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Chief Data Officer

General Services Administration
Office of the Chief Information Officer
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Summary

The General Services Administration is interested in attracting the best talent for our diverse cadre of senior leaders from within GSA, the Federal government and the private sector. To ensure your application is considered, you must follow the instructions outlined in the "How to Apply" and "Required Documents" sections below.

Overview

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Job canceled
Open & closing dates
07/13/2022 to 07/27/2022
Salary
$135,468 to - $187,300 per year
Pay scale & grade
SL 00
Location
Washington, DC
1 vacancy
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Some travel may be required.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
00
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Announcement number
22110024
Control number
665109700

Duties

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GSA IT enables the GSA mission by delivering innovative, collaborative, and valuable IT products and services to our customers. GSA IT provides the workforce with technology solutions to improve capabilities, productivity, mobility, and agility. GSA IT solutions include development and operations of GSA applications and systems, laptops, mobile devices, collaborative cloud-based software, training, and technical support. GSA IT ensures GSA and Federal information security, and privacy requirements are implemented agency wide.

The Chief Data Officer (CDO) position ​is an Senior Level position located within GSA IT and ​​reports to the Deputy Chief Information Officer​ of the ​General Services Administration (GSA).​ ​The CDO is responsible for​: 

  • Develops the agency’s Data Platform Strategy and Management.
  • Manages and supports business intelligence tools.
  • Supports the GSA digital strategy, open data policy implementation and reporting of digital services initiatives in an effort to more effectively manage data needs in the Agency.
  • Provides senior leadership expertise in data collection and dissemination and expert authoritative advisory support to ensure data programs are coordinated, comprehensive and strategic.
  • Benchmarks activities and ensures the sharing of best practices so that GSA can increase openness and sharing of data.
  • Shares industry and government knowledge on how to better manage government data efforts and provide recommendations to improve how GSA manages and publishes data, as well as how it measures the data quality, access and usage.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship or National
  • Apply online (See How to Apply section).
  • Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
  • Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

  • 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 Non­Career 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.
  • Serve a one year probationary period, if required. 
  • Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level). 
  • Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee.  We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
  • Complete a financial disclosure report (OGE Form 278) to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position.
  • Serve a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period, if required.
  • The position sensitivity for this position is Nonsensitive with a Public Trust Level determination of Moderate Risk. 

Qualifications

For each job on your resume, provide:

  • the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)
  • number of hours per week you worked (if part time)

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume. 

For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here

The Senior Level (SL) salary range starts at $135,468 per year.

If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.  

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience. Specialized experience is experience that includes overseeing the collection, management, and storage of data across an organization, and analyzing and deriving insights from data, to inform business strategy and value; advising on data and evidence-based decision making, the development of analytical products and services, the development and assignment of IT data related roles and responsibilities; leading the efforts to analyzing, define data requirements and specifications, and track or integrate data collections, physical data models, and linkages between data sets; developing and managing data management policies, and lead governance efforts for data management.

Additional information

  • Bargaining Unit status: This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.
  • On a case-by-case basis, the following incentives may be approved:
    • Recruitment incentive if you are new to the federal government
    • Relocation incentive if you are a current federal employee
    • Credit toward vacation leave if you are new to the federal government
  • Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.
  • Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement as needed; through other means; or not at all.

How you will be evaluated

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

We will use a method called Category Rating to assess your application. Here’s how it will work:

You will be scored on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities:

MANDATORY COMPETENCIES:

1. Demonstrated experience leading development and implementation of enterprise-wide data management and technology strategies, programs and services. This includes experience creating and scaling operations, managing consultancy units and promulgating data governance and analytics policies and best practices to leverage data for maximum business value.

2. Extensive knowledge of, and demonstrated experience with, the principles, procedures, and tools of data management, such as: data governance, data modeling techniques, data dictionaries, data inventorying, data warehousing, data mining, data disposal, data integration, and data standardization processes.

3. Demonstrated skill in communicating with senior management officials in government and private sector, information technology professionals, and non-technical representatives to develop support for complex or controversial programs, exchange information about new technology and developments in the data management industry, and foster the effective and timely use of technological improvements to ensure data and technology continuously improves services and products that serve external customers, stakeholders and partners.

Your answers to the questions will be used to place you in one of the following categories and standard score ranges:

  • Best Qualified = Candidates scoring between 95 - 100
  • Well Qualified = Candidates scoring between 85 - 94 (Well Qualified for CTAP/ICTAP)
  • Qualified = Candidates scoring between 70 - 84

We will verify your answers to the questions in your resume. If your resume doesn’t support your answers, we may lower your score, which could place you in a lower category.

Within each category, veterans will receive selection priority over non-veterans.

Additional hurdle assessments, such as narrative responses or other assessments, may be administered to applicants who meet the requirements of the first hurdle, e.g., the minimum qualification requirements. If additional assessments are used, you will be provided with further instructions.

If you are eligible under Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan or GSA’s Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP), you must receive a score of 85 or higher to receive priority.


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