Summary The position description number for this position is PD1F1640. A summary of the major duties are listed below. You may also view the full position description on the Agency intranet at the following link: PD Search The incumbent serves as technical authority providing program expertise in the Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI), Medicare and/or the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Quality Review (QR) programs. Responsibilities Provides technical advice and direction for Disability Case Adjudication and Review System (DICARS) inquiries and releases. Disability review training; DQR; DI/RSI and/or SSIQR; Medicare; EQA/Web-based applications; eDIB; litigation data collection and research and review of disputed issues. Prepares reports, background, position papers and conducts briefings for OQR management including the Office of the Associate Commissioner and Deputy Associate Commissioner for OQR. Provides advice and assistance to the Field Site Director or other OQR managers in planning, formulating, and implementing the OQR work plan. Plans, directs, coordinates, and/or conducts special studies and projects that are national or regional in scope and interest and often involve agencies or entities outside of SSA or outside of the Federal government Formulates options and recommends actions on major studies/projects. Facilitates members of the ad hoc team, represents members of the team or teams in negotiations with regional or central office staff to develop acceptance and appropriate implementation of the recommendations. Recommendations may involve policy changes, operational workloads, and systems modifications. Instructs team members, via on-the-job training, on work methods, policies, procedures, guidelines, etc. This includes technical aspects of disability claims processing as well as the technical aspects of retirement and survivor’s applications. Ensures that work assignments/projects of the employees of the team are carried out by managing the work among employees to allow timely completion and adequate work for each employee; keeps up with the status of the work. Making appropriate adjustments in accordance with priorities; and reports to the branch chief on unusual problems that arise and on expected completion times. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for the GS-13, the applicant must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-12 level, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled, that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience should include conducting Office of Quality Review (OQR) Assistance Insurance Program Quality Branch (AIPQB) quality reviews of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) initial and postentitlement actions, including SSI Stewardship Review and SSI Transaction Accuracy Review (STAR). Experience conducting OQR Disability Quality Branch (DQB) reviews does not meet this requirement. Experience conducting OQR AIPQB reviews of Title II initial and postentitlement actions does not meet this requirement. NOTE: Your resume and supporting documents must specifically address the evaluation criteria for the position. This information is instrumental in determining the highest quality candidates to be referred to the Selecting Official. If your application materials do not demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience needed for this position, your application will be ineligible for consideration. Information not specifically stated in your resume/SSA-45 cannot be assumed. Information that is copied or restated language from the vacancy announcement or rating criteria will not be considered. If this occurs, you may be found ineligible. Your SSA-45 must provide all of the information necessary to make qualifications determinations (e.g., all experience related to your qualifications for this position, full performance level of your current position, the dates at each grade level of your current or prior career-ladder position(s), etc.). Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks at GS-12.. Time in grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Education Additional Information NONCOMPETITIVE CONSIDERATION DUE TO SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY Applications for noncompetitive consideration will be accepted from SSA employees in the area of consideration who are currently serving under the following types of appointments: Schedule A, Reg. 213.3102 (U) appointments for individuals with disabilities and time limited appointments for veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Applicants serving under these provisions do not need to submit copies of your disability or Veteran's documentation. However, you must submit a current SF-50 that provides information on the appointment authority under which you were hired. Otherwise, you will not receive non-competitive consideration. NOTE: Excepted service employees serving under Schedule A appointments for Attorney positions or Pathways Programs appointments (Presidential Management Fellows, Recent Graduates, and Interns) are not eligible for consideration. This is a non-bargaining unit position to be filled under the provisions of the Management Officials Promotion Plan. The best-qualified list for this vacancy may be used to fill the same or similar positions in a component(s) under the same Deputy Commissioner. Additional selections may be made within 6 months of the date the best qualified list is issued. LOCALITY PAY: Salary will be set in accordance with locality pay provisions. Candidates currently receiving a higher locality pay than the office applied for are advised that should they be selected, they will lose entitlement to the higher locality pay. OTHER NOTES: This position is eligible for telework. Outstationing may be available for eligible employees. Selectee must report to and live within 2 hours of an OQR Field Site. Relocation expenses will not be paid. . This is a moderate risk public trust position. The selected employee will be required to complete a Standard Form 85P, Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions, in order to have the appropriate investigation conducted, unless the employee has been previously certified eligible to occupy a position at this level.