Student Trainee SCEP (Program Specialist)

Job Title: Student Trainee SCEP (Program Specialist), GS-399-9/11
Agency: National Science Foundation
Sub Agency: National Science Foundation
Job Announcement Number: IIP-2010-0001

SALARY RANGE: 51,630.00 - 81,204.00 USD /year
OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 to Wednesday, March 24, 2010
SERIES & GRADE: GS-0399-09/11
POSITION INFORMATION: Full-time or Part-timePermanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 11
DUTY LOCATIONS: few vacancies - Arlington, VA
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: Open to any U.S. Citizen, at least 16 years old, who is a student.
Must be enrolled for the Spring 2010 semester that is in a degree or certificate seeking program taking at least a half-time academic course load. Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average on a
4.0 scale.


JOB SUMMARY:
As you start your professional career at NSF, you can take advantage of formal and informal developmental opportunities to enhance your skills and participate in meaningful projects from day one. Consider this your chance to explore a field, make significant contributions, and build your professional network. More about NSF.

The mission of the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships

The Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) houses five research partnerships:

1) Small Business Innovation Research
2) Small Business Technology Transfer
3) Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry
4) Industry/ University Cooperative Research Center
5) Partnerships for Innovation

The focus of IIP is to successfully invest in engineering research and innovation by leveraging federal, small business, industrial, university, state and community college resources. Partnerships require a vision, performance goals and benchmarks, passionate and visionary leaders, and partners bound by an essential interdependency and shared commitment.

IIP's innovation through partnerships exemplifies NSF's vision for advancing discovery, innovation and education beyond the frontiers of knowledge, and empowering future generations in science and engineering.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:
All students applying MUST select the answers that say you are currently a federal employee and that you work for the National Science Foundation. Once you are redirected to the National Science Foundation application site, you will need to select the appropriate answers to several questions.

Question 2. If you are a current Federal
civilian employee, by what agency and organization are you
employed?
Select Answer 1. National Science Foundation

Question 3. If you are a Federal civilian employee, under what type
of appointment are you currently serving?
Select answer 1. Permanent-career, competitive service

If you do not select these answers in your application you will not be able to continue the online application process and you will not be considered for the position.

This vacancy announcement will be filled using the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)hiring authority:


Employment is contingent in meeting SCEP eligibility
requirements.

Students may be non-competitively converted to a career or career-conditional appointment after graduation, providing they have worked at least 640 hours under the program, and meet all academic and position qualification requirements.

Students are eligible for all civil service benefits(health, dental, tsp, etc.)

Eligible students must be enrolled at least half-time in an accredited academic institution and maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher.

Students can be hired into SCEP positions at any time during the year.

Interested in public service but not sure where you fit in? Want to put your education to work in a dynamic setting? Curious about how the federal government operates? Join a small federal agency
supporting extraordinary advances in science, engineering, and education research and programs today! In addition to funding research in traditional academic areas, NSF supports innovative
ideas, novel collaborations and numerous projects that may seem like science fiction today, but become the reality of tomorrow.


KEY REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. citizenship
Background investigation
Preview questions at bottom of Qualifications & Evaluations--see tab above Applicants must be taking at least a half-time academic course load Applicants must have a grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale

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