Based on this evaluation, applicants will be ranked according to relative merit for this position and identified as qualified or highly qualified. Selection for this position will be made only from among the candidates possessing high qualifications. The individual selected will be subject to an investigation in conjunction with granting of a security clearance prior to appointment. This recruitment provides promotion opportunity to target position without further competition when selectee is eligible and recommended by management. However, promotion is not guaranteed and no promise of a promotion is implied.
Management has the prerogative to select at either grade level.
If qualification is based on education, applicant must provide official transcript. Applicants who applied under Announcement No. 00-188 need not reapply. Preference eligibles or veterans who have been separated from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions and who have at least substantially completed an initial 3-year term of continuous active service may apply. Be applying for a position at or below the grade level of the position from which you are being separated. The position must not have a greater promotion potential than the position from which you are being separated.