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GS-1101-12                                      February 16, 1994



NOTE:  THE SENTENCE IN PART I DESCRIBING THE PURPOSE OF THE

POSITION AND PARTS II AND III IN THEIR ENTIRETY ARE PERMANENT

PARTS OF THE LIBRARY AND MAY NOT BE CHANGED OR EDITED IN ANY WAY.





I.   INTRODUCTION



This position is located in



The incumbent is responsible for planning and executing complex

business/industry programs and functions essential to

accomplishment of the employing unit's mission.





II.  MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES



Performs complex analytical, program management, regulatory

oversight or similar work requiring understanding of, and

addressing, business, industry or related issues and objectives. 

Provides support, assistance, and government products/services to

U.S. businesses and industries or to other government and private

institutions which themselves address, support or oversee conduct

of business and industry.  Assignments are characterized by

requirement to apply analytical and evaluative skills to a range

of significant and complicated programs and issues; independent

responsibility within a framework of policies and overall

objectives to plan, organize and carry out assignment;

opportunity to make a substantial contribution to achievement of

primary organizational objectives in the assigned area; and

substantive responsibility to interact with other agencies,

private sector elements or the general public on matters

requiring a credible and effective spokesperson.





III. FACTOR LEVELS



Factor 1 - Knowledge Required by the Position FL 1-7   1250 pts



Knowledge of the principles and methods of the business and

industry area to which assigned in order to analyze a wide range

of different situations and reach or recommend sound action.



Knowledge of the specific business or industry area to which

assigned, sufficient to independently handle most problems and to

represent the organization as a knowledgeable industry

specialist.



Knowledge of specialized disciplines and fields related to the

area of assignments, and of conventional work methods and

processes by which unit objectives are achieved.                               -2-





Communications skills sufficient to prepare and deliver effective

briefings to managers and clients and to produce clear and

concise interpretive reports.



Factor 2 - Supervisory Controls               FL 2-4   450 pts



Supervisor provides general direction and guidance on broad

objectives and policies.  Employee works independently and is

expected to generate finished work products subject only to

administrative review, and is relied upon for technical

determinations within scope of assignments or area of

responsibilities.



Factor 3 - Guidelines                         FL 3-4   450 pts



Guidelines include statutes, agency policies and other doctrine,

subject-matter references and precedent situations.  Assignments

require initiative and resourcefulness to deviate from

established practices or precedents, and the employee uses 

judgment to generate new approaches to problems and unique

situations.



Factor 4 - Complexity                         FL 4-4   225 pts



Assignments consist of various and unrelated steps and processes

and require analysis of information and selection among

alternative approaches to assignments.  Decisions must consider

handling of unusual circumstances, need to refine work methods,

and incomplete or conflicting data.



Factor 5 - Scope and Effect                   FL 5-4   225 pts



The purpose of the work is to perform analytical, oversight,

program management or other work which represents a substantial

government program.  Efforts impact significant agency products

and services, and influence businesses, industries and/or other

agencies.



Factor 6 - Personal Contacts                  FL 6-3   



Contacts include employees and manager throughout the employing

organization, officials of other agencies or state and local

governments involved in the assignment area, and representatives

of business and/or the public.



Factor 7 - Purpose of Contacts                FL 7-c   180 pts



Contacts are to provide and acquire information, to persuade or

influence others to adapt desired courses of action, or to

exercise various regulatory controls and authorities.

                               -3-





Factor 8 - Physical Demands                   FL 8-1     5 pts



No special demands are present.



Factor 9 - Work Environment                   FL 9-1     5 pts



Work is performed in a standard office setting, but may include

visits to industrial plants and facilities.



                                              Total:   2790 pts

                                              Grade:   GS-12











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