Clarification from the agency

All groups of qualified individuals.

The Executive Director, Human Capital Management is organizationally assigned to the Workforce Management and Consulting (WMC) Office in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Serves as a VHA key strategic advisor on human capital and is committed to designing, developing, and implementing those models and guides that will attract, develop and retain quality employees and ensure a high-performing workplace.

The incumbent is also responsible for maintaining accountability for the performance and conduct of all individuals who occupy senior management positions.

Focuses on human capital issues impacting the clinical environment in VHA emphasizing the health care technical and leadership competencies required for government administration, healthcare administration, accrediting and oversight agencies, cultural assimilation, local community responsibilities, healthcare policy and healthcare industry competition.

Serves as a principal advisor to VHA, and VA components including Office of Information Technology (OI&T) executive leadership on human resources initiatives, healthcare infrastructures, healthcare administrative procedures, and occupational policies covered under Title 5 and Title 38.

The incumbent represents VHA, and components of VA involving OI&T on a variety of councils and boards to address sensitive healthcare delivery program systems and disseminate healthcare policies across the Agency.

Conditions of employment

• US citizenship is required.
• One year probationary period required for initial SES appointment.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Incumbents of this position will be subject to a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
• Successful completion of drug screening required.
• Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) is required.
• May be subject to reassignment geographically or organizationally.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicant must possess the following technical and executive core qualifications. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive level assignments such as director of a regional office, medical facility or program manager. An individual's total experience, education and volunteer work experience must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position.

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.

MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately. Additional information on ECQs is available at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Results model outlined in the guide. It is recommended that you draft your ECQs in a Word document and then upload into the system.

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.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION (TQ)s: In addition, all applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following TQ(s). Please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled managing a large public or private sector organization that administers complex, rules-based benefits or services, etc. It is recommended that you draft your TQ(s) in a word document and then upload into the system.

TQ1: Demonstrated leadership experience in human resources (HR) operations and procedures in a variety of HR functions (e.g., workforce planning, recruitment and retention, HR information systems, and manpower management) for a large complex healthcare organization.

TQ2: Demonstrated strategic leadership experience in transformational initiatives (e.g., human resources systems modernization, workforce training and development, national recruitment efforts, and data analytics enhancements) for a large, complex geographically dispersed healthcare organization.

How you will be evaluated

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

Step 1: ECQ qualifications

Step 2: Technical Qualification(s)

Step 3: VA Executive Resources Board

Step 4: Nominating Organization may conduct interviews

Step 5: Approval by the Selecting Official (may include additional screening)

Step 6: OPM Qualifications Review Board certification