§9806 Term Appointments

Summary

The Administrator can create term jobs in the Administration that last at least 1 year and at most 6 years under the chapter 33 hiring rules. The Administrator can make a term employee permanent without another open competition if five things are true: the person got the term job by an open competitive exam; the job announcement said conversion might be possible; the employee has at least 2 years of continuous service in the term job; the employee’s performance was at least fully successful; and the permanent job is in the same job series and location and has no greater promotion potential. The Administrator may instead use internal promotion procedures if the first four conditions are met. After conversion, the employee becomes career-conditional unless they already completed the service needed for career tenure, and they gain competitive status at the time of conversion.