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NADP Recruiting

Presented by: David Mailander

Naval Acquisition Career Center

Mechanicsburg, PA

September 2018

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Agenda

• Goals

• NACC Recruiting Team

• FY18 Recruiting Effort

• Annual Schedule Targets

• FY18 NADP Hiring

• FY19 Allocations

• NADP Compensation Plan

• Hiring Authorities

• Certificate/EHA Name Request Process

• DHA’s

• Wounded Warrior

• Security

• Best Practices

• Summary

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Goals

• Provide a highly trained cadre of Naval Acquisition

Development Program personnel to refresh and

grow the DON Acquisition Workforce

• Collaborate with NADP customer commands to

deliver the people needed to develop their

Acquisition Workforce

• In FY19, recruit and hire 630 Entry level and

Associate personnel

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Placement Representative Supported Commands

• AnneMarie Snyder NAVAIR

• Wendy James NAVSEA

• Kathy Foster NAVFAC, SPAWAR, SSP

• Stacie Blazer SUP, USMC, ONR, MSC, IPO

NACC Recruiting Team

David Mailander, NACC Recruiting Division Head

Stacie Blazer, NACC Recruiting Team Lead

Security

• Bonnie Hidden and Karen Clark

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NACC Recruiting Team

Requests RPA’s Supported

Stacie 181 0 FAC, SUP, USMC,

SSP, NIPO

AnnMarie 308 367 NAVAIR

Wendy 279 289 NAVSEA, MSC,

ONR

Amanda (Moved

to CM December

2018)

39 174 NAVSEA

William

(Detached,

January 2018)

42 59 NAVSEA

TOTAL: 849 889

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FY 18 Recruiting Effort

• Announcements: 5 DE, 1 Pathways

• Name Requests: 849

• RPA: 889

• TJO’s: 612

• Interim Secret Clearances granted: 570

• 555 NADP Entry Level Hired

• 15 NAAP

• Veterans Hired: 29

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Annual Schedule Targets

• July: SYSCOM provides demand signal to DACM (DAWDF

Budget Process)

• August: Total SYSCOM demand weighed against the annual

budget

• July/August: DACM approves initial allocation

• August/September: Allocations sent to SYSCOMs to formulate hiring plan based on career field, series, location

• August/September: Recruiting Plans due from SYSCOMS

• August/September: Begin accepting Name Request packages

• October: First on boards for new fiscal year

• January/February: Last opportunity to post USAJOBS

announcements for current fiscal year

• April/May: Potential ‘Open Season’; allocations lifted

• September: Final onboarding for current FY

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FY-18 NADP Hiring

OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG

DAWDF 0 0 0 0 0 58 42 38 21 23 80

OMN 98 39 23 47 32 17 11 7 8 10 1

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

FY 18 Hiring

OMN DAWDF

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FISCAL YEAR 2018 NADP RECRUITMENT STATUS

ENTRY LEVEL

ALLOCATION

CONTROL

HIRES

ON/BOARD

HIRES

FIRM

OVER HIRES

ONBOARD

OVER HIRES

FIRM Total Hired

DON A/A 3 2 0 0 0 2

IPO 0 0 0 0 0 0

MSC 5 5 0 0 0 5

NAVAIR 179 148 29 0 23 200

NAVFAC 39 31 6 0 8 45

NAVSEA 178 140 37 0 20 197

NAVSUP 20 18 2 0 11 31

NCCA 1 1 0 0 0 1

ONR 5 5 0 0 0 5

SPAWAR 39 28 10 0 0 38

SSP 3 2 0 0 0 2

USMC 15 15 0 1 13 29

TOTAL 487 393 84 1 75 555

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FISCAL YEAR 2018 ASSOCIATES

ALLOCATION

CONTROLHIRES ON/BOARD

HIRES

FIRMTotal Hired

DON A/A 1 1 0 1

IPO 2 0 1 1

MSC 0 0 0 0

NAVAIR 7 4 3 7

NAVFAC 2 1 0 1

NAVSEA 6 4 1 5

NAVSUP 0 0 0 0

NCCA 0 0 0 0

ONR 0 0 0 0

SPAWAR 0 0 0 0

SSP 0 0 0 0

USMC 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 17 10 5 15

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FY 19 Allocations

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SYSCOM Entry Level Associates Total Allocations

NAVSEA 213 12 225

NAVAIR 213 10 223

NAVFAC 47 7 54

SPAWAR 47 6 53

NAVSUP 26 5 31

USMC 24 2 26

ONR 5 0 5

MSC 5 0 5

SSP 3 1 4

IPO 2 2 4

Total 585 45 630

300 OMN ENTRY, 285 DAWDF ENTRY, 45 ASSOCIATES

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FY19 NADP Compensation

Plan

• Grade level determination is based upon the certificate of eligible’s an applicant is chosen from

or the requesting level per the name select package

Program, Series, and Grade level Base SalaryProgram Length

(in years)

Entry Level – All positions except 8XX and 1550

GS-5: (NADP-WW Program)

Bachelors Degree; or 1 year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level; or 3 years

generalized experience

GS-5 step 1 4

GS-7: Bachelors Degree with Superior Academic Achievement(SAA) or 1 year specialized experience

equivalent to the GS-5 levelGS-7 step 1 3

GS-9: Masters Degree (directly related) or 1 year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level GS-9 step 1 2

Entry Level – Engineer (8XX)

GS-5: (NADP-WW Program)

Bachelors Degree; or 1 year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level; or 3 years

generalized experience

GS-5 step 1 4

GS-7: Bachelors Degree with Superior Academic Achievement(SAA) or 1 year specialized experience

equivalent to the GS-5 levelGS-7 step 10 2.5

GS-9: Bachelors Degree with 2 years of related graduate education or 1 year specialized experience

equivalent to the GS-7 levelGS-9 step 3 2

GS-9: Masters Degree (directly related) GS-9 step 6 2

Entry Level – Computer Scientist (1550)

GS-7: Bachelors Degree with Superior Academic Achievement(SAA) GS-7 step 10 3

GS-9: Bachelors Degree with 2 years of related graduate education GS-9 step 3 2

GS-9: Masters Degree (directly related) GS-9 step 6 2

Associate Positions

GS-12 to 13: Acquisition Expanded Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA) positions

Based on Command

Request ,

Maximum GS-13 Step 10

2

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Hiring Authorities

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Hiring AuthorityLength of

Announcement

Entry Level, Associate or Both

Name Request

Degree RequirementGPA

Requirement

Qualify on Experience

OnlyTypical Candidate

Series Recommended

Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA) Name

RequestN/A Both Yes

Conditional based on series

2.95 Conditional

High achieving entry level applicant

or mid career professional for Associate

All

Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)

N/A Both YesConditional based on

series2.95 Conditional

Applicants for Wounded Warrior Program and Veterans

All

Schedule A N/A Both YesConditional based on

series2.95 Conditional

Disabled Persons and Candidates for Wounded Warrior Program

All

Delegated Examining (DE)

3 days Entry Level NoConditional based on

series2.95 Conditional

Wide range of applicants with varying education and experience

8XX, 1550, 0180, 1750, 0020,

2210

Pathways Recent Graduates

3 days Entry Level No

Qualifying degree within 2 years of

completion; 6 years for Veteran

2.95 No Recent Graduates All

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Hiring AuthorityLength of

Announcement

Entry Level,

Associate or Both

Name Request

Degree RequirementGPA

Requirement

Qualify on Experience

OnlyTypical Candidate

Series Recommended

DHA for Post-Secondary Students and Recent Graduates (NV76-33

Allocations )*

N/A Entry Yes

Qualifying degree within 2 years of

award, 4 years for Veterans

2.95 No Recent Graduates All

DHA for Select Technical Acquisition Positions (NV76 - 40

Allocations)**

N/A Both YesConditional based on

series2.95 No

Highly performing TechnicalProfessionals

8XX,15XX

*Expires 30 September 2021, Allocations issued by OCHR Headquarters

**Expires 20 September 2020, Allocations issued by DACM

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DHA – Recent Grads

• Granted by NDAA FY 17

• Additional mechanism to reach entry level talent

• Appointments to GS-11 or below

• Name Request available, not subject to PPP

• OPM standards apply

• Alternative Advertisement (Flyer) must be submitted with

hiring nomination

• Navy allocation cannot exceed 15% of likely hires under

competitive examining

• Allocations managed by OCHR HQ

• Nominations must be within 24 month window of

satisfying degree requirement

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DHA – Select Technical

Acquisition Positions

• Granted by NDAA FY 16

• Covers Scientific and Engineering (S&E) positons

• Not subject to PPP.

• Annual appointments cannot exceed 5% of S&E population

• Additional mechanism to reach entry/mid level talent

• Appointments made at the Entry and Mid Level for NADP

• OPM standards apply

• Allocations managed by DACM

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Certificate/EHA

Name Request Process

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Certificate Owner Name Request Owner

Identify Series/Location COMMAND Submit Resume/Transcripts/Event Request Form

COMMAND

Issue RPA NACC Pre-qualification NACC

Clear PPP OCHR Make Tentative Job Offer NACC

Announcement Open/CloseOCHR Submit RPA to OCHR NACC

Applicants Qualified/Create Certificate OCHR Clear PPP/Verify Qualifications OCHR

Send Certificate to Command POCOCHR Onboard Process NACC

Command Interview/Make SelectionCOMMAND

Perform Audit OCHR

Make Offer NACC

Onboard Process NACC

Average processing time for EHA Name Request is 5 days from submission to tentative job offer vs. 60 days for certificate

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Wounded Warrior

• Objective: Broaden our existing program to provide an

increased opportunity of full time employment and

Acquisition career potential for Wounded Warriors

• Wounded Warrior: Honorably discharged veteran who has

a 30% or greater compensable service connected

disability resulting from injury or disease received in the

line of duty as a direct result of armed conflict or was

caused by an instrumentality of war and was incurred in

the line of duty during a period of armed conflict or war

• Program information posted on NADP web site: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/rda/workforce/Pages/NADP/Applicants/WoundedWar

riorProgram.aspx

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Wounded Warrior

Requirements

• Resume

• Transcripts (if applicable)

• DD 214 (member copy 4)

• VA Letter showing disability & percentage of

disability

• Documentation of or attestation of meeting OCHR

Wounded Warrior definition

• Documentation is the responsibility of the

nominating command

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Security

• Entry and Associates must be able to obtain and

maintain Secret Clearance

• Interim Secret Clearance required prior to

onboarding

• Typically a six to eight week process depending on

the member’s EQIP, Fingerprint results and JPAS

history

• Fingerprint results now taking up to two weeks for

turnaround from FBI

• Loss of Jurisdiction can be a hurdle

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Best Practices

• If possible, execute your hiring early in the FY

• Communicate turnover of key personnel (Command

POC/Hiring Manager)

• Pathways Intern conversion: 640/320 hours of experience

must be completed while the member is in your program,

not during the transition period (90 day)

• Mandatory Interviews

• Onboarding process requires E-Verify

• Submission of complete and readable transcripts

• Up to date resumes with:

• Month/Year of beginning and end of past employment

• Full address of former and current employer(s)

• Completed event request forms (i.e. accurate locations)

• Include DD-214 (Member 4 Copy) for Vets21

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Summary

• Strong emphasis on continued use of EHA, DHA’s

• Communicate with your NACC Placement Rep

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