Community Planning & Development Representative, San Francisco

Community Planning & Development Representative

Department: Department Of Housing And Urban Development
Agency: Assistant Secretary for Community Planning & Development
Job Announcement Number: F11-DE-420493-1CP

Agency Information:
HUD SC Branch 1 Field HR Office
600 Harrison Street 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107-1300

Questions about this job:
Carmen L. Polk
Phone: (415)489-6704
Email: CARMEN.L.POLK@HUD.GOV

Job Announcement Number:
F11-DE-420493-1CP
Control Number: 2131660
SALARY RANGE:
$43,525.00 - $52,661.00 /year
OPEN PERIOD:
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 to Friday, January 07, 2011
SERIES & GRADE:
GS-0301-09/11
POSITION INFORMATION:
Full Time Career/Career Conditional
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
12
DUTY LOCATIONS:
01 vacancies - San Juan Area, PR
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
United States Citizens

JOB SUMMARY:
Join the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) team if you are looking for a challenging career and want to help individuals achieve the American Dream! HUD is an integral partner in revitalizing and improving communities across America. Our mission focuses on expanding homeownership, increasing access to affordable housing, strengthening communities, fighting housing discrimination, and tackling homelessness issues.

Community Planning and Development Representatives serve as points of contact between HUD and assigned communities for a variety of Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs. Please review the full duties description for more information.

HUD offers a generous compensation package that may include such benefits as the following: competitive salaries; health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans; paid leave and holidays; telecommuting or other flexible work schedules; transit subsidies; Student Loan Repayment Program; retirement investment options (401K-type plan); Flexible Spending Accounts; long-term care insurance; and childcare subsidies.

Office Address: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and Development, 235 Federico Costa Street, Suite 200, San Juan, PR 00915

To learn more about HUD's mission and programs, click here.

Federal status candidates may apply for this position under announcement # F11-MP-419560-1CP. Candidates that want to apply under a special non-competitive hiring authority, such as Schedule A or compensable disabled veterans, must apply under the Federal status announcement.



Salary listed reflects salary range from step 1 through step 10 of the grade. Pay setting requlations require that pay for first Federal appointment be set at the step 1 of the grade, which is $43,525.00 for the GS-09 and $52,661.00 for the GS-11 for this position






KEY REQUIREMENTS:

* United States Citizen
* This announcement may be used to fill more than one vacancy.
* A background investigation is required for all Federal employees.
* Must be fluent in both Spanish and English.




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Duties
Additional Duty Location Info:

01 vacancies - San Juan Area, PR


The Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) is responsible for the administration and management of community development grant programs for the purpose of ensuring grantees develop viable communities by promoting integrated approaches that provide decent housing, a suitable living environment and expand economic opportunities for low and moderate income persons. The incumbent serves as the CPD Representative, reporting to the Program Manager or Director and is responsible for providing financial analysis and evaluation for the purpose of ensuring program compliance, as well as technical advice and assistance within the field office jurisdiction to carry out CPD programs.


Qualifications and Evaluations
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal service, which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience is typically in or related to the work of the position as described in the Major Duties above.

Examples of specialized experience may include, but are not limited to: serving as a liaison to State and local governments in providing advice and guidance on grant applications and approaches; or monitoring community development activities on-site for compliance with program requirements and ensuring that program activities achieve maximum utilization of funds; or responsible for handling community development activities for a local agency including grants, loans and other projects and ensuring that applications funded are eligible and meet program requirements; independently conducting reviews and negotiating with the local agency officials to correct aspects of the operation that are not consistent with Federal requirements.

Selective Placement Factor(s):

In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications requirements listed above, all applicants MUST meet the following selective placement factor to be considered for the position.

Selective Placement Factor: You MUST be fluent in both the Spanish and English languages.

Education Substitution: Education at an accredited college or university may be substituted for experience at the levels provided below if it demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the duties of this position.

GS-09 = Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education or master’s or equivalent graduate degree (such as LL.B. or J.D.).

GS-11 = Three full years of progressively higher level education or Ph.D. or equivalent.

Acceptable fields of study include: Urban Planning/Urban Studies, Economics, Business Administration, Finance or other educational fields related to the duties and experience described above.

Applicants substituting education for all or part of the experience requirements must submit a listing of college courses or college transcript. An official transcript will be required prior to appointment.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's website at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.

To apply: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=95052788