Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens

• The Associate Director for Operations (ADO):
• Serves as the principal advisor to the NCTR Director, providing executive leadership and management for all NCTR administrative programs.
• Manages and directs NCTR employees engaged in a multitude of administrative and logistical support services, including budget and finance, human capital, travel, communications, property and graphics.
• Serves as Senior Accountable Officer for ensuring compliance with Counterintelligence and Office of Information Management and Technology (OIMT) security policies.
• Oversees a complex array of logistical and budget activities that includes planning for facility updates and new construction as well as the coordination of information system and technology management activities.
• Works with NCTR and FDA Headquarters (HQ) leadership to plan and execute large-scale infrastructure/IT projects, including plans for NCTR and Jefferson Laboratories campus upgrades and projects.
• Serves as NCTR Senior Ethics Official responsible for planning, communication, and oversight for all NCTR ethics activities.
• Serves as NCTR representative for all Office of Operations' (OO) initiatives, communications and policies, including reviewing and commenting on proposed FDA-wide initiatives, policies and communications.
• Serves as NCTR lead for developing, executing and monitoring compliance with NCTR administrative policies, including timekeeping, budget, finance, acquisitions and grants, travel, IT, accountable property, graphics and human capital.
• Serves as NCTR senior official for all FDA/NTEU interactions/negotiations.
• Serves as NCTR Settlement Official for equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaints.
• Serves as NCTR senior official for conducting, evaluating results, planning and implementing activities to increase annual Federal Employees' Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) participation and scores.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of Employment:

1. U.S. Citizenship is required for federal employment.
2. Application package must be received by the closing date of this Announcement.
3. Ethics pre-clearance is required.
4. Security and Background Requirements: If not previously completed, 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.
5. 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.
6. Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
7. Financial Disclosure Reporting is required: The Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521 requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE form 278) prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment. Visit the Office of Government Ethics website at www.oge.gov and select Financial Disclosure. Frequently Asked Questions can be found at https://www.oge.gov/web/OGE.nsf/accessdocs_disclosure-faq
8. One-year probationary period may be required, if not previously completed.

All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 10/12/2021.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for the Associate Director for Operations, 0340, ES - 00, your resume must show that you possess the following:

Specialized Experience Requirement
To be qualified for this position, your resume 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 nongovernment 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.


Basic Qualifications Requirement
As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), your resume must show evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability, and is directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under:

1) Technical Qualifications (TQs)
2) Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs)

Technical Qualifications (TQs) -- Your resume must show that you possess the following TQs:

1. Senior level experience in analyzing, directing, and evaluating administrative and management operations, and formulating, executing and developing financial and management plans to achieve an organization's programmatic goals.

2. Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of Federal business administrative processes to include budget, human capital management, facilities management and information technology.

3. Demonstrated ability to work effectively across organizational lines in team leadership and matrix management contexts and to build strong working relationships among people and organizations with diverse interests and/or opinions.

Desirable Qualification (DQs)-- It is desired that you have the following (please show in resume that you possess these qualifications):

1. Knowledge of the nation's health and human services programs, their interrelationships, and the social, political, and economic forces that affect them (such as human drugs, vaccines, medical devices, tissues for transplantation, equipment that emits radiation, human foods, cosmetics, tobacco products, animal drugs and feed).

2. The ability to properly align and link administrative strategic plans and objectives to mission strategic goals.

3. A graduate degree in a discipline related to this position.

4. Training, professional development, and outside professional activities that provide evidence of initiative, resourcefulness and potential for effective job performance, and honors, awards, or other recognition for performance or contributions related to the position.


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

1. Leading Change
2. Leading People
3. Results Driven
4. Business Acumen
5. Building Coalitions

Fundamental Competencies are the foundation for success in each of the ECQs and should be evident throughout your resume:

1. Interpersonal Skills
2. Oral Communication
3. Integrity/Honesty
4. Written Communication
5. Continual Learning
6. Public Service Motivation

It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/.

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)

Additional information on the proper preparation of ECQs is available by going to the Office of Personnel Management's web site at http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2010.pdf. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the guide.

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Officers interested in applying for this position can apply to be considered to serve as an SES or as a Commissioned Corps Officer.

The application process for this position isresume ONLY. You should address the TQs, DQs, and ECQs within the context of a 5-page resume. Any information submitted in excess of 5 pages WILL NOT be considered. We strongly encourage you to submit a resume that is tailored specifically for this position to ensure it includes relevant examples of how you possess the technical qualifications and the five ECQs. Your resume should emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed (e.g., budget, type/# of staff supervised) and program accomplishments, including the results of your actions.

If selected, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs for submission and certification by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in order to be placed in this position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you will not need to draft the ECQs.

How you will be evaluated

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

The job opportunity announcement closes (at 11:59 pm ET on 10/12/2021).

Your resume 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 resume 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 resume 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/FDA 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 performance, suitability, and security information will be verified and taken into account when making employment offers. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, 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. For additional information concerning the SES visit http://www.usajobs.gov/SeniorExecutives.