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All groups of Qualified Individuals.

Before applying for this position, please read the entire announcement and follow the instructions in the How to Apply section.

The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is looking for high caliber leaders who possess high standards of excellence and enjoy challenges and opportunities. For an overview of the responsibilities the DHS OIG carries out within the Government, visit our website at https://www.oig.dhs.gov/about .

The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for Innovation position is located in the Office of Innovation, Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Office of Innovation is responsible for leading, communicating and implementing change efforts across OIG. Enables innovation discovery and channels the potential opportunities for organizational enhancement, improved customer service, and process efficiency.

The DIG for Innovation advises and recommends to the Inspector General (IG) and Principle Deputy Inspector General (PDIG) innovative practices across OIG's enterprise, including mission support, policies and procedures, and in the audit, inspections, evaluations, and investigations portfolios.

In this position you will perform the following:

• Champion change management and monitor evolving trends, good government best practices, and technological advances to improve OIG, including legislation and policies that may impact the future strategic direction of OIG's workplace environment, audit and evaluation products, and investigations.
• Lead specific change management initiatives and develop OIG-wide strategies, plans, communication outreach programs, policies, processes and activities related to those initiatives.
• Work across the enterprise to identify data and information which can be harnessed for OIG programs, issues and initiatives; collaborate with senior leadership to develop actionable plans to implement enterprise data use. Track the implementation of new or revised practices, assesses the progress, recommends necessary changes and evaluates the success of the implementation.
• Drive employee engagement efforts with senior leadership by evaluating Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and other data, recommending initiatives that inform recruitment, retention, morale, and employee professional development needs.
• Research emerging and innovative practices and programs, internal and external entities, including other governmental agencies, industry vendors, and private sector experts.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and across the management lines-of-business to identify state-of-the-art technology and workplace practices that are forward-leaning and state-of-industry.
• Advise the IG, PDIG, and senior leadership of policies, processes, and use of data analytics and technology designed to address strategic objectives.
• Present recommendations and courses of action affecting long range issues or problems pertaining to OIG components and policies, reflecting a diversity of stakeholder positions. The incumbent in this position must demonstrate the ability to lead consensus around suitable resolution alternatives. The incumbent will deal with controversial issues and related management policies, programs, and issues of major significance.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service
• You must be able to obtain/maintain a security clearance (i.e., Secret, Top Secret, Top Secret/SCI)
• Selectee will be required to complete form OGE-278, Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Form
• Pre-employment Drug Testing Required
• You will serve a one-year probationary period unless you previously completed the probationary period in the Senior Executive Service
• You may be required to undergo random drug testing

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent in the private sector.

This experience should be sufficiently broad in scope and at a major management level in a large or complex organization. Your application should demonstrate that you possess the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in SES positions such as:

• Leading the work of an organizational unit
• Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects
• Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance
• Supervising the work of employees, developing policy and other executive functions

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed below. We recommend that your résumé, ECQ and MTQ narratives emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including the results of your actions.

If your experience does not include these basic qualifications, you will not be determined qualified for this position.

**Noncompetitive status - if you are a current, reinstatement eligible Career SES or a graduate of an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved SES Candidate Development Program (CDP) and your ECQs have been certified by OPM's Qualifications Review Board (QRB), you are not required to address the ECQs. Current and reinstatement eligible SES must include with your application a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, documenting your SES Career Appointment. CDP graduates must include a copy of your OPM CDP graduation certificate or other proof that your ECQs have been QRB certified. **

The application process used to recruit for this position is theTraditional Method.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS - Mandatory
Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Results (C-C-A-R) model when preparing written ECQs narratives.

• Challenge: Describe a specific problem or goal.
• Context: Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or environment in which you worked to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale).
• Action: Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge.
• Result: Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization.

You will be evaluated on the following Executive Core Qualifications:

ECQ 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.

ECQ 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.

ECQ 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.

ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

ECQ 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.

These competencies are the foundation for success in each of the Executive Core Qualifications: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation.

Detailed information on the ECQs are available at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview

A sample 5-page executive level resume and ECQ narratives can be viewed at this link https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS - Mandatory

All applicants must submit a written narrative addressing each MTQ, not to exceed one (1) page for each MTQ. Any information in excess of one (1) page per MTQ WILL NOT be considered.

Please give examples and explain the depth of the knowledge, expertise and experience you possess and the breadth, scope and sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc.

You will be evaluated on the following Technical Qualifications:

MTQ 1: Demonstrated senior level experience leading organizational change, business process improvements, and initiating key technology-enabled innovations, expert knowledge of emerging and innovative practices and technologies, to include, methods, tools, best practices and lessons learned.

MTQ 2: Demonstrated senior level experience leveraging complex data analysis to improve enterprise programs and operations.

FAILURE TO MEET OR FULLY ADDRESS EACH MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATION AND TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS WILL ELIMINATE A CANDIDATE FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. 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 this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

Applicants who use "see resume" as a response WILL NOT receive consideration for the position.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date, 06/14/2021 of this announcement.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed above.

You will be evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience and education (if applicable). Your application will be evaluated by an SES rating and ranking panel. Highly qualified candidates may undergo an interview and reference check.

The Executive Resources Board (ERB) will review results and make recommendations on final selections to the appointing authority where final interviews and reference checks may occur. Unless you have already been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in the past, your ECQs must be certified by an OPM/QRB before appointment can occur.