Clarification from the agency

•United States Citizens •Current or former Federal employees •Internal agency employees; including agency temporary employees •Eligible agency Experts •Eligible agency personal services contactors

The CD performs the following major duties:

Provides leadership to achieve program goals at the Post.

Establishes short and long range goals and objectives for the program, reviews past and future program requirements, determines future program resource requirements, and estimates short and long range Volunteer, staff, budgetary, and equipment needs.

Ensures quality project design, implementation and evaluation in all areas making certain that projects address capacity building and sustainability and are in alignment with Peace Corps guidance and are responsive to the needs and requirements of the host country.

Approves all major expenditures, controls physical and monetary assets, implements Peace Corps policies, adopts in-country procedures, and exercises responsibility for programming, training, support, safety and security, and administrative actions relating to Volunteers and staff.

Manages the day-to-day operations at the post, developing and implementing overall policy, procedures, goals, and objectives in accordance with Peace Corps policies and procedures.

Manages financial management, procurement, contract negotiations, disbursements, property control, and administrative services for the Post with the assistance of post’s Contracting Officers and other administrative staff, who are directly responsible for these actions.

Ensures compliance with Peace Corps policy, U.S. federal regulations and local law and ensures timely submission of the Integrated Planning and Budget Strategy report.

Initiates, negotiates, and executes agreements with host country agencies and other partners in accordance with Peace Corps policies and procedures.

Responds to host country and volunteer needs by supervising the development and implementation of programs that provide Volunteers with the training and support necessary to serve effectively.

Oversees comprehensive studies and detailed analyses of complex functions and processes related to country program planning and management and ensures effective communication and coordination among programming and training, administrative, medical and safety and security staff.

Represents Peace Corps with the host country government, the U.S. Embassy Country Team, USAID, and other agencies and advocates for its goals and activities.

Serves as either the post’s Director of Management and Operations or its Director of Programming and Training. In this role, directly overseas either the post’s management unit or its programming and training unit.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a top secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a medical clearance.
• Ability to travel within and outside country of assignment.
• Worldwide Availability for Post Assignment is required
• Serves at the Discretion of the Peace Corps Director

Intelligence Background Information: Peace Corps Manual Section 611 is applicable to this position. This section prohibits the employment of certain persons previously engaged in intelligence activities or connected with intelligence agencies within the past 10 years. If you have ever worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), you are not eligible for employment at the Peace Corps in any capacity, and you should not apply for employment.

PC-1336 Form: Applicants who are found to be otherwise qualified will be required to submit, upon future request, a completed PC-1336 form, or narrative signed statement, indicating whether the applicant has been involved in or has had any connection with intelligence activities or related work and, if so, the nature and dates of his or her involvement. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the applicant being rated ineligible for further consideration. If you have any other type of possible intelligence connection, your application will not be further considered until you submit this form. Except when the CIA or the National Security Agency (NSA) is involved (see below), if your connection with an Intelligence Agency involves an immediate family member who works or has worked in intelligence, the immediate family member should complete the form, not the applicant. Usually relying on memory is sufficient to answer most if not all of the questions. If you have an immediate family member who works or has worked for the CIA, you should not give them this form to complete. Please contact your relative in person—not by phone, email, social networking, or any other means that is not in person— and ask him or her to contact the Office of General Counsel at the CIA. If your intelligence connection involves the NSA, you (or, if the connection is with a family member, that person) must contact NSA’s Office of the General Counsel at 410-854-3910 before submitting this form to Peace Corps.

Qualifications

You must meet the specialized experience at the grade level(s) in which you choose to be considered by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date of the announcement. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure full credit for your experience, please indicate dates of employment by month, day, and year and the number of hours worked per week in your resume.

Selective Placement Factor(s):

This position has One (1) selective placement factor defined below:

1. Two (2) years’ of experience working in community development in a developing country required. Failure to provide this information in your resume with date, month and years of service along with country of service will result in automatic elimination from competition.

This vacancy is being announced at the FP-1 grade level. Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

FP-1

Qualifying experience for the FP-1 grade level is described as at least one year of experience at the FP-2 (GS-14 equivalent) grade level managing a staff of at least 15 employees with the responsibility for budget development and oversight, development and implementing organizational policy and the measurement of outcomes.

Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/.

Please be aware that overstating your qualifications will result in automatic elimination from competition.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application will be evaluated based on your resume/CV and cover letter. Your resume/CV will be evaluated to validate that you possess the required knowledge, skills, abilities (KSA) and/or competencies. The following competencies will be evaluated:

• Communication and Representation
• Administration (Policy Formulation/Implementation, Human Resources, Financial Management, Budgeting, Logistical/Transportation Support and Physical Facilities)
• Leadership
• Volunteer Support (Program Development, Training, Logistical Systems, Health Care, Safety and Security)
• Community Based Development (Project Development, Implementation and Support)
• Multicultural (intercultural) Effectiveness

Please note that a complete application is required for consideration; including any documentation that is being used for qualifications.

Your resume/CV, cover letter and supporting documentation will be reviewed by a Subject Matter Expert, which must support the information you provide in your resume/CV. Current and former Federal employees must provide a copy of their last or latest Notice of Personnel Action Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Failure to provide this document will result in not being considered for the position.

Please ensure your resume details your experience, the number of people you supervised, and size of budgets you've managed.

Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for disqualification.


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