The Associate Administrator (AA) for Telecommunication Sciences and Director, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), provides leadership and direction for all activities performed at NTIA's Boulder, CO, laboratory, including the management of all human, financial and physical resources. Responsibilities include:

--Advises the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information on the role of research and development and on policy considerations; performs as the leader and prime mover for the telecommunications and spectrum technology program and for planning and coordinating research and engineering efforts that support NTIA programs; pursues, organizes and coordinates ITS program development efforts to solve telecommunication and spectrum usage and management concerns of other Federal agencies, state and local governments, private corporations and international organizations; and provides management oversight, guidance and employee direction within ITS.

--Advises the Assistant Secretary on technologically-related policies and emerging issues as they relate to Administration goals and Department strategic objectives.  Analyzes, presents and proposes policies for technological relevance and state-of-the-art advances, such as spectrum sharing or device innovation.

--Builds professional networks in support of ITS spectrum management research policies and goals. 

--Addresses national priorities and emerging strategic issues relating to spectrum utilization, telecommunications, information and advanced technologies. 

--Coordinates interagency efforts with the White House, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and other government agencies.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Background and/or Security Investigation required.
• All members of the SES are subject to geographic relocation.
• A one-year probationary period is required for new SES members.
• Subject to pre-employment and employment random drug testing.
• Public Financial Disclosure (SF-278 filing within 30 days is required).

This is a resume-based recruitment. Applicants are required to submit only a resume which must provide detailed evidence of how they meet the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs).

The selectee is subject to Department approval. If tentatively selected as an initial career SES appointment, you will be required to submit
a written narrative statement addressing all of the ECQs for OPM certification. Initial appointments to the SES must have ECQs certified by the Office of Personnel Management prior to appointment. Applicants currently serving on a career SES appointment, eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by OPM are not required to be evaluated on the ECQs.

OPM approval is required before appointing any current or former political appointee to a permanent position in the civil service. This includes anyone who has been a political appointee in the last five years.

Qualifications

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

All 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 Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQ's), listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments and results. 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.

Applicants do not need to submit separate narrative responses to address the ECQs or PTQs.  Please remember that if experience is not stated in your resume, it will not be presumed that you possess it. Sample resumes that incorporate the ECQs and PTQs are available at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf

Executive Core Qualifications:  The following are the five ECQs and their fundamental competencies. The ECQs were developed to assess executive experience and potential, not to evaluate technical experience. ECQs measure whether an individual has the broad experience needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions.

ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE:  This core qualification involves 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)
ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE:  This core qualification involves 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)
ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN:  This core qualification involves 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)
ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN:  This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
(Competencies:  financial management, human capital management, technology management)
ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS:  This core qualification involves 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)

For detailed guidance on ECQs, applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Office of Personnel Management's Guide to Executive Qualifications at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf

Professional/Technical Qualifications

1. Demonstrated ability to provide authoritative direction and management for a scientific and engineering center of significant size, resources, scope, and complexity.
2. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and manage complex, multi-disciplinary scientific and technical research, development, policy research and analysis, as evidenced by experience and work record in technical management, program, policy and technology development, including relevant experience in an area of advanced communications technology, capability, testing, or science. 
3. Demonstrated ability to present scientific, engineering, economic, and policy positions and findings, both written and in person, to audiences representing a wide range of knowledge at a variety of organizational levels in the scientific and policy communities, including those in government, academia and industry.

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/#url=Overview

IF SELECTED, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs and be certified 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.

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

1. Resume (not to exceed five pages) review. Your resume should demonstrate possession of the technical qualifications and executive core qualifications. Typically, experience demonstrating the technical and executive core qualifications will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Follow the instructions in the vacancy announcement carefully when preparing your resume and adhere to the page limitations.  Any pages in excess of the page limit will not be considered.
2. Basic qualifications determination.
3. Rating panel assessment of your executive core qualifications and professional technical qualifications.
4. Structured interview.
5. Tentative selection by the hiring organization.
6. OPM Qualification Review Board certification, as needed.

You are not required to submit responses to the ECQs and PTQs. If you submit narrative ECQs or PTQs responses they will not be considered and will not be forwarded to the rating panel or selecting official.