Serves, along with the Chief Financial and Operations Officer and General Counsel, as a member of the Chairman's executive management team. Provides strategic vision, guidance, and direction to ensure that the ACUS fulfills its mission. Exercises management control and leadership of a team of research analysts, attorneys, and writers.
Serves, along with the Chief Financial and Operations Officer and General Counsel, as a member of the Chairman's executive management team. Provides strategic vision, guidance, and direction to ensure that the ACUS fulfills its mission. Exercises management control and leadership of a team of research analysts, attorneys, and writers.
This job requires a Non-Sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Security Clearance.
Providing strategic vision, guidance, and direction to ensure that the ACUS fulfills its mission. This includes exercising management control and leadership of a team of attorneys, who make up the research staff.
Developing the research agenda-with input from Chairman, Council, members of ACUS, and other interested persons-and presenting it to the ACUS Chairman.
Supervising the research attorneys, who are responsible for identifying areas for research, preparing plans for research, assisting ACUS committees and the ACUS Assembly in their consideration of research projects and draft recommendations, and promoting implementation of recommendations adopted by the ACUS Assembly. Research attorneys, under the supervision of the Research Director and/or another member of the executive management team, are also responsible for coordinating efforts to arrange for the interchange among agencies of useful information about administrative procedure. Such efforts may include, among other projects, public events, interagency roundtables, working groups, and the publication and dissemination of written updates and reference materials.
Monitoring executive, legislative, and judicial developments to identify actions and decisions that may affect that work of the ACUS or the operation and administration of the agency itself. Working with the executive management team, this individual is also responsible for developing background and briefing materials that serve as resources for ACUS communications with the three branches of the Federal Government, the media, and stakeholders in the work of the ACUS.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application.
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 and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. 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.
To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Technical Qualifications (TQs) listed below: We recommend that your resume emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of the programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including the results of your actions.
Professional and Technical Qualifications (PTQs) - MANDATORY:
TQ #1- Providing strategic vision, guidance, and direction to ensure that the ACUS fulfills its mission.
This includes exercising management control and leadership of a team of attorneys, who make up the research staff.
TQ #2- Developing the research agenda-with input from Chairman, Council, members of ACUS, and other interested persons-and presenting it to the ACUS Chairman.
TQ #3 - Monitoring executive, legislative, and judicial developments to identify actions and decisions that may affect that work of the ACUS or the operation and administration of the agency itself.
ECQ #1- Leading Change: Leading, directing, and supervising attorneys. This includes ensuring their work is accurate, thorough, and meets the highest standards of quality.
Leadership Competencies: Supervising the research attorneys, who are responsible for identifying areas for research, preparing plans for research, assisting ACUS committees and the ACUS Assembly in their consideration of research projects and draft recommendations and promoting implementation of recommendations adopted by the ACUS Assembly.
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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