Clarification from the agency

Open to all groups of qualified individuals.

Serves as a senior official and a principal administrative advisor to the OASH Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (PDASH), with responsibility for managing a portfolio in the areas of program operations and administration, including a broad range of administrative services, program assessment and risk management.

Integrates administrative activities for the office to achieve breakthrough efficiencies, while coaching and motivating professionals to excel in creating positive solutions to improve service delivery. Provide leadership and oversight of administrative operations. Engages with senior officials to provide operational and management expertise germane to the formulation of policies, goals, and objectives. Develops operational strategies and participates in program and resource allocation decisions which impact the total organization.

Serves as principal advisor to leadership on operational and administrative management matters. Through regular meetings, presentations, correspondence, and other means, the incumbent ensures that information and developments in the administrative/management area are communicated to appropriate staff; while developing solutions to emerging problems of a critical and/or controversial nature, which may affect the success of the entire organization.

Conditions of employment

• This employer participates in the E-Verify Program
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Subject to satisfactory security and suitability determinations
• New appointees must successfully complete a 1-year probationary period
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test; random testing after appointment
• This is a career position in the SES. Unless the selectee is already a member of the SES with career status or has successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program certified by OPM.
• Executive qualifications must be approved by OPM before appointment can be effected. If you are selected, you will be responsible for working with an HHS Executive Consultant, or QRB Writer to develop an ECQ narrative for submission to OPM
• You must meet the qualification requirements of this position no later than the closing date of the job opportunity announcement.

Qualifications

Open to all groups of qualified individuals from the public. Current employees within the Federal civil service. Career SES and SES reinstatement eligibles. SESCDP graduates may also apply for noncompetitive consideration.

As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Mandatory/Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Failure to meet this basic qualification requirement and all executive and technical qualification factors will automatically exclude you from further consideration.

All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ's), listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments and results.

Fundamental Competencies:

Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation.

Executive Core Qualifications (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.

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.

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.

4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

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.

Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ's):

This position also requires that you possess MTQ's that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following MTQ's must be evident in your resume.

1. Demonstrated experience in creating, managing, and implementing organizational plans/goals that focus on improving customer relationships and service delivery within the context of a complex operating environment, to include developing and implementing change and workforce planning strategies.
2. Demonstrated experience overseeing and executing a diverse portfolio of administrative operations, to include budget and financial management, procurement/contracting/grants activities, human resources, facilities management, and internal policy and program development
3. Demonstrated experience briefing high-level officials, interacting with internal and external stakeholders, and providing coherent and persuasive ideas and proposals to senior level executives, internal policy makers, and to large numbers of employees in a variety of settings.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your cover letter (NOT TO EXCEED ONE PAGE) and your resume (NOT TO EXCEED FIVE PAGES), demonstrating possession of the technical qualifications and achievement of the five executive core qualifications are the documents that will be used to determine your basic and specialized qualifications for the position. YOU MUST ADHERE TO THE PAGE LIMITS ABOVE AND INCLUDE BOTH DOCUMENTS OR YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.