement. All

CURRENT NTSB EMPLOYEESMUST SUBMIT THE MOST RECENT COPY OF THEIR SF-50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing competitive stus, listing your Position Title, Series and Grade and Step, Tenure (Block 24 -1 or 2) and Position Occupied (Block 34 -1). Additionally, applicants should also submit a SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held on a permanent basis in the competitive service or the full performance level of your current position, whichever is higher. (Do not submit your Award SF-50) . Noncompetitive appointment authority documention, if applicable.

Career Transition Assistance Program Documention:

(1) Proof of Eligibility; (2) Your lest performance ring showing a ring of least "Fully Successful" (level 3); AND (3) Your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action, showing your tenure, position occupied, and duty stion. For more informion : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp Failure to submit required documents will result in you being considered as "ineligible" for this position. 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 Apply Online button. 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 are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . 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. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion.

NOTE:

If you have any additional questions, comments or concerns prior to the closing de please send those emails to include the vacancy announcement number, position title and your reason for contacting us to recruitment@ntsb.gov least 1 business day before the closing de. Agency contact informion Human Resources Division recruitment@ntsb.gov Address Office of Marine Safety 490 L'Enfant Plaza East SW Washington, DC 20594 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center . 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 You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. You are required to provide documention th supports the eligibility and qualificion claims made in your resume and assessment questionnaire . You must submit the applicable documents listed here and those listed with the eligibilities you select in the announcement questionnaire with your applicion package. Applicants who do not provide supporting documention th fully support their claims will not be referred to the hiring manager. Cover letter is optional. The following documents are required for a

COMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGE

A Complete Two-page Resume is required: Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion MUST be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week, and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g.

GS-0201-09

) for relevant federal experience. Please see OPM's video on

Resume Writing Tips:

http://www.youtube.com/wch?v=8YX7o1PBoF Responses to the questionnaire. College transcripts (Unofficial or Official), if qualifying based on educion or as a basic requirement. All

CURRENT NTSB EMPLOYEESMUST SUBMIT THE MOST RECENT COPY OF THEIR SF-50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing competitive stus, listing your Position Title, Series and Grade and Step, Tenure (Block 24 -1 or 2) and Position Occupied (Block 34 -1). Additionally, applicants should also submit a SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held on a permanent basis in the competitive service or the full performance level of your current position, whichever is higher. (Do not submit your Award SF-50) . Noncompetitive appointment authority documention, if applicable.

Career Transition Assistance Program Documention:

(1) Proof of Eligibility; (2) Your lest performance ring showing a ring of least "Fully Successful" (level 3); AND (3) Your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action, showing your tenure, position occupied, and duty stion. For more informion : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp Failure to submit required documents will result in you being considered as "ineligible" for this position. 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 Apply Online button. 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 are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . 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. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion.

NOTE:

If you have any additional questions, comments or concerns prior to the closing de please send those emails to include the vacancy announcement number, position title and your reason for contacting us to recruitment@ntsb.gov least 1 business day before the closing de. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Human Resources Division recruitment@ntsb.gov Address Office of Marine Safety 490 L'Enfant Plaza East SW Washington, DC 20594 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center . 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—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential 15 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MS-13061424-26-SL

Control number 886352000