Community Planning and Development Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Asst Secretary for Community Planning and Development. Washington D.C.

is a potential duty location for this position; however, the Washington D.C. office is expected to relocate to Alexandria, Virginia.

Selectees may be required to report initially to Washington, D.C and later report to Alexandria, Virginia. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Supporting a community development or economic development program at the federal, state, or local government or at a lending institution or non-profit organization; AND - Reviewing, and giving feedback on program or organizational policies and procedures; AND - Assisting with monitoring community or economic development activities.

OR Education: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: 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 OR Combination: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education.

To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the specialized experience requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the education requirement must equal at least 100 percent.

You may qualify by a combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience. Only graduate education in excess of the first 2 years may be combined with experience.

Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service.

One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-09 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Applying program or organizational policies and procedures; AND - Tracking data on programs or special project outcomes to ensure that program requirements and goals are met.

OR Education: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B.

or J.D., if related OR Combination: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education.

To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the specialized experience requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the education requirement must equal at least 100 percent.

Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours may be combined with experience. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume. Major Duties:

HUD's Mission The mission of the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development is to foster strong communities by supporting access to quality, affordable housing, expanding the housing supply, and unlocking homeownership opportunities for the American people.

The Department is committed to furthering the promise of self-sufficiency in every American while promoting economic development to revitalize rural, tribal, and urban communities across the country.

This position is located in the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) of Disaster Recovery.

CPD seeks to 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 primary means toward this end is the development of partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector, including for-profit and non-profit organizations The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13.

If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

As a Community Planning and Development Specialist, you will: Provides support and assistance to grantees in meeting their community development needs in a comprehensive and consolidated manner.

Provide current and potential grantees with meeting application or submission requirements by being able to effectively communicate the requirements as established in handbooks, Program regulations, or other technical material.

Answers inquiries by letter or telephone and gathers information to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests relating to CPD programs from grantees, HUD, state and local and other Federal officials, and the public.

Preparing training, materials, briefings and other report materials for HUD staff and grantees. Monitors and evaluates CPD program performance.

Provides recommendations to eliminate audit findings, improve program performance, and develop innovative policy or procedural changes to enhance program performance or operations.