Clarification from the agency

All groups of qualified individuals. Current SES employees, individuals with SES reinstatement eligibility, and SES Candidate Development Program graduates need to apply to be considered.

The incumbent provides executive oversight and strategic direction to the OAS Cybersecurity and IT Audit Division (CITAD) whose cybersecurity work identifies and makes HHS aware of risks and vulnerabilities. Oversees a comprehensive, state-of-the-art audit program and ensures timely, impactful, and innovative cybersecurity and IT audits of data and systems.

Provides expert guidance and oversight for implementing IT Audit and Computer Crime Investigation (ITACCI) IT strategies.

Develops, directs, or advises others on audits over HHS IT acquisitions including modernization of legacy IT systems, procurement of equipment, software, and services that ensure HHS is properly applying federal procurement and contract administration policies and regulations. Determines if HHS and its Operating Divisions have implemented controls to limit duplicative purchasing practices and leverage economies of scale to reduce costs and maximize efficiency and effectiveness.

Fosters agency partnerships across HHS, with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, and cross-sector groups.

Issues audit reports to appropriate Department management officials with recommendations for corrective action with respect to deficiencies and for possible changes in Departmental policies, procedures, practices, and operations based on audit findings. Ensures recommendations are impactful and actionable, tracks the status of and presses for early implementation of recommendations, conducts follow-up reviews as necessary, and advises senior management of significant prolonged and/or unwarranted noncompliance.

Directs the work of CITAD, which includes: assessing policy, program, and project feasibility; determining program goals and developing implementation plans; designing an organizational structure to promote effective work accomplishment; and setting effectiveness, efficiency, productivity, and management/internal control standards.

Supervises and provides technical and administrative direction to CITAD staff through subordinate managers. Exercises overall responsibility for recruiting, hiring, training, developing, evaluating, promoting, and awarding staff members, and for modeling and promoting the principles of equal employment opportunity. Works closely with senior managers within the office, providing advice and guidance. Motivates subordinate managers to incorporate vision, strategic planning, and elements of quality management into the full range of their activities.

Conditions of employment

• U.S Citizenship is required.
• Registration with the Selective Service (if applicable).
• Suitability for Federal employment determined by background investigation.
• One year probationary period required for initial SES appointment.
• Public Financial Disclosure Report is required.

Qualifications

To be qualified for this position, your résumé must reflect experience in a managerial capacity with responsibility for providing supervisory direction to a large and diverse organization responsible for promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of programs and operations on a national level and preventing and detecting fraud and abuse in such programs and operations. This experience must be evidenced by sophisticated analytical skills, superior written and oral communication skills, good judgment, and experience in interacting with government and non-government officials. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. At this level, you would have typically been responsible for planning, directing, and evaluating work that included managing and/or supervising other managers.

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), your résumé must show evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability, and that is directly related to the skills and abilities outlined below and the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) listed below.

Your résumé must show that you possess the following:

1 - Executive-level experience with consensus (team) building and gaining stakeholder support at the highest levels of an organization for leveraging relationships and promoting agency implementation of recommendations.

2 - Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills that demonstrates experience in reporting results to senior officials including Congress (e.g., testimony, correspondence, briefings) that reflect conformance with FISMA and NIST standards and other legal, regulatory, and administrative requirements.

3 - Extensive experience in a broad range of existing and potential cyber threats and the associated tactics, techniques, and procedures used to infiltrate and disrupt critical infrastructure in the financial services and/or government sector to support audit and investigation requirements. Extensive knowledge and experience overseeing the certification and accreditation process.

While not mandatory, the following experience is highly desirable:

4 - Experience directing and managing the operations of a large program with responsibilities for conducting program, compliance, and information technology/cybersecurity assessments.

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) -- Your résumé must show that you possess the following ECQs:

1. Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. (Competencies: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision)
2. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. (Competencies: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building)
3. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. (Competencies: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving, technical credibility)
4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. (Competencies: financial management, human capital management, technology management)
5. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. (Competencies: partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating)

Fundamental Competencies are the foundation for success in each of the ECQs and should be evident over the course of your résumé: Interpersonal Skills; Oral Communication; Integrity/Honesty; Written Communication; Continual Learning; and Public Service Motivation. Additional information on the ECQs is available at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp.

Applicants must meet the requirements for the Administrative Work in the Information Management Technology Group, series 2210, as defined by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) using the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your résumé and responses to the Assessment Questionnaire are an integral part of the process for determining your basic and specialized qualifications for the position. Responses that are not supported by your résumé will eliminate you from consideration. Your application will be evaluated in the following manner.

1. Application packages will be reviewed for completeness. Incomplete or late packages will not receive further consideration.
2. Basic qualifications review. Your résumé and questionnaire will be reviewed to ensure that you meet the Specialized Experience Requirement. If you do not meet this requirement, you will not receive further consideration.
3. If it is determined that you meet the basic qualifications for the position, your application package will be further evaluated by a rating and ranking panel, and highly qualified candidates may be invited to participate in a structured interview, submit writing samples, and undergo reference checks. Top candidates may be required to submit further written documentation of qualifications.
4. The HHS OIG Executive Resources Board will review results and make recommendations on final selections to the appointing authority.

All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation. You should expect that we will verify performance, suitability, security information and take that information into account in making employment offers. False representation may be grounds for nonconsideration, non-selection, and/or appropriate disciplinary action. All initial appointments to an SES position are contingent on approval from OPM's Qualifications Review Board unless the selectee has successfully participated in an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program. An individual's initial SES career appointment becomes final only after the individual successfully completes a 1-year probationary period.