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Information Technology Program Manager

Department of Homeland Security
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
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Summary

“The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), through strategic partnerships, prepares the federal law enforcement community to safeguard America's people, property, and institutions." We are a unique inter-agency organization preparing the next generation of law enforcement officers to meet our Nation's most pressing security challenges." Click here to learn more.

Overview

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Reviewing applications
Open & closing dates
05/01/2023 to 05/10/2023
Salary
$116,393 to - $151,308 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 14
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Glynco, GA
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—This position is eligible for situational-only telework based on agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Travel to attend meetings and visits to other government offices or contractor facilities may be required.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time - 40 hours/week
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
14
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
FLETC-CIO-2023-0012
Control number
722676400

Duties

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This position is within the IT Operations and Support Division (OSD), under the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Directorate, and located in Glynco, Georgia.

Serving as the IT Program Manager makes you a valuable member of the FLETC team and mission. This position serves as the Digital Transformation Lead responsible for performing enterprise project management functions for FLETC’s geographically disbursed enterprise. The position manages stakeholder relationships with senior executives, line-of-business owners, contractors, and customers from various federal agencies. 

Typical assignments include:

  • Providing leadership for and use of in-house and off-the-shelf project management tools, formal stage/gate reviews, integrated project teams, and activities integral to the component’s standardized project management principles and structured project development methodology.
  • Developing and updating comprehensive project management plans as blueprints for project management activities.

  • Working with various organizational stakeholders, line-of-business owners, and customers to determine detailed requirements for each project.
  • Forming, managing, and leading integrated project teams of subject-matter experts from various FLETC directorates and organizations, as needed.

  • Ensuring that CIO digital transformation roadmap IT solutions comply with various federal laws, including Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Privacy Act, Federal Acquisition Regulation, and the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

  • Interpreting stakeholder requirements and translating them into fully developed IT technical solutions, including Life Cycle Cost Estimates.

  • Coordinating with the FLETC Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to ensure the IT solutions proposed and delivered within the digital transformation roadmap support the technical, operational, and managerial controls needed to protect the information technology infrastructure.
  • Reviewing cybersecurity statutes and regulations for applicability and program impacts; identifying cybersecurity program implications of new technologies or technology upgrades.

  • Developing specifications to ensure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts conform with security, resilience, and dependability requirements at the software application, system, and network environment level.

  • Providing weekly project updates. Escalating communications to the CIO management staff when significant project issues develop.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must successfully pass a background investigation.
  • You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you.
  • This position requires you to have access, safeguard, and store classified national security information on a regular basis. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
  • Current and former federal employees within the General Schedule (GS) must meet the time-in-grade requirements outlined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid state issued driver's license to conduct official government business.
  • This position is eligible for situational-only telework based on agency policy.
  • Overtime work may be required.
  • This is not a bargaining unit position.

Qualifications

Please limit your résumé to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. Please visit www.fletc.gov/site-page/employment-faqs website for further guidance regarding this page limit.

The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

You must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level performing:

Planning, developing and implementing a broad range of Information Technology (IT) project management activities, including an in-depth analysis of technical and non-technical factors required to deliver complex IT solutions (e.g., planning, designing, solutions engineering, developing, testing and/or implementing of information technology projects).

Time-in-Grade: Current and former GS federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 grade level in the federal service. The time-in-grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps and AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, and 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.

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, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Re-employed annuitants’ annual salaries will be reduced by the amount of their retirement annuity and by further cost of living increases. FERS retirees receiving a FERS annuity supplement must also be aware that, like social security benefits, their FERS annuity supplement is subject to an earnings test and may be reduced if the salary earned is more than the social security exempt amount of earnings. Additional information is available on OPM’s website or by contacting OPM.

Additional information

DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.

Background Investigation: To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation for a Secret clearance as a condition of placement into this position. This will include a credit check after a tentative job offer is given, a review of financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs. Continued employment is contingent upon favorable adjudication of periodic reinvestigations.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary. Some work may require walking and standing for long periods of time. The position may need to lift and carry electronics, occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment: The majority of the work is performed in an office setting. The position must be able to visit on-site and off-site locations. 

Additional selections may be made from this announcement within the same geographical area.

Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.

Any Offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.

How you will be evaluated

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

We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements.

If you meet the minimum qualifications, we will use multiple assessments to determine the degree to which your experience, education, and training demonstrate the following competencies needed to perform this job:

  1. Expert knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of IT assessment, planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation, such as IT baseline assessment, interagency functional analysis, contingency planning, and disaster recovery.
  2. Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, legal practices, and documents, government regulations, Executive Orders, agency rules, government organization and functions, and the democratic political process.
  3. Knowledge of methods, tools, and procedures, including the development of information security plans to prevent information systems vulnerabilities and provide or restore the security of information systems and network services.
  4. Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial)

Due weight will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3). If you are determined to be best-qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.

The first assessment will consist of skilled-based questions designed to evaluate the degree to which you possess the skills needed to perform the duties of the positions being filled.  These questions are scored, and you must score at least 85 out of 100 points in order to be invited to participate in the second assessment.    

The second assessment is a writing sample. In two pages or less, describe a major enterprise-level project you led and the resulting outcome.

Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, the veteran must 1) be a preference eligible; or 2) be a veteran separated after 3 or more years of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. (Note: Veteran’s preference does not apply under Merit Promotion procedures. View information on VEOA information on Feds Hire Vets.)

Career Transition Assistance Program or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP/ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government as a civilian, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. Information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility may be found on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website. To be considered well-qualified under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Please limit your résumé to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.


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