362.209—Placement upon completion.
(a)
A Fellow or Senior Fellow must complete the Program within the time limits prescribed in § 362.203, including any extensions approved by OPM. At the conclusion of that time period, the Fellow or Senior Fellow must be appointed, as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
(b)
(1)
As provided in part 315 of this chapter and/or Executive Order 13318, and except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, an agency must appoint without further competition an ERB-certified Fellow or Senior Fellow to a full-time, permanent position, in the competitive or excepted service, as applicable. Appointments must be effective on or before the expiration of the individual's PMF appointment, including extensions.
(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 one time only in accordance with the requirements prescribed in § 315.708 and Executive Order 13318.
(c)
As provided for in § 362.204(e)(1)(ii), an agency may appoint a Senior Fellow who has been certified as having successfully completed the Senior Fellows program to a position in the SES, without further competition, in the same manner and subject to the same QRB review prescribed in § 317.502 of this chapter as a graduate of an OPM-approved SES candidate development program.