Telecommunications Specialist

This vacancy is for aTelecommunications Specialist in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce. There is no positive education requirement for this position.
As a Telecommunications Specialist, you will perform the following duties:

• Interacting with colleagues and senior representatives within and outside the Federal Government, industry, and academia in a collaborative, constructive, courteous, and cooperative manner, and experience in obtaining or exchanging information and views, developing new spectrum policy, and influencing spectrum policy direction.
• Conducting technical/policy analyses of spectrum use, technical review of new Federal radiocommunication systems, assisting Federal agencies in resolving operational and regulatory problems. Providing technical policy analysis support for international radio treaty conferences; assisting in establishing and improving Federal standards to assure efficient use of spectrum. Assisting in evaluating the effect of existing and planned radiocommunication systems on the radio frequency spectrum and providing technical engineering support for domestic and international policy development and long-range planning.
• Developing written positions, articulating issues, theories, proposals, recommendations; editing written materials with exceptional quality for submission to the preparatory bodies.
• Applying telecommunication principles and the characteristics of radiocommunications networks and systems, the principals involved in radio frequency interference and sharing analysis, the needs of both federal and non-federal users of the radio frequency spectrum, and the technical, regulatory, economic, and political factors shaping spectrum management policy.
  Planning, developing, and leading radiocommunications and radio spectrum projects and/or programs which are central to the spectrum management responsibilities of the office and which impact national and/or international policies or national legislative direction.
• Planning, organizing and directing technical studies to review spectrum and spectrum policy requirements and recommend far-reaching spectrum policy changes. Applying domestic regulations as contained in the agency policies and procedures pertaining to Federal Radio Spectrum Management and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations.

This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Telecommunications Specialist GS-0391-13/14 FPL 14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

This position is also advertised under NTIA-OSM-ST-25-12575609, which is open to Merit Promotion eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management’s website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

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.

To qualify at the GS-13 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as:

• Applying telecommunications principles to radiocommunications networks and systems, radio frequency interference policies and studies;
• Participating in international telecommunication union studies and conferences;
• Evaluating the technical, regulatory, economic, and political factors shaping spectrum management policy; and
• Assisting in evaluating the effect of existing and planned radiocommunication systems on the radio frequency spectrum; or providing technical telecommunications support for domestic and international policy development and long-range planning.

To qualify at the GS-14 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as:

• Directing international telecommunication union technical studies to review spectrum and spectrum policy requirements and recommend far-reaching spectrum policy changes;
• Analyzing international regulations as contained in the agency policies and procedures pertaining to federal spectrum management rules and regulations;
• Leading radiocommunications and radio spectrum projects and/or programs that impact national and/or international policies or national legislative direction; OR
• Developing written positions issues, theories, proposals and recommendations.