SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR JOBS

Job Title:SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR

Department:Department of the Army

Agency:Army Installation Management Command

Job Announcement Number:FKFE13358623822712R
SALARY RANGE:
    $50,287.00 to $65,371.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD:
    Friday, May 17, 2013 to Thursday, May 30, 2013
SERIES & GRADE:
    GS-0301-11
POSITION INFORMATION:
    Full Time - Permanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
11
DUTY LOCATIONS:
    1 vacancy in the following location:
Pyong Taek South Korea
WHO MAY APPLY:
    Status Candidates (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles)
JOB SUMMARY:

Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission.  They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations.  The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.

About the Position: Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Program provides awareness and prevention, training and education, victim advocacy, response, reporting and follow up for sexual harassment/assault issues. Army promotes sensitive care, advocacy, treatment, reporting options for victims of sexual harassment/assault and accountability for those who commit these crimes.

Who May Apply: Applicants worldwide in the categories listed below are eligible to apply for this position:

- Current Civilian Army employees with competitive status



- Current Department of Defense employees with competitive status



- Current Civilian Federal employees with competitive status



- Reinstatement eligibles



- OPM Interchange Agreement eligibles



- Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) Interchange eligibles



- Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)



- Veterans Readjustment Authority (VRA)



- 30% or more Disabled Veterans.



- Executive Order 13473 for Certain Military Spouses.

- Military Spouse Preference for Overseas Employment in the commuting area.



- Family Member Preference for Overseas Employment in the commuting area.



- Family Member on Leave Without Pay (LWOP) within the commuting area.



- U.S. citizens residing in the commuting area (except ordinary residents) who are eligible for a Family Member appointment.



- ICTAP eligibles

    KEY REQUIREMENTS

    Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230:
    Visit http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/140025v1230.pdf
    Permanent Change of Station (PCS) may be authorized
    Must possess or be able to obtain/maintain a Secret Security Clearance
    Must possess or be able to obtain/maintain SHARP Certification
    Temporary Duty Travel required up to 10%

DUTIES:

You will manage the Sexual Harrassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Program for the Organization, emphasizing commitment to maintaining a workplace environment that rejects sexual harassment, sexual assault, and attitudes that promote such behaviors. You will provide policy, guidance, and other information, for victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault, subordinate unit commanders, first responders, and those who seek to prevent or respond to sexual harassment and/or assault. You will supervise a subordinate employee in the SHARP function, planning work, adjusting priorities, preparing schedules for completion of work, evaluating work, providing instruction, interviewing applicants, resolving complaints, effecting minor disciplinary measures, and identifying training needs.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Specialized Experience: To qualify applicants must possess specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-09). Specialized experience is defined as: Providing managerial and technical assistance in programs such as equal opportunity; sexual assault prevention and response; evaluating programs to identify and resolve systematic issues; directing program activities that emphasize prevention of sexual assault and sexual harassment; establishing comprehensive policy that reinforces a culture of sexual harassment and sexual assault prevention, response, and accountability.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, and abilities) in the following areas:

    Knowledge of Program Management
    Knowledge of Sexual Harrassment/Assault Policy/Guidance
    Ability to conduct response activities
    Ability to develop/provide training and education
    Supervisory Experience

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must meet the Time in Grade Restriction.

Time in Grade Restriction: Must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-09 grade (or equivalent).


Education:

To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience applicants must meet one of the following requirements of education that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position;

Ph.D, or equivalent doctoral degree;

          OR

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree;



          OR



LL.M., if related.



Combining Education and Experience:



Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the GS-11 grade level, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify the applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify the applicant for positions at that grade level. (When crediting education that requires specific course work, prorate the number of hours of related courses required as a proportion of the total education to be used.)



Graduate Education: Education at the graduate level in an accredited college or university that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.



APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html



If using education to qualify, such education must be related to the position and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.



FOREIGN EDUCATION: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs.



Other Requirements:
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Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

One year trial/probationary period may be required.

Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.



Must be Emergency Essential, willing and able to deploy with the organization and receive required immunizations for the overseas/deployed location. I also understand in the event of a crisis situation, I may be required to remain in the overseas location.



Must be subject to random drug testing.



Must successfully pass screening by the National Sex Offender Registry, Crime Records Center, and the Army Center Registry.



Must successfully pass a screening for Domestic Violence.



Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.



Must pass a pre-employment physical.



Must be available for off-duty support to include a 24 hour rotation.



Must possess and maintain a valid stateside driver’s license.



Must successfully complete an 80-hour SHARP Training Course and obtain DOD Certification within 6 months of employment.



HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be reviewed to verify that you meet the basic eligibility and qualification requirements.  Your responses to the questionnaire will be used to evaluate your relevant personal, educational, and work experiences.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).  The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.  If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if:  1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.  Well-qualified is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. Under competitive delegated examining, an ICTAP eligible will be considered well-qualified if they attain an eligibility rating of 90 or higher, not including points for veterans' preference. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority.  Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form.  Information about ICTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/ctap/index.asp.

BENEFITS:

The Department of Defense offers excellent benefits programs some of which may include:
Comprehensive health and life insurance
Competitive salaries
Generous retirement programs
Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time
Flexible work environment to include use of telework and alternate work schedules
Paid employment related training and education
Possible student loan repayment
Payment of licenses, certification, and academic degrees as applicable
Bonuses, incentives, and awards as appropriate for the job.

For more information on benefits and entitlements please visit:

https://cpolrhp.cpol.army.mil/eur/overseas/employee_handbook/guide/index.htm

OTHER INFORMATION:

    Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
    The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. The DoD policy is available at http://www.cpms.osd.mil/ASSETS/E8AB932EA1E44617BAC7222922E42A62/DoDl140025-V300.pdf.
    In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e. retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8416(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD instructions 1400.25, Volume 300, at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives .)
    Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19 at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/131519p.pdf .
    U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
    Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area.
    On this overseas accompanied tour, medical and DoDDS special education services may not be available in the immediate location of this position.
    In the overseas areas, access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Medical care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical facilities will vary by location. Movement overseas may require you to initiate a change in your health benefits plan to ensure coverage.
    Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.
    Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.



    The initial length of tour for the Pyongtaek, Republic of Korea, area is 36 months and subject to the Department of Defense 5 year rotation policy.



    Candidates initially selected from the United States, Territories, and/or Possessions, may be eligible for certain foreign area benefits.



    Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized as subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations.



    Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) may be authorized.



    Post Allowance will vary based on the foreign overseas duty location and is subject to change.

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your resume: If you submit a resume with inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume may be submitted in any format. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.
2. Your responses to the questionnaire.
3. Additional required documents (see Required Documents section below)

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Thursday, May 30, 2013.

To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.  Follow the prompts to complete the questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following Vacancy ID893688.  Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.

If you cannot apply online, you will need to provide the same information obtained in the online process.  You will need three documents to complete this process:  the Occupational Questionnaire, the scan response form, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Occupational Questionnaire (OPM Form 1203-FX), and a separate document described in item #3. below.

1. Download the scan response form, OPM Form 1203-FX, from http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf.

2. View Occupational Questionnaire.  Use this information to guide you in completing the OPM Form 1203-FX.  Note that you may be instructed to leave some responses blank on the scan response form.

3.  On a separate document, please identify which position(s) on your resume (include title, organization, and employment dates) support any response of “E” ("I am considered an expert in performing this task....").

4. Fax the completed OPM Form 1203-FX, along with your required and supporting documents, to 1-478-757-3144. Your OPM Form 1203-FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.

PLEASE NOTE: The numbering on the OPM Form 1203-FX will not match the Occupational Questionnaire.  Section 25 of the OPM Form 1203-FX continuously numbers from number one, while the Questionnaire starts each section of questions with number one.  When entering your responses please continue regardless of number sequence.  This issue has been identified and will be resolved as soon as possible.

It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.  Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.  Faxed documents must be completely transmitted by 11:59p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of the announcement.

The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

The following documents are required:

    Resume: If you submit a resume with inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume may be submitted in any format. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.



    If the position has an education requirement or you are qualifying based on a combination of education and experience or solely on education, you must submit your college transcripts with your application.



    You MUST submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. These documents may include, but are not limited to: for current employment verification, a SF-50 or DD3434; If you are claiming Veterans Preference or Military Spouse preference (MSP), to verify your preference claim you MUST submit supporting documents with your application package. These documents may include, but are not limited to:   for MSP claims, PCS orders and marriage certificate; for verification of Veteran Preference, DD214 (which indicates character of service) SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activation/Deactivation orders.



    If you are currently serving on active duty: You MUST submit a certification from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed. If you supply a certification at this stage, your preference/eligibility will be verified prior to appointment.   For more information about Veteran's Preference, please click this link: http://www.opm.gov/employ/veterans/html/vetguide.asp.   Please upload veteran's documents under the appropriate category.



    If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and will not be considered any further.



PLEASE NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.   Some supplemental documents like military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for other than the applicant. These documents may be sanitized to remove such personal information before submission with the application. Applicants may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents upon selection to confirm eligibility.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: (410)306-0137
Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Agency Information:
DA FER USAG Humphreys Area III
314 Johnson Street
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
21005
USA
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.



To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.



If no email address is provided, you are responsible for checking status updates and notifications in Application Manager. Hard copy notifications will not be sent to you.



For questions regarding the status of your application, eligibility or qualifications determination contact the Army Applicant Helpdesk at usarmy.apg.chra-ne.mbx.applicanthelp@mail.mil