315.708—Conversion based on service as a Fellow or Senior Fellow in the Presidential Management Fellows Program.
(a) Agency authority.
(1)
An agency, not excepted from the competitive service, must appoint a Fellow or Senior Fellow to a full-time, permanent position in the competitive service without further competition when the Fellow or Senior Fellow:
(2)
A Fellow or Senior Fellow who was initially appointed to a permanent position in an agency excepted from the competitive service upon completion of the Program may be appointed subsequently to a full-time permanent position in the competitive service without further competition subject to paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section.
(b) Tenure upon conversion.
(1)
Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a Fellow or Senior Fellow appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career-conditional employee.
(2)
A Fellow or Senior Fellow appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career employee when he/she has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it under § 315.201(c).
(c) Acquisition of Competitive Status.
A Fellow or Senior Fellow appointed to a full-time, permanent position in the competitive service under this section does not serve a probationary period and acquires competitive status immediately upon appointment.