Promotions - U.S. Office of Personnel Management

A promotion is a change of an employee while continuously employed from one General Schedule (GS) grade to a higher GS grade. See more

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Who is eligible for a promotional announcement?

To be considered eligible for a promotional announcement, you must BE A CURRENT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE AND HAVE PERMANENT STATUS within State, County or Municipal government for which you apply, and meet all other requirements listed on the announcement to take the examination. ...

When is a position with known promotion potential considered a permanent position?

Placement in a position having known promotion potential when the employee previously held a position with the same promotion potential on a permanent basis under career or career-conditional appointment even if the employee never reached the full performance level. ...

How does a promotion work?

For positions under the same job classification system and pay schedule, a promotion changes the employee to a higher grade level or makes permanent a temporary promotion. ...

What qualifications are required for promotion and placement?

To be eligible for promotion or placement, candidates must meet the minimum qualification standards prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Methods of evaluation for promotion and placement, and selection for training which leads to promotion, must be consistent with instructions in part 300, subpart A, of this chapter. ...

How is a police officer promoted?

Under the standard method, the police officer is promoted directly into the LEO SBR range with the locality supplement and receives a higher step than if the police officer were promoted to the higher grade on the police special rate table and then converted to the same grade and step on the LEO SBR range with the locality supplement. ...

When should an agency give advance notice of a promotion?

When an agency effects a promotion under a nondiscretionary provision and is unable to give advance notice to the employee, it must provide the notice as soon as possible after the promotion is made. ...