This position is located in the Office of Policy, Legislative Initiatives and Outreach, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The mission of FHEO is to eliminate housing discrimination, promote economic opportunity, and achieve diverse, inclusive communities by leading the nation in the enforcement, administration, development, and public understanding of federal fair housing policies and laws.  The Office of Policy, Legislative Initiatives and Outreach oversees the formulation and public communication of fair housing policy, including legislative initiatives, and manages FHEO’s education and outreach activities.

The Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy, Legislative Initiatives and Outreach (DAS) oversees the development of policy justifications for all HUD-funded fair housing activities, proposed legislations and Congressional testimony documents; the Department’s response to fair-housing related legislation and responses to the White House and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on fair housing policy and initiatives; oversees the interagency civil-rights activities and contracts relating to fair housing program initiatives and education and outreach program initiatives. Serves as advisor to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Secretary on policy issues and manages the Policy and Legislative Initiatives Division and Education and Outreach Division.

• Oversees the planning, design and implementation of research on fair housing, fair lending issues, including long-term, nationwide studies of housing discrimination, multifamily housing accessibility and public awareness of the fair housing laws and HUD’s role.
• Interfaces with and represents HUD and FHEO in meetings and consultations with the heads of other Executive branch agencies and senior staff from those agencies; the White House and the Office of Management and Budget; housing industry organizations; fair housing groups; community organizations; State and local government officials; the General Accounting Office and in the media on fair housing initiatives and education and outreach initiatives.
• Monitors the formulation of policy on emerging fair housing and fair lending issues (including predatory lending).
• Provides oversight of the review and analysis of proposed legislation, task force reports, and other work papers on new initiatives being planned by entities within FHEO and other HUD program areas for their impact on the Department's civil rights obligations and objectives, including the objective to affirmatively further fair housing.
• Oversees the radio, print, television, and online Public Service Announcements and evaluates effectiveness of HUD’s current fair housing education and outreach activities, including FHIP education and outreach initiatives grants, media campaigns, and Public Service Announcements.
• Develops agreements and partnerships with organizations to promote fair housing awareness, to include forming partnerships and creating networks among faith-based organizations, housing counseling organizations, traditional fair-housing groups, real estate professional organizations and academics.
• Serves as FHEO’s liaison to Capitol Hill and represents HUD and FHEO in meetings with U.S. Senators, Members of Congress and their Staff.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
• A one-year probationary period is required, if not previously completed.
• Must meet Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs).
• Will be required to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report, SF-278.
• Must meet Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).

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Qualifications

As a basic requirement, you must have progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability. This experience should be sufficiently broad in scope and at a major management level in a large or complex organization. Experience must have been at a sufficiently high level of difficulty to clearly show that the candidate possesses the required professional, technical, and executive core qualifications set forth below. Your experience should demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in most SES positions. If your experience does not include these basic qualifications, you will not be determined to be qualified for this position.

YOU MUST FULLY ADDRESS EACH MTQ AND ECQ TO BE RATED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.  Current or former career SES employees, or OPM/QRB Candidate Development Program (CDP) candidates are not required to address the ECQs, but MUST address the MTQs.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): In addition to the qualifying experience, applicants must possess the following technical qualifications that represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.  Your MTQ narratives should be no more than 1 page per MTQ.  You must fully address each MTQ to be rated for further consideration.

1. Demonstrated experience applying federal civil rights laws, relevant executive orders, and regulations governing HUD programs activities.
2. Demonstrated experience managing an organization responsible for developing policies, and planning, designing and implementing programs related to fair housing or civil rights, on a state or national level.
3. Demonstrated experience managing a program focused on public outreach, engagement, and education with regard to fair housing and/or civil rights, as well as demonstrated experience in measuring the program’s impact.
4. Demonstrated experience representing organizations publicly, at industry events, as well as negotiating and interacting with stakeholders to accomplish fair housing and/or civil rights program objectives.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs):  Current or former career SES employees, or OPM/QRB Candidate Development Program (CDP) candidates are not required to address the ECQs.

Introduction: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has identified five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).  The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and potential - not technical expertise. They measure whether an individual has the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions - not whether they are the most superior candidates for a particular position. Successful competence in the SES requires competence in each ECQ.  Candidates must demonstrate executive experience in all five (5) ECQs.  Your application should reflect an overall record of the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to succeed in the SES. 

Your ECQ narratives should be no more than 10 pages (2 pages per ECQ).  Examples of good qualifications statements and the use of the C-C-A-R model (Challenge/Context/Action/Results), the preferred method of writing your ECQs, is provided in OPM's Guide to SES Qualifications.  You must fully address each ECQ to be rated for further consideration.  Current or former career SES employees, or OPM/QRB Candidate Development Program (CDP) candidates are not required to address the ECQs, but MUST address the MTQs.

Format: For each of the five ECQs, provide at least one example of your qualifications using the four C-C-A-R elements.

1. Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal.

2. Context - Talk about the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked to tackle a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale).

3. Action - Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge.

4. Results - Give specific examples of the results of your actions.

These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills.

NOTE: Your responses to the five ECQs must describe the context and the results of your achievements in lay terminology, free of jargon and excessive reliance on acronyms.

ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE - This core qualification involves 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. (Leadership Competencies: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, strategic thinking and vision).

ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE - This core qualification involves 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. (Leadership Competencies: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others and team building).

ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN - This core qualification involves 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. (Leadership Competencies: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving and technical credibility).

ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN - This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. (Leadership competencies: financial management, human capital management and technology management).

ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS - This core qualification involves 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. (Leadership Competencies: partnering, political savvy and influencing/negotiating).

To be considered for this position, you MUST submit a written statement fully addressing each MTQ and ECQ.  You may record your responses directly within the space provided after each MTQ, or in a separate, attached document.  Failure to fully address both of the MTQs and ECQs, will adversely affect your chances for referral or selection.
 

How you will be evaluated

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

Applicants will be evaluated against the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). As a supplement to your application, please provide examples of relevant experience, training, and personal achievements, which address each of the ECQs and MTQs. The examples should be clear and concise and show levels of accomplishment and degree of responsibility. To be considered for this position, you MUST submit a written statement fully addressing each MTQ and ECQ.  You may record your responses directly within the space provided after each MTQ, or in a separate, attached document.  Failure to fully address both of the MTQs and ECQs, will adversely affect your chances for referral or selection.  FAILURE TO FULLY ADDRESS THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs and ECQs) WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION BEING DISQUALIFIED.