Community Planner, several locations

Community Planner
GS-0020-14 DB
Department: Department Of Transportation
Agency: Federal Highway Administration
Sub Agency: the U.S. Department of Transportation
Job Announcement Number: FHWA.DTS-2010-0017

SALARY RANGE:
$105,211.00 - $136,771.00 /year
OPEN PERIOD:
Monday, July 19, 2010 to Tuesday, August 03, 2010
SERIES & GRADE:
GS-0020-14/14
POSITION INFORMATION:
Full TimePermanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
14
DUTY LOCATIONS:
1 vacancy - Atlanta, GA; 1 vacancy - Baltimore , MD; 1 vacancy - Throughout Illinois, IL
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Applications will be accepted from any U.S. citizen.


Job Announcement is also advertised merit promotion: FHWA.DTS-2010-0016.


JOB SUMMARY:
Real solutions to meet genuine challenges. Innovative ideas to
take on growing realities. That's the Federal Highway
Administration - Leaders in Paving the Way on the Road to Success.


Salaries are as follow :
Atlanta, GA : $101,035.00 - $131,343.00
Baltimore, MD : $105,211.00 - $136,771.00
Matteson, IL : $105,956.00 - $137,740.00


This position is located in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Resource Center, with the Planning Technical Service Team. The planning modeling specialist serves as one of the Resource Center's travel demand modeling, analytical and freight forecasting expert and operates as a member of a national, virtual team.



The ideal candidate for this position is an experienced mid-career professional in transportation planning with excellent commmunication skills who is comfortable representing the agency to a diverse audience. They are someone who desires to be challenged and is seeking a professional career with the Federal Government.



KEY REQUIREMENTS:
You must be a U.S. citizen & meet specialized experience to qualify.
Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
Review Required Documents Section as documents are required by closing date
Position is telework eligible.
Job Announcement is also advertised merit promotion: FHWA.DTS-2010-0016.
Job announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days.


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Duties
Additional Duty Location Info:

1 vacancy - Atlanta, GA; 1 vacancy - Baltimore , MD; 1 vacancy - Throughout Illinois, IL



Helps structure and guide research programs and projects to build understanding and advance practical travel forecasting and planning analysis capabilities.

Provides authoritative guidance and technical assistance to Federal, State and local governments on travel forecasting and related methods.

Maintains and contributes expertise on issues such as the interaction between transportation and urban growth, travel changes in response system and level of service changes, and emerging transport-related energy and emissions analyses.

Identifies critical issues and capability gaps using formal evaluations and contacts with professional and stakeholder groups.

Develops and delivers training on different aspects of travel forecasting and analytical tools and methods.




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Qualifications and Evaluations
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must
meet the EDUCATION REQUIREMENT for the series, provide a copy of
transcripts for verification, and meet the experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.





LEVEL To qualify, your experience should include experience equal or equivalent to the following:
GRADE 14
Experience in transportation planning, land use modeling, demand modeling, or network modeling.

Experience in travel demand modeling concepts, principles, techniques, practices at the local, state,corridor and regional levels.


Applicants must meet all qualification
requirements by the closing date of this announcement.


MANDATORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

In order to qualify for this series, you must meet the following
education/experience requirements:

You must have completed a full 4-year course of study at an
accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher
degree in community planning or a related field such as
urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering,
sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public
administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the
planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning,
urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance, from
an accredited college or university.
Note: Applicants with degrees in related fields, such as those
listed above, who do not have the 12 semester hours of specified
course work must have had at least 1 year of work experience in
community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a
community planner.

OR
You must have a combination of education and experience--courses
equivalent to a major in one of the above disciplines, or a
combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester
hours in any combination of the above disciplines of which at least
12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and
physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or
additional education.

The quality of the combination of education and experience must be
sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant possesses the knowledge,
skills, and abilities required to perform work in the occupation, and
is comparable to that normally acquired through the successful
completion of a full 4-year course of study with a major in the
appropriate field. In addition to courses in the major and related
fields, a typical college degree would have included courses that
involved analysis, writing, critical thinking, research,
etc. These courses would have provided an applicant with skills and
abilities sufficient to perform progressively more responsible work
in the occupation. Therefore, creditable experience should have
demonstrated similarly appropriate skills or abilities needed to
perform the work of the occupation.

GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD REQUIREMENT: You must be able to
obtain and retain a Government contractor-issued travel card to be
used for official business as a condition of employment.

If unable to obtain and/or retain a card, you may be subject to
removal. Those who fail to meet this condition of employment will
have our offer of employment rescinded.

DEU REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants selected under delegated examining procedures may be
required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period.


HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

BASIS FOR RATING: Your application will be rated on the extent and quality of your experience, education and training
relevant to the position. Your answers to the Vacancy Specific
Questions, your self-determined rating, narrative responses, resume
and supporting documentation are reviewed. If your resume, essay
responses, and supporting documents do not support your answers to
the Vacancy Specific Questions, your final rating may be modified.


Applicants meeting minimum qualification standards will be placed in
one of three groups (bronze, silver or gold) based on their
substantiated level of education, experience, and ability, as it
relates to the job requirements.

To be placed in the Gold category, you must be highly
proficient with an overall comprehensive level of knowledge, skills
and abilities of the job based on a complete review of your
application.

To be placed in the Silver category, you must be competent in
the position with an overall accomplished level of knowledge, skills
and abilities of the job.
To be placed in the Bronze category, you must have an overall
basic level of knowledge, skills and abilities of the job.


The Category Rating Method does not add Veterans' preference points
or apply the "rule of three", but protects the rights of veterans by
placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category.

Documented Preference eligibles who meet minimum qualification
requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability
of at least 10% must be listed in the highest quality category,
except when the position being filled is scientific or professional
at the GS9 grade level or higher.


The Automated Staffing Office is ultimately responsible for
determining your final rating. Please ensure that your resume and
application provide enough detail to support your answers to the
Vacancy Specific Questions.


To preview questions please click here.



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Benefits and Other Info

BENEFITS:
Benefits include health and life insurance, annual and sick
leave, and retirement benefits. Explore the major benefits offered
to most Federal Employees here.


This position is telework eligible.


OTHER INFORMATION:
Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority
consideration. For more information, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition.


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How To Apply

HOW TO APPLY:
You must submit a complete application package (including resume,
vacancy questions and supporting documents) no later than midnight
Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement.



To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job
announcement posting.

Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents
and complete the assessment questionnaire.

You may review your saved application(s) at
https://my.usajobs.gov.


If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automated Staffing Office during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET) at (202) 366-1298. You may also email us at
Transjobs@fhwa.dot.gov.


REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
The following documents must be provided by the close date:



RESUME - showing relevant experience and education


COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE & NARRATIVE RESPONSES - Entering "See Resume" or other non-responsive answers to the request for narrative information may lead to your disqualification from consideration.



TRANSCRIPTS - verifying that you meet the stated education requirements for the series or SF-50 showing that you have already qualified and worked in the federal service in this series

VETERANS: In order to be considered as a 5-point preference eligible, you must submit a copy of your Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, DD214. Your DD-214 must
show the type of discharge and dates of active duty. If you are claiming 10-point preference eligible, you must submit a copy of your DD214; an Application for 10-point Veteran's Preference,
SF15; and the proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally an official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the present existence of
the service-connected disability and indicating the percentage of your disability. Without this documentation, you will not receive veteran's preference.


SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS - If requesting concurrent consideration for Non-competitive appointment eligibility (e.g. disabled,
disabled veterans), letter from VA, State Vocational Office, etc.
Only required if requesting non-competitive consideration


DISPLACED EMPLOYEE PLACEMENT DOCUMENTS - Only required if requesting priority consideration under CTAP/ICTAP. You
must submit ALL of the FOLLOWING: your most recent performance
appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency and your
most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. In
addition, you MUST meet the well qualified standards for this
vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring at
least an 85)


Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position.


AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
DOT Automated Staffing
Phone: 202-366-1298
Fax: 571-258-4052
Email: transjobs@fhwa.dot.gov Agency Information:
the U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, E-55/HAHR-50
Washington, DC 20590
Fax: 571-258-4052

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
You may check your application status by logging into
USAJobs.com. (Select "My USAJOBS" and click "Applications"). Within
two weeks of the closing date, a Human Resources Specialist will
evaluate your application. Ratings will be determined based on the
documents and information received by the closing date. Qualified
candidates will be assigned rating category, prior to applying
appropriate veterans' preference. The most highly qualified
candidates are then referred to the hiring manager for further
consideration. If you are selected for an interview, we will
contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify
all applicants of their final status.

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