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By scooby
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This is posted on L-hire. Can someone tell me whta a 10% Group Leader is?
Is that the same as asking a judge, mayor, Captain, etc.. to work part-time?

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) Computing (NIFC) Division within the Computing Applications and Research (CAR) Department has an opening for a 10% Group Leader in the Test Group. The successful candidate will manage NIFC computer scientists and technicians supporting software and/or hardware controls verification and validation for the NIF. The candidate will participate in NIFC Division hiring, performance evaluations, peer grouping and salary management. Candidate must currently have a technical assignment in support of the NIF Project. Candidate will report to the NIFC Division Leader.

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Anonymous said…
I think it means they have to work 10% of the time, and slack off only 90%. Most managers can just sit around and play solitary all day, so they wanted to make it clear what the expectations were.
2/24/2010 6:12 PM
Anonymous said…
Well maybe the person who gets the job only charges 10% of his effort to NIF and the other 90% to some other organization while working for NIF. NIF has to find ways to keep their costs down.
2/24/2010 7:27 PM
Anonymous said…
Group leaders are expected to have a programmatic position, but take on additional administrative responsibilities for the matrix organization. For this additional responsibility only a small fraction of their time is covered--in this case, 10%. Group leader positions are advertised and individuals are hired by the same procedures as for any other type of posting.
2/24/2010 9:12 PM
Anonymous said…
The job posting's author assumed we all know what 10% means. 10% of the job is GL and 90% technical? isnt that true with many people at the Lab who throw around acronyms and meaningless phrases?
2/24/2010 10:55 PM
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