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Program Specialist (Youth in Development Specialist)
Location: US-VA-Wallops Island
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The Program Specialist (Youth in Development Specialist) performs the following major duties: - The YD Specialist provides subject matter expertise in the programmatic topics associated with the Peace Corps' YD sector
- Provides on-demand personalized technical assistance to post staff who are responsible for designing, implementing, and reviewing the multi-year YD projects
- Assists post staff in determining YD-related country development priorities based on in-country circumstances and Peace Corps' YD sector programming guidance.
- Guides post staff through periodic, comprehensive, and participatory YD project design, review, and evaluation processes.
- Determines the direction and scope of standardized agency approaches to YD project design, implementation, and evaluation.
- Authors sector-specific guidance and reference documents for post staff to use in designing, implementing, and reviewing their YD projects.
- Facilitates a virtual global community of practice for post staff responsible for designing, implementing, and reviewing YD projects.
- Utilizes experiential and adult learning theories to design YD knowledge resources in a variety of formats, including eLearning modules; idea books; session plans; slide decks; training manuals; and workbooks.
- Creates, curates, revises, and organizes a collection of resources (including project monitoring and evaluation tools) that Peace Corps Volunteers and their community counterparts can use to plan and implement community-level YD projects.
- Internally and externally promotes an understanding of Peace Corps' YD sector and the work and impact of YD Volunteers in the field.
- Compiles, analyzes, and synthesizes agency data related to YD projects, and provides resulting feedback and consultations to internal stakeholders.
Please read this announcement in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration. - You must be a U.S. Citizen and meet the requirements of the program.
- You must be at least 18 years of age.
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. For additional information, see www.sss.gov.
- All Federal employees are required to have federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
- Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework. As a reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.
- You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- Applicants must go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired original or certified copies(link removed)>
- Applicants must successfully complete a background security investigation with favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet this requirement will be grounds for employment termination.
- This position requires a Public Trust background investigation.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- A one year trial period is required.
- Additional hiring needs may be filled through this vacancy.
Peace Corps Information - This is a Federal civilian job in the Excepted Service. Peace Corps employees are paid on the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale.
- Initial appointment of employment cannot exceed five years.
- All new employees are required to certify and submit a state of understanding acknowledging adherence to the Peace Corps condition of employment prior to day 1 of employment with the Peace Corps.
- Qualified internal applicants will be given full consideration.
The Peace Corps provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please notify the Office of Human Resources by calling 202-692-1200 or the Office of Civil Rights and Diversity on 202-692-2139. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis. All qualification requirements must be met by 12/28/2023 (the closing date of this announcement). Qualification claims will be subject to verification.
This vacancy is being announced at one grade level:
FP-03 (Equivalent to the GS-13)To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-03 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-04 or GS-12 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as: The incumbent for this position serves with specialists in technical disciplines across the areas in which Volunteer work. The Youth in Development (YD) specialist will have expertise in relevant areas such as positive youth development, nonformal education (i.e. camps, clubs, sport-based instruction), volunteerism, working with people with disabilities, gender equity, life skills, and livelihoods development, in order to enable him/her to provide broad-based technical support to those responsible for youth in development projects in the field. Program Specialists provide a global perspective, share prevailing methodologies and best practices, write, or curate related resources, and serve as a facilitator of communities of practice for the YD sector. Knowledge of technical advisory and assistance; programming, training, and evaluation; staff capacity development; resource development, curation, and management; and representation and reporting.
Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at (link removed)
~AND~ Time-in-Grade Requirements: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, 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/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards(link removed)> Please note: Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases (e.g., the FP-09 is the lowest entry-level pay and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level pay). This job does not have an education qualification requirement. Intelligence Background Information
Peace Corps Manual Section 611 is applicable to this position. This section prohibits the employment of certain persons previously engaged in intelligence activities or connected with intelligence agencies within the past 10 years. If you have ever worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), you are not eligible for employment at the Peace Corps in any capacity, and you should not apply for employment.
Acceptance of employment with Peace Corps precludes employment by certain intelligence organizations for a specific period of time, determined by the employing agency, after Peace Corps employment ceases.
Applicants who are found to be otherwise qualified will be required to submit upon request in the future a completed Intelligence Background Questionnaire, or narrative signed statement, indicating whether the applicant has been involved in or has had any connection with intelligence activities or related work and, if so, the nature and dates of his or her involvement. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the applicant being rated ineligible for further consideration. If you have any other type of possible intelligence connection, your application will not be further considered until you submit this form. Except when the CIA or the National Security Agency (NSA) is involved (see below), if your connection with an Intelligence Agency involves an immediate family member who works or has worked in intelligence, the immediate family member should complete the form, not the applicant. Usually relying on memory is sufficient to answer most if not all of the questions.
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