REF:
n OPM Operating Manual, The Guide to Processing Personnel Actions |
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Action to fill a position can begin any time a
supervisor reasonably expects that a position in his/her organization will become vacant.
This can be as late as the day they receive official word that an employee is leaving, or
can start prior to that, at the time they hear that the employee might leave (have put in
for another job, have discussed probable retirement date, etc.). As soon as a supervisor
hears that the employee might leave, they should contact the Personnel Office (PO). In
that way the personnel management specialist can walk them through the steps necessary to
fill the job, and can begin early recruitment, which is necessary if it is a "hard-
to-fill." When it is officially known that an employee will be leaving, the first
step is for the supervisor to have a Standard Form 52, Request for Personnel Action,
prepared requesting to fill the vacant position. Once a supervisor has approval to fill
the position, the SF 52 is submitted to the PO and married up with recruitment actions
that may have already been initiated. |
