TRANSITION EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MEDCOMAMEDD TEAM Briefing Fort Sam Houston 30 January 2003

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TRANSITION EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR
MEDCOM/AMEDD(TEAM)BriefingFort Sam Houston30
January 2003
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TEAM CONCEPT
The goal of TEAM is to assist family members (FM)
who are relocating with their sponsors (military
members or Federal civilian employees) to
continue their current jobs or gain new
employment in the new geographic location.
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LTG James B. Peake
The success of this program will support my
mission to provide quality and timely healthcare,
enhance employee retention, and take care of our
soldiers, civilians and their families
23 January 2003
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Topics

• Introduction
• Coverage
• The Process
• Key players, roles and responsibilities
• What TEAM is not, does not do
• What TEAM is
• Live demo of NC CPOC TEAM resume builder and
  database
  

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Coverage

• Family members of civilian employees or military
  members who are
  
• affiliated with the US Army Medical Command
  (MEDCOM) or Army Medical Department (AMEDD) and
  
• have received notice of a Permanent Change of
  Station (PCS)
  
• MEDCOM/AMEDD employees who are relocating with
  their military or civilian sponsor (sponsors do
  not have to be MEDCOM or AMEDD) who have received
  notice of PCS

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Definition of Family Member
Family members who are authorized to move on the
sponsors orders.
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Eligibility

• In addition to having the status of a family
  member who is relocating with a civilian or
  military sponsor, the family member must be
  eligible for placement in a Federal position, by
  any of the following ways
• Reassignment
• Change to lower grade
• Repromotion
• Reinstatement
• VRA appointment
• EO 12721 appointment

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Qualifications FM Must

• be qualified to perform the duties of the offered
  position in accordance with OPM and/or agency
  qualification standards, and
  
• meet other requirements related to the job, e.g.,
  license to practice a profession, drivers
  license, etc.

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THE PROCESS
FM submits resume
TEAM database NC CPOC
Activity Program Coordinators
List of FM with Links to resumes
Name request Personnel action
CPOC
Hiring official
FM reports for duty
CPAC - Job offer, EOD Date, in-process
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THE PROCESS

• - The family member submits a resume to the TEAM
  database at https//ncweb.ria.army.mil/team. The
  name of the family member will appear on a
  bi-weekly list that will be sent to a TEAM
  coordinator in the area selected by the family
  member.
• The TEAM Coordinator will forward the list to the
  appropriate MEDCOM supervisors/managers. The
  list has links to family members resumes in the
  TEAM database.

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The Process - Continued

• MEDCOM supervisor/manager reviews incoming family
  members resumes and decides. The supervisor
  gets CPACs assistance and advice.
  
• If the decision is to select, the supervisor will
  initiate a name request RPA and send to the CPOC.
  
  

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The Process - Continued

• The CPOC clears PPP. If there is no PPP match,
  the CPOC will verify eligibility and
  qualifications and processes the action
  
• The CPAC makes job offer, sets entry-on-duty
  (EOD) date, in-processes
  
• FM reports for duty

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The Process - Continued

• Resumes will be deleted from the TEAM database
  when the family member accepts a job offer or
  after 30 days counted from job availability date,
  whichever comes sooner.

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KEY PLAYERS

• MEDCOM/OTSG leadership
• MEDCOM MSC, MTF and FOA Commanders
• TEAM Program Coordinators
• MEDCOM supervisors/managers
• CPAC
• CPOC
• Family members
• Military and civilian sponsors

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MEDCOM/OTSG LEADERSHIP

• Command-wide policy
• Command support and visibility
• Continue, expand or discontinue the program

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MEDCOM MSC, MTF, FOA COMMANDERS

• Designate program coordinators
• Develop internal policy regarding implementation
• Report program effectiveness to OTSG

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Program Coordinators

• Receive and distribute lists of incoming FMs to
  supervisors
  
• Monitor and report problems to CPD through the
  chain for resolution
  
• Determine effectiveness of the program in the
  local area
  
• Provide guidance to managers and supervisors
  regarding the TEAM process
  
• Recommend changes and improvements

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Supervisors

• Review lists and resumes of incoming FMs
• Seek CPACs upfront guidance
• Initiate RPAs
• Inform military and civilian employees
• Authorize LWOP
• Update TEAM by providing information on employee
  placement and EOD date
  
• Plan ahead to accommodate peak PCS periods,
  summer and holidays
  

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NC CPOC

• Maintain TEAM applicant supply file
• Update TEAM and Aladdin (the supporting program)
• Monitor problems and inform CPOCMA and CPD
• Recommend changes through CPOCMA and in
  coordination with CPD

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CPOC

• Clear PPP
• Verify eligibility and evaluate qualifications
• Notify the CPAC of tentative selection and
  required documentation
  
• Complete the processing of RPA
• Ensure a remark on the NPA that the employee is
  not entitled to PCS entitlements and return rights

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CPAC

• Advise supervisors regarding TEAM as a
  recruitment source and other substantive matters
  that affect decision-making
  
• Assist supervisors in short and long range
  planning to accommodate FMs
  
• Make job offers, set entry on duty date,
  in-process
  
• Contact the FM regarding required documentation

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CPAC

• Contact the FM regarding required documentation
• Get written acknowledgement from FM that the FM
  understands that placement from TEAM does not
  provide PCS entitlements nor return rights

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Family Members

• Submit and update resumes in the TEAM resume
  builder https//ncweb.ria.army.mil/team
  
• Submit required documentation
• Most recent NPA
• Sponsors PCS orders
• Proof of EO 12721 eligibility
• Transcript of records
• Most recent performance appraisal
• As needed, licenses, certificates, etc.

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Military and Civilian Sponsors

• Ensure that FMs are aware of TEAM

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3 Steps for Family Members

• 1. Log on to TEAM
• https//ncweb.ria.army.mil/team
• 2. Prepare a resume
• 3. Submit

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CREATING AND SUBMITTING A RESUME

• https//ncweb.ria.army.mil/team
• https//147.217.137.14/TEAM/Team.html
• (test site)

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Contents of Resume

• Validation of eligibility
• Supplemental
• Personal information
• Employment history
• Education
• Licenses/Certificates
• Awards

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LIVE DEMO

• https//ncweb.ria.army.mil/team
• https//147.217.137.14/TEAM/Team.html

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This is the TEAM page that your screen will
display.
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Easy to follow Easy to read
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Easy to find and use buttons to submit or cancel.
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Maximize opportunities for placement

• TEAM create, update, store resumes
• Search vacancy announcements and apply submit
  separate Resumix resume. (note West is not in
  Central Resumix)
  
• Register in PPP

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How Long Will TEAM Keep Resumes?

• Until FM is placed, or
• 30 days from availability date (as specified by
  the FM in the TEAM resume)
  
• Whichever comes first

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TEAM

• Is not a mandatory placement program
• Not an exception to mandatory placement programs
• Does not create PCS entitlements nor return
  rights
  

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What TEAM Does

• Alerts supervisors in new post of incoming family
  members
  
• Allows activities to plan budget and staff
• Minimizes stress related to job placement
• A fast source of candidates to fill jobs
• Supervisors may offer jobs before arrival at new
  posts

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This TEAM presentation and related information
are posted on HQ MEDCOM Civilian Personnel
Division Home Page, http//civpers.amedd.army.mil

Send comments to TEAM.POC_at_cen.amedd.army.mil