This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Office of Management and Policy, Office of the Chief Data Officer.
This is a Senior Level (SL) position in the federal government. SL employees are in nonexecutive positions whose duties are broad and complex enough to be classified above the GS-15 level and involve highly specialized and challenging work.
Summary
This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Office of Management and Policy, Office of the Chief Data Officer.
This is a Senior Level (SL) position in the federal government. SL employees are in nonexecutive positions whose duties are broad and complex enough to be classified above the GS-15 level and involve highly specialized and challenging work.
Current Federal employees serving under career or career-conditional competitive service appointments, former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility, or persons eligible for non-competitive appointment under special appointment authorities. Veterans who are preference eligible or separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 or more years of continuous service may apply under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA).
As Senior Advisor to the Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDAO), you will provide advice, action, and issue management on projects and new initiatives, in order to ensure the OIG is wired to make data-driven decisions. You will oversee actions that will ultimately impact OIG's success in advancing our mission as it relates to data analytics of HHS programs through the following outcomes:
Promote the economy, efficiency, and integrity within HHS programs through analytics, creating and advancing special projects which involve state-of-the-art analytical and evaluation methods and techniques for assisting in improving complex business processes.
New and strengthened cooperative relationships and collaboration with inter-agency working groups and with Executive Officers from other Federal agencies concerning operational and programmatic issues of common interest in technology advancement.
Enhanced strategic planning across OIG to maximize the collective impact of our oversight and enforcement activities through risk assessment and identification of emerging issues.
Duties of this Senior Level position include but are not limited to:
Supports the CDAO in building a vision for the office and provides objective counsel and feedback on implementation of the vision. Advises on strategy and organizational design for a robust and integrated Office of the CDO that encompasses data operations, advanced analytics, and organizational performance management.
Anticipates and incorporates changes in the landscape of advanced analytics in healthcare and human services and positions the team with a technology options pipeline of ideas.
Maintains awareness and current knowledge across a wide variety of relevant technical and business application fields; supports the OIG's leadership to achieve an integrated vision for advancing analytic capabilities by leveraging cross-cutting innovation from a variety of disciplines.
Leads, plans, and oversees the advancement of outreach activities to ensure long term data and analytics strategy is informed by the latest and best efforts across the U.S. Government, industry, and foreign partners.
Fosters balance and integration between CDO office functions to support key customer current and future data and analysis needs. Coordinates with and solicits requirements from OIG components (HQ and Regions) to determine what research questions, holistic models and analytical requirements need to be addressed. Provides recommendations for opportunities to increase the effectiveness and efficiency in managing data, analyzing the value of the data already available, and collaborating to share data.
Serves as a catalyst to promote adoption of analysis capabilities, tools, software, and models; influences and motivates others to translate technical analysis into action.
Registration with the Selective Service (if applicable).
One-year probationary period may be required.
Drug Testing position.
Public Financial Disclosure Report is required, upon appointment and annually.
Qualifications
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE (mandatory): Your résumé must show that you have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience related to this position. This experience must be 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. Specialized experience includes: demonstrated experience in the design, implementation, management and leadership of a proven and successful analytics operation; knowledge of and skill in the visualization of complex processes and procedures to facilitate communication of concepts, programs, projects and systems to senior leaders, paired with expert presentation, persuasion and team-building skills.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (mandatory): In addition to your résumé, you must submit a separate narrative (4-page limit) that clearly describes how you possess each of the following (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics) required for successful performance in this position.
Technology Management: Demonstrated experience planning, developing and executing a roadmap leading to the implementation of enterprise information management framework to improve the accuracy, integrity, accessibility and security of information assets by working closely with cross-functional teams to automate various processes to help organizations to achieve efficiencies.
Planning & Evaluating: Demonstrated experience gathering, integrating and analyzing sufficient, relevant information from various sources to support effective, timely and transparent decision-making.
Strategic Thinking: Demonstrated experience providing recommendations for opportunities to increase the effectiveness and efficiency in managing data, analyzing the value of the data already available, and collaborating to share data.
Influence & Negotiating: Experience which demonstrates your knowledge or ability to use persuasion to gain the support and cooperation from senior leaders, colleagues, managers, and stakeholders to achieve the desired course of action consistent with the organization's strategic goals and objectives.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your résumé should include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.
You must meet the requirements of the job by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) of the closing date: 06/28/2021
Education
There is no positive education requirement for this position.
Recruitment Incentives: Payment for relocation expenses may be authorized for this position. A recruitment bonus may be offered. Repayment of student loans may be offered. Private sector work experience may be approved as credit for your Annual Leave accrual.
Security and Background Requirements: A background security investigation will be required for all appointees. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements may be grounds for appropriate personnel action. In addition, if hired, a background security reinvestigation or supplemental investigation may be required at a later time. Applicants are also advised that all information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection and/or appropriate disciplinary action.
Financial Disclosure: This position is subject to public financial disclosure requirements and must be filed within 30 days of the appointment. For more information about Financial Disclosure and OGE Form 278, you may go to the Office of Government Ethics website at www.oge.gov and select Financial Disclosure.
E-Verify: If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System. Federal law requires DHS to use the E-Verify System to verify employment eligibility of all new hires, and as a condition of continued employment obligates the new hire to take affirmative steps to resolve any discrepancies identified by the system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an E-Verify Participant.
Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
Career Transition Program (CTAP) and Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Documentation: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for consideration under the CTAP or ICTAP, you MUST submit proof of eligibility. Appropriate documentation such as a reduction-in-force (RIF) separation notice, an SF-50 reflecting your RIF separation, or a notice of proposed removal for declining a directed reassignment or transfer of function to another commuting area. You MUST also submit documentation to reflect your current (or last) performance rating of record along with your application package. Those eligible for consideration will need to be rated as well-qualified at 85.0 or above on the rating criteria for this position in order to exercise selection priority. For more information about ICTAP, go to: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition.
EEO Statement: HHS is an equal opportunity employer. Selection for this position will be based solely on merit without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, political affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, marital or family status, or other differences.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your résumé, technical qualifications narrative, 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 clearly supported by your résumé will eliminate you from consideration.
Application packages will be reviewed for completeness. Incomplete or late packages will not receive further consideration.
Basic qualifications review. Your résumé and questionnaire will be reviewed to ensure that you meet the Specialized Experience and mandatory technical qualifications requirement. If you do not meet this requirement, you may not receive further consideration.
If it is determined that you meet the minimum 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 and undergo reference checks. Top candidates may be required to submit further written documentation of qualifications (e.g., may be required to participate in a writing exercise or provide a writing sample) or participate in additional assessments.
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 non-consideration, non-selection, and/or appropriate disciplinary action.
This agency uses Category Rating Procedures. We will evaluate your application package to place you in one of three categories. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be placed in one of the following categories:
Best Qualified: Applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a superior level of all evaluation criteria.
Well Qualified: Applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a satisfactory level of evaluation criteria.
Qualified: Applicants possessing the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities.
If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses will be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.
Your résumé must document specialized experience and support your responses to the vacancy questions.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Your complete application package must include a résumé (not to exceed 5 pages) and a separate narrative addressing each of the Technical Qualifications (not to exceed 4 pages total). Any information in excess of specified page limitations will not be evaluated.
All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
SF-50/Notification of Personnel Action showing your current or former Civil Service status and eligibility for this position.
We strongly encourage applicants to submit a résumé that is tailored specifically for this senior level position to ensure it includes relevant examples of how you possess the required specialized experience. Your resume should emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed and program accomplishments, including the results of your actions.
Applicants typically provide the following information on their résumé:
Vacancy announcement number and title of position - HHS-OIG-SL-20-11126484-MP, Senior Advisor to the Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Full name, mailing and email addresses, day and evening telephone numbers
Educational information, including colleges or universities attended, as well as type of degree received
Information about paid and unpaid work experience related to the position, including: title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name, duration of employment and grade (if Federal)
Information about honors, awards and special accomplishments
Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. FAILURE TO SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, COULD AFFECT YOU RECEIVING CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE.
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs)
Resume
SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
Responses to the Assessment Questionnaire
Other Supporting Documents: (Only submit if applicable to you)
College transcript (if qualifying all or in part based on your education
Veterans' Preference documentation - If you are a veteran, you must submit a copy of your DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member Copy - 4) and, if applicable, and Application for 10-Point Veterans Preference and an official document dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces that supports your claim.
CTAP/ICTAP documentation
Do NOT include Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as Social Security Number or Date of Birth on your resume or other supporting documents.
Political Appointment: Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete application package, which includes all of the documents listed in the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section of this vacancy announcement.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
A complete application package for this vacancy must be received on-line via the USA Staffing web site by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/28/2021 to receive consideration. Mailed/emailed applications will not be accepted.
Note: To return to a previously Saved or Incomplete application you may use the following link: https://applicationmanager.gov.
If you are unable to apply online and have the required information, please call 1-478-744-2360 to start your Alternate Application. You will connected with a member of our staff who will initiate the Alternate Application process. More information on the Alternate Application process can be viewed at the following link: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Alternate_Application_Information.
Questions regarding this vacancy or the application process should be directed to the HR Specialist. The HR Specialist can be reached at (855) 291-2284. Someone is available to answer phone calls and emails from 9:00 AM through 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday excluding Federal holidays.
This announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.
OIG Office of Management and Policy
330 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20201
US
Next steps
Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview.
You will receive notice via email or by mail, if no email address was provided by you during the application process, once this process is completed.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Your complete application package must include a résumé (not to exceed 5 pages) and a separate narrative addressing each of the Technical Qualifications (not to exceed 4 pages total). Any information in excess of specified page limitations will not be evaluated.
All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
SF-50/Notification of Personnel Action showing your current or former Civil Service status and eligibility for this position.
We strongly encourage applicants to submit a résumé that is tailored specifically for this senior level position to ensure it includes relevant examples of how you possess the required specialized experience. Your resume should emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed and program accomplishments, including the results of your actions.
Applicants typically provide the following information on their résumé:
Vacancy announcement number and title of position - HHS-OIG-SL-20-11126484-MP, Senior Advisor to the Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Full name, mailing and email addresses, day and evening telephone numbers
Educational information, including colleges or universities attended, as well as type of degree received
Information about paid and unpaid work experience related to the position, including: title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name, duration of employment and grade (if Federal)
Information about honors, awards and special accomplishments
Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. FAILURE TO SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, COULD AFFECT YOU RECEIVING CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE.
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs)
Resume
SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
Responses to the Assessment Questionnaire
Other Supporting Documents: (Only submit if applicable to you)
College transcript (if qualifying all or in part based on your education
Veterans' Preference documentation - If you are a veteran, you must submit a copy of your DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member Copy - 4) and, if applicable, and Application for 10-Point Veterans Preference and an official document dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces that supports your claim.
CTAP/ICTAP documentation
Do NOT include Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as Social Security Number or Date of Birth on your resume or other supporting documents.
Political Appointment: Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete application package, which includes all of the documents listed in the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section of this vacancy announcement.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
A complete application package for this vacancy must be received on-line via the USA Staffing web site by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/28/2021 to receive consideration. Mailed/emailed applications will not be accepted.
Note: To return to a previously Saved or Incomplete application you may use the following link: https://applicationmanager.gov.
If you are unable to apply online and have the required information, please call 1-478-744-2360 to start your Alternate Application. You will connected with a member of our staff who will initiate the Alternate Application process. More information on the Alternate Application process can be viewed at the following link: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Alternate_Application_Information.
Questions regarding this vacancy or the application process should be directed to the HR Specialist. The HR Specialist can be reached at (855) 291-2284. Someone is available to answer phone calls and emails from 9:00 AM through 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday excluding Federal holidays.
This announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.
OIG Office of Management and Policy
330 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20201
US
Next steps
Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview.
You will receive notice via email or by mail, if no email address was provided by you during the application process, once this process is completed.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
