Visualize your career at an agency that celebrates, supports and thrives on building the bridge that ensures intellectual property (IP) rights are accessible to everyone! The Education Branch provides educators and students with tools, experiences, and opportunities to further their participation in unique USPTO learning experiences that enhance their knowledge of IP in the context of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and the arts (STEM/STEAM) initiatives.

Duties

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. IN OFFICE REQUIREMENT: This position requires in office attendance, up to four days a week (flexibility may be offered) TELEWORK: This position is eligible for one (1) Telework day each week per agency and business unit discretion/policy (flexibility may be offered). If selected for an interview, applicants are encouraged to discuss telework options and eligibility specific to the position in which they applied with the hiring manager. This position is located in the Office of the Chief Communications Officer (OCCO) - Education Branch, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This rewarding opportunity is ideal for you if: You look forward to serving as program manager for the Intellectual Property-Skills Work-based learning (IP-Skills WBL) program. You have the skill to coordinate with USPTO business units to identify resources to provide technical, legal, and intellectual property practice and procedure training. You are ready to apply your advanced analytical techniques in order to make recommendations related to learning systems requirements and changes; performing longitudinal studies to evaluate the success of the program in terms of how students pursue fields of study related to IP, innovation, STEM/STEAM, entrepreneurship, and federal service. You possess the motivation to develop relationships with schools; institutions of higher learning; and community-based, faith-based, and social service organizations within the community to further collaborative initiatives. You're knowledgeable to exercise responsibility for administering the contractual vehicle used to hire students to participate in the IP-Skills WBL Program.

Requirements

• Applications will only be accepted from United States Citizens and Nationals.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related competencies.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
• Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
• Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
• Suitable for Federal Employment

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available here: General Education and Training Series 1701. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: This position requires a degree or completion of specific courses in order to meet the basic education requirement. You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Your transcript(s) must clearly demonstrate the course(s) listed in the Basic Qualification requirement section. If the transcript(s) does not clearly demonstrate this, you must submit a copy of the course description and/or other documentation demonstrating that the courses are equivalent. Degree requirements must be met by the closing date of this job announcement and your transcript(s) submitted must reflect this. If you are selected for the position, an official transcript sent directly from your educational institution will be required for verification prior to appointment. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification/specialized experience requirements listed below: Specialized Experienceis experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the federal service. For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-12. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience working in youth development with high school students from a variety of communities, backgrounds, interests, abilities, and income levels. Experience conducting, organizing, and implementing a work-based learning program or mentoring program for high school students. Experience developing resources for learners who want to explore making, invention, design thinking, entrepreneurship and/or innovation in the context of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematic), Career Tech Education, or Computer Science. Candidates with Awareness, familiarity/understanding of intellectual property concepts e.g., patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets or entrepreneurship, are preferred, but not required". And Education requirement as described in the "education" section of this vacancy Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Basic Requirement:

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position

OR

A combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study.

If this position requires proof of higher education, or you are substituting education for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses that includes the following information: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. Please refer to http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp for more information. You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website - US Department of Education. Another listing of services that can perform this evaluation is available at the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.

NOTE: Only education and experience acquired before the filing deadline will be considered. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Contacts

• Address TMCO-Office of the Chief Communication Officer Office of Human Resources Mail Stop 171 P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 US
• Name: Sheryl White-Riley
• Phone: 571-272-7170
• Email: [email protected]