Call for Nominations for Junior Officer Advisory Group Voting Members Deadline Date: 27 March 2009

Call for Nominations for Junior Officer Advisory Group Voting Members
Deadline Date: 27 March 2009

The Junior Officer Advisory Group (JOAG) requests nominations for 10 open positions for voting membership for 2009-2011.

JOAG is the voice for junior officers in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps), and is responsible for advising the Surgeon General on matters that affect Corps junior officers. Voting members serve as the leadership of this organization. Each category is represented by one voting member with an additional 9 at-large members for a total of 20 voting members. Membership terms are for 2 years beginning in October, and ten positions are available each year. The Executive Committee for JOAG comes from within the voting membership.

If you know motivated and dedicated junior officers, please encourage them to self-nominate for the following open slots:

For questions or to submit nominations for voting membership, contact LCDR Carolyn Tabak, Chair, Membership Committee at carolyn.tabak@fda.hhs.gov. Nominations are due no later than 27 March 2009.

Junior Officer Advisory Group Voting Member Application

Rank and Name
Category
HHS Operating Division/Staff Division or non-HHS organization to which assigned
Readiness Status		Commissioning Date
PHS Number		Training & Experience Date
Ethnicity/Race (Optional)
Gender (Optional)
Mailing Address
E-Mail Address
Phone Number		Fax Number
Supervisor's Name
Supervisor's Phone Number and E-Mail

Requirements: Applicants should not be eligible for T-O-5 promotion until their 2-year term would be complete.

Components of the Application: Applicants must complete and send the following documents electronically (Microsoft Word for the first three, Microsoft Word or Adobe [.pdf] for the fourth) to the Membership Committee Chair:

Membership profile – ‘JOAG Voting Member Application’
Responses to narrative questions (see below)
One page summary sheet of curriculum vitae (format of your choosing)
Supervisory approval form

Please return completed application packets to Membership Committee Chair, LCDR Carolyn Tabak, at carolyn.tabak@fda.hhs.gov no later than Friday, 27 March 2009. All applicants will be notified by e-mail once their completed application has been received.

Narrative Questions: Please refer to ‘Scoring Criteria Guidance’ when answering the following questions. Answer all questions in no more than two pages (single-spaced) using Microsoft Word, 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins. Please answer each question separately and use the question as the header for each answer in your text. Narrative or bullet-style answers are acceptable. Note that questions have different weights -- we suggest that you use your space accordingly. The ‘Scoring Criteria Guidance’ document will be sent to the reviewers. We offer this to help you in understanding how your responses will be scored.

1. Please write about your current/past JOAG involvement and accomplishments. Specifically describe the impact your work had. (30 points)

2. Please comment on your leadership experience both inside and outside of the Corps and/or JOAG. (20 points)

3. Please describe your vision for JOAG, and what you would like to accomplish during your term as a Voting Member? What particular committee(s) you are interested in and why? (30 points)

4. What skills would you bring to JOAG? How could those skills benefit JOAG? (20 points)

JOAG Voting Membership Narrative Questions
Scoring Criteria Guidance

The following document aims to provide benchmarks to help you understand how responses to each of the narrative questions in the voting membership nomination packet should be scored. Overall, the Membership Committee felt that making this guidance too prescriptive would take away a lot of judgment from the scorers. However, the Membership Committee felt that some very general guidance would help provide a shared scoring framework, to keep scoring relatively consistent by providing broad benchmarks.

Keep in mind that scoring should be done in increments of 1 point (no decimals please). 10-point intervals are shown to provide a broad guideline for scoring, but scorers are not expected to provide their scores as only 0, 10, 20, or 30. Scores of 24 or 17 or 2 are fine, but please don’t provide scores such as 25.4.

1. Please write about your current/past JOAG involvement and accomplishments. Specifically describe the impact your work had. (30 points)

General note: Depth and breadth of involvement are both factors, but specific accomplishments should weigh more heavily than a mere list of committees served on or activities participated in.
(0 points) No previous JOAG experience whatsoever.
(10 points) Minor participation with few accomplishments.
(20 points) Significant participation with either (A) multiple committees or roles and some accomplishments, or (B) a single role with significant leadership and/or notable accomplishments.
(30 points) Outstanding level of participation as shown by multiple roles of increasing leadership and responsibility, with accomplishments of increasing and/or notable significance.

2. Please comment on your leadership experience both inside and outside of the Corps and/or JOAG. (20 points)

General note: Leadership should not just be measured by post(s) held but also by accomplishments, the magnitude and impact of which are major factors in scoring this question.
(0 points) No leadership experience at all.
(10 points) Leadership of a relatively small organization or office of an organization of larger significance, and accomplishments of limited scope.
(20 points) Leadership roles of national significance or of large influence and accomplishments of very significant scope.

3. Please describe your vision for JOAG, and what you would like to accomplish during your term as a Voting Member? What particular committee(s) or other role(s) are you interested in and why? (30 points)

General note: This should be scored based on several factors, as this is a multiple part question. Each part may be considered to be worth 10 points.
1. (max of 10 points) Vision for JOAG should be sweeping and far-sighted but should reflect an understanding of JOAG’s role in the Corps and not step unrealistically beyond that understanding (e.g. JOAG won’t lead the fight to cure cancer).
2. (max of 10 points) What the nominee wants to accomplish should make a measurable impact on JOAG or on the Corps, if implemented. Again, should be far-reaching, but bound by an understanding of JOAG’s role. Concrete plans are preferred to general statements.
3. (max of 10 points) Committee or role desired should be based on the officer’s past experience and/or on a very clear vision for how he/she would use that committee or role to have a beneficial impact on JOAG or the Corps.
(0 points) None of the vision, desired accomplishments, or roles is well thought-out, relevant to JOAG, or realistic.
(30 points) Vision, desired accomplishments, and committees/roles are all sweeping and visionary, but grounded in concrete plans and in a good understanding of JOAG and the Corps.

4. What skills would you bring to JOAG? How could those skills benefit JOAG? (20 points)

General note: The relevance of certain skills is in the eye of the beholder. By presenting fact-based evidence or concrete accomplishments tied to his/her skills, the nominee makes clear how he/she can make a real impact on JOAG.
(0 points) No skills relevant to JOAG are presented.
(10 points) Good soft skills (e.g. organization, team-building, etc) with evidence to back them up. Technical skills that may be of limited use to JOAG.
(20 points) Outstanding soft skills with a proven track record for concrete results. Technical skills that may be of major impact to JOAG.

Junior Officer Advisory Group

U.S.Public Health Service

Date:

From:

Subject: Junior Officer Advisory Group Membership Supervisor Approval

My signature below indicates approval of this officer’s participation in JOAG.


Print Supervisor's Name	Signature	Date

The nominee should submit this supervisor approval form, along with the JOAG Voting Member Application, the narrative answers to questions, and one page summary of curriculum vitae to LCDR Carolyn J. Tabak (carolyn.tabak@fda.hhs.gov), JOAG Membership Chair, by close of business on 27 March 2009.

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