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Conditions of Employment
Specialized Experience: At the GS-09 level: To qualify for this position you must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07grade level in Federal Service or private sector. Specialized experience is defined as independently providing oversight, guidance, assistance, and training to purchase card account holders, approving officials, and other Agency personnel in regards to simplified acquisitions and purchase card program guidelines.
Examples of experience include: Receiving and reviewing applications and justifications for new cardholder accounts, and providing recommendation of approval or disapproval to the Approving Official, monitoring transactions for procurement policy compliance, including detecting improper actions, routine purchase threshold compliance, inclusion of proper description of transactions, appropriate funding citations, and any waivers or special approvals referenced, providing guidance, assistance, and training to cardholders on the requirements for appropriate use of purchase cards, providing physical audits of cardholder transactions for compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Department Regulation.
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the 09/18/2024 of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined above.
Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.
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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
Education cannot be used as a substitution for specialized experience for this position.
Additional information
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
- Subject to one year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
- Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
Specialized Experience: At the GS-09 level: To qualify for this position you must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07grade level in Federal Service or private sector. Specialized experience is defined as independently providing oversight, guidance, assistance, and training to purchase card account holders, approving officials, and other Agency personnel in regards to simplified acquisitions and purchase card program guidelines.
Examples of experience include: Receiving and reviewing applications and justifications for new cardholder accounts, and providing recommendation of approval or disapproval to the Approving Official, monitoring transactions for procurement policy compliance, including detecting improper actions, routine purchase threshold compliance, inclusion of proper description of transactions, appropriate funding citations, and any waivers or special approvals referenced, providing guidance, assistance, and training to cardholders on the requirements for appropriate use of purchase cards, providing physical audits of cardholder transactions for compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Department Regulation.
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the 09/18/2024 of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined above.
Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.
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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
Education cannot be used as a substitution for specialized experience for this position.
Additional information
- For Washington, DC, this is a AFSCME Bargaining Unit position.
- For Kansas City, MO, this is a NTEU Bargaining Unit position.
- For St. Louis, MO and Ft Worth, TX this is a AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
- Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.
- Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period.
- Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Refer to PUBLIC LAW 114-47-AUG. 7, 2015 for more information.
- If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
- Recruitment and/or relocation incentives may be authorized.
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