This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Region, Branch of Human Services, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Incumbent provides services and assistance in areas of Individual Indian Monies (IIM) matters. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see What are bargaining units? NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Duties

Provides Regional level guidance and technical assistance on 25 CFR Parts 20 and 115, to include policy related to Individual Indian Monies (IIM) accounts and Human Services programs. Performs direct and on-going case management for protective services for adults and children. Provides technical assistance to agencies and tribes on all facets of IIM such as preparing social service assessments, evaluations of need, letters, major purchase requests, and distribution plans. Promotes positive working relations with agencies, tribes, and external stakeholders by responding to requests for assistance in a timely manner. Arranges for meetings and resolves challenging inquiries in a professional and ethical manner. Interprets broad policies and regulations for internal and external stakeholders. Coordinates and schedules annual program reviews. Prepares exit reports and develops corresponding corrective action plans. Plans and hosts conference calls and training sessions with an emphasis on IIM activities, policies, and guidelines. Coordinates and collects statistical data for reference and use in response to human service data calls.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Indian Preference applies.
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period.
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• The incumbent may be required as an incidental duty to operate a government-owned or leased motor vehicle. If selected, you will be required to complete an Incidental Motor Vehicle Operators Certification Form.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions and Individual Occupational Requirements for GS-0185: Social Work Series). BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR ALL GRADES: Degree: Social Work. Must fulfill all of the requirements for a MASTER'S DEGREE in social work in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: In addition to meeting the basic qualification requirement, applicants must have the following: GS-12: Qualifying is one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience includes work involving applying practical knowledge in a wide range of social services casework, family therapy, community organization; direct provision of child welfare services; maintaining active agency participation in advocacy and intervention programs and the coordination of and required cooperation with allied social service, health and other agencies; providing counseling services; maintaining a formalized case management system which documents the workflow of services with individual case plans; providing technical assistance on all aspects of social services programs and activities; assisting in developing budgets; assisting IIM account holders in the utilization of funds; training staff in areas of IIM policies, procedures, and guidelines. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Albuquerque BIA Center for Recruitment Albuquerque 1011 Indian School Road, NW Suite 136 Albuquerque, NM 87104 US
• Name: Deborah Abeita
• Phone: (505) 563-5123
• Email: [email protected]