The Assistant Inspector General for Analytics and Innovation is responsible for directing and managing the activities of the Office and supervising the assigned staff. The incumbent directs the analytics and communications functions which perform highly complex professional work that is critical to OIG's accomplishment of its mission/program operations.
Summary
The Assistant Inspector General for Analytics and Innovation is responsible for directing and managing the activities of the Office and supervising the assigned staff. The incumbent directs the analytics and communications functions which perform highly complex professional work that is critical to OIG's accomplishment of its mission/program operations.
This position is open to current permanent Federal employees with competitive status; Reinstatement eligibles and current and former Excepted service employees.
Develops workload projections for OAI, recommends priorities in connection with long-range planning for OIG data analytics and research, and prepares justifications supporting resource needs.
Coordinates the establishment of objectives for OAI projects and research and develops justifications and recommendations of priorities having major impact on OIG's long-range planning and annual budget preparation.
Develops data analytics, data mining warehousing, and technology systems that identify potential patterns of inefficiencies or ineffectiveness or patterns used in committing fraud, waste, and misuse.
Develops policies and procedures for OAI, including provisions for appropriate implementation of laws, rules, regulations and policies of relevant governmental agencies bearing on OIG's investigative and audit processes.
Recommends best practices to improve predictive analytics, statistical sampling, modeling, computer matching, continuous monitoring, data mining, and data
warehousing processes.
Works with all components of OIG (Audit, Investigations, Counsel, Compliance and Integrity, Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Management) to resolve problems, address concerns, and promote the work of OAI.
Oversees the development of major aspects of key OIG audit and investigative program requirements needed to perform data analytics including oversight of the staff?s activities and conducting liaison with local, state, and federal entities.
Provides guidance and assistance to the OAI staff and oversees the effectiveness in conducting and directing the functions by ensuring the timely completion of analytical products to support audits and investigations.
Ensures data integrity and data security controls are implemented throughout the assembly, sustainment, and augmentation of a single warehouse of data necessary to research detection of anomalous behavior through data pattern recognition and mining.
Directs the development of communication products and coordinates the activities of OIG's communications branch staff to achieve OIG?s mission and strategic goals.
Works with OIG's Senior leadership to create and update communications strategies and coordinates all aspect of OIG?s strategic planning process to include discussion, drafting, and publication of a final strategic plan.
Coordinates with other OIG offices to host events such as virtual e-learning sessions, panel discussions and special emphasis programs.
Supervises staff in drafting and reviewing publications, such as the Semiannual Report to Congress, USDA Management Challenges, OIG Annual
Plan, blogs and other materials requested by OIG offices.
Reviews procurement and contracting needs related to OAI as well as assists the Deputy Inspector General in the development of service contracts and oversees contractors to ensure services are received in accordance with the contract.
Oversees, guides, plans, and coordinates the writing, publication, and production of all communication products ? printed materials, directives, photos/videos, website, and social media postings generated for OIG.
Manages the OAI staff, either directly or through subordinate supervisors, including the developing and modification of previously prepared performance standards for staff members.
Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt
Selected applicants must undergo and successfully obtain and maintain a background investigation for a Top Secret/SCI security clearance
A one-year SES probationary period is required unless excepted by regulation
Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/
Relocation expenses are NOT authorized
You must meet initial and periodic suitability determinations based on favorable background investigations and updates. Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check
Selected applicants are subject to initial and random drug testing. Failure to pass a drug test or maintain a clearance is grounds for removal.
SES members are excluded from premium pay provisions of 5 USC Chapter 55 SubchapterV, such as overtime pay, compensatory time off, Sunday premium pay, holiday premium pay, etc.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Qualifications
As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience indicative of senior executive-level management capability. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-14 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent in the private sector.
To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, applicants must demonstrate in resume and narrative statements possession of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs} and the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments, and results.
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): Applicants will be evaluated in the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) listed below which are broadly applicable to SES positions throughout the Federal Government. All competitive applicants must submit a narrative statement covering each of the ECQs. Narratives should be limited to no more than a total of 10 pages for the ECQs. OPM Candidate Development Program (CDP) graduates, current career SES members or former career SES members who are eligible for reinstatement to a career-reserved position need not submit an ECQ statement.
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.
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.
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.
ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
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.
MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a narrative statement specifically addressing each of the following Technical Qualifications. Narratives should be limited to no more than two pages per factor. Applicants will be evaluated against each of these factors.
Demonstrated experience leading the application of a wide range of data science and data management concepts, policies, and practices and implementing and managing solutions while executing agency mission.
Leading projects that integrate emerging technologies and techniques in data science and analysis such as analytics, machine learning, and cloud computing, into organizational decision support systems and processes.
Leading projects that support the full lifecycle of knowledge or data management activities which include how information is created, stored, shared and governed within an organization.
A broad knowledge of and demonstrated ability to provide authoritative advice and guidance to senior leaders on data and evidence-based decision making in support of agency strategic goals and performance metrics.
Demonstrated experience leading an enterprise data governance program, with an emphasis on the development and implementation of data access policies and processes to improve data quality.
Education
Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.
Additional information
Selectees for such positions must meet the initial agency suitability determination before a final job offer can be made.
OPM Candidate Development Program (CDP) graduates and current Career SES members need only address the technical qualifications and need not respond to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Selectee will be required to file an annual financial disclosure statement, form OGE-278.
Veterans' preference does not apply to positions in the Senior Executive Service.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of the quality and extent of their accomplishments, experience and education. An Executive Evaluation Panel will evaluate the resume, the Executive Core Qualifications statement and the Technical Qualifications statement for each candidate to determine the best qualified candidates who will be referred to the selecting official.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
The following documents are required for your application to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in mail service, your system failure or downtime, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration.
Resume must include: 1) personal information; 2) education; 3) work experience including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; and title, series and grade if applicable; 4) supervisor's phone number, e-mail address for each work period listed, and whether or not we may contact them for reference checks; and 5) other qualifications.
MTQ Narrative Statements - Two page limit per MTQ.
ECQ Narrative Statements - Two page limit per ECQ (except current or reinstatement-eligible career SES members, and SES-CDP graduates whose ECQs have been OPM QRB certified).
For current or previous Federal employees, please attach a copy of your most recent SF-50 or agency notification of personnel action form that provides current position, grade level, and duty location.
Please provide a copy of your most recent performance appraisal dated within 18 months or a statement explaining the reason it cannot be submitted.
Graduates of an OPM certified SES Candidate Program must submit a copy of the program graduation/certification document.
Current or former SES members should submit a copy of their most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50, showing status as an SES member.
Incomplete application packages will not be evaluated.
Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.
Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing.
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this.
To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents.
NOTE: If a document is resubmitted, it replaces the previous submission, which means the previous document is no longer available to the Human Resources Office. If you are adding to, rather than replacing a previous submission, you must upload both the old document and the new document. You must verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Applicants may combine all like required documents (e.g. SF-50s or veteran docs) into one or more files and scan for uploading into the application. Each file must not exceed 3MB. Grouping like documents into files will simplify the application process. Documents must be in one of the following formats: GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, PNG, RTF, or Word (DOC or DOCX). Uploaded documents may not require a password, digital signature, or other encryption to open.
Office of the Inspector General
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20250
US
Next steps
Your application will be reviewed to verify that you meet the eligibility and qualification requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your application status.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
The following documents are required for your application to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in mail service, your system failure or downtime, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration.
Resume must include: 1) personal information; 2) education; 3) work experience including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; and title, series and grade if applicable; 4) supervisor's phone number, e-mail address for each work period listed, and whether or not we may contact them for reference checks; and 5) other qualifications.
MTQ Narrative Statements - Two page limit per MTQ.
ECQ Narrative Statements - Two page limit per ECQ (except current or reinstatement-eligible career SES members, and SES-CDP graduates whose ECQs have been OPM QRB certified).
For current or previous Federal employees, please attach a copy of your most recent SF-50 or agency notification of personnel action form that provides current position, grade level, and duty location.
Please provide a copy of your most recent performance appraisal dated within 18 months or a statement explaining the reason it cannot be submitted.
Graduates of an OPM certified SES Candidate Program must submit a copy of the program graduation/certification document.
Current or former SES members should submit a copy of their most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50, showing status as an SES member.
Incomplete application packages will not be evaluated.
Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.
Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing.
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this.
To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents.
NOTE: If a document is resubmitted, it replaces the previous submission, which means the previous document is no longer available to the Human Resources Office. If you are adding to, rather than replacing a previous submission, you must upload both the old document and the new document. You must verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Applicants may combine all like required documents (e.g. SF-50s or veteran docs) into one or more files and scan for uploading into the application. Each file must not exceed 3MB. Grouping like documents into files will simplify the application process. Documents must be in one of the following formats: GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, PNG, RTF, or Word (DOC or DOCX). Uploaded documents may not require a password, digital signature, or other encryption to open.
Office of the Inspector General
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20250
US
Next steps
Your application will be reviewed to verify that you meet the eligibility and qualification requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your application status.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
