Supervisory Social Services Assistant

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management’s General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable). Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS 11: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-10). Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: Assisting with the organizing, coordinating and supervising of a comprehensive residential living program ensuring a safe, healthy atmosphere; and/or providing guidance and leadership to the residential living activity; and/or modifying, adapting, expanding or otherwise changing plans and procedures for such activities as new and/or changing developments require; and/or evaluating the effectiveness of ongoing resident living activities from the standpoint of student response and behavior, unforeseen developments and program objectives. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.,(coursework must be directly related to the position being filled such as social behavior, human behavior, psychology, or health care); OR an appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master’s degree, i.e., more than 36 semester/54 quarter hours leading to a Ph.D.). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. In service applicants can qualify with at least one year at either the next lower grade level (GS-10), or the second lower grade level (GS-9). There are no GS-10 positions in the normal line of progression in the Job Corps organization; one year of specialized experience at the second lower grade level (GS-9) will be creditable for in service applicants. For outside applicants, one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-10) is required. 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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
This position is located on the Blackwell Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Laona, WI. The incumbent of this position serves as a member of the Center Directors Management Team with responsibility for providing program direction and guidance in administration and overall supervision of the Centers residential living, and recreation programs. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Andrea Schenkoske at andrea.schenkoske@usda.gov.