Summary
This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 4-Corrections in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mescalero, New Mexico. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see USA Jobs What are bargaining units? Permanent Change of Station (PCS) may be authorized in accordance with agency policy.
Duties
As Program Specialist (Corrections), GS-0301, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Plans, develops and conducts program analysis of law enforcement functions and operations that concern human and financial resources, equipment, and material resources of current or projected operating programs. Develops, maintains, and monitors integrated reporting system(s) affecting programs within the OJS functions and operations, such as budget guidance, submissions, allocations, obligation targets, etc. Responsible for requisitioning supplies and equipment, equipment care, use of government vehicles, utilities and other expenditures for the unit. Assisting in organizing, developing, and establishing periodic meetings with state, local, and federal agencies to assure proper coordination and cooperation that results in the best possible delivery of law enforcement services to Indian country. Acts as a liaison or handles communication with people and/or groups within and outside the unit. Manages and/or prepares responses to correspondence; manages a wide variety of correspondence from within and outside of the unit. Research information pertaining to a particular type of criminal activity or crime, compiling local statistics and requesting information from other law enforcement programs to evaluate effectiveness. Forecasts and estimates program requirements and prepares programmatic reports, justifications, charts, graphs, statistical and narrative data, etc. for top-level presentations and briefings.
Education
If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION
How you will be evaluated
Your application package will be evaluated against the minimum qualification requirements specified above. In order to qualify, your resume must specifically describe your work history and the duties you performed in each position. You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, including USA Hire. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Administration and Management Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Financial Management Flexibility Information Management Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (Title 25, USC, Section 472). Verification Form BIA-4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference. Indian Preference eligibles not currently employed in Federal service may be appointed under the Excepted Service Appointment Authority Schedule A, 213.3112(a)(7). Consideration will be given to Non-Indian applicants in the absence of qualified Indian Preference eligibles. For more information, please visit: https://www.bia.gov/jobs. DUE WEIGHT FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS AND AWARDS. For Current and Former Federal Employees, due weight will be given for performance and awards. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, please submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level. REVIEW BEFORE YOU SUBMIT: You may preview the assessment questions here in the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13070434.