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Summary

The Office of Management, Human Resources Division provides policy direction, program oversight, and exercises responsibility for the full range of HR programs and functions. This division houses human resources management experts and proponents, who plan, oversee, integrate, implement, and evaluate the changes necessary to effectuate broadly defined policy initiatives or legislative programs.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
09/05/2023 to 09/20/2023
Salary
$158,520 to - $183,500 per year

Salary includes District of Columbia locality pay

Pay scale & grade
GS 15
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Washington, DC
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Travel to overseas and domestic locations is required for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
OIG-23-ST-12106087-MS
Control number
747338700

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Clarification from the agency

Status Candidates (on career or career-conditional appointments), including former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility, and those eligible for CTAP; ICTAP; VEOA; special hiring programs under a non-competitive appointment authority such as Schedule A; Executive Order 12721, employees eligible under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act and individuals on interchange agreement with Other Merit Systems.

Duties

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As the Director of Human Resources you will:

  • Plan, develop and administer effective human resources program(s) for a diverse workforce.
  • Advise the Assistant Inspector General for Management and Deputy Inspector General for Management on key and mission-critical human resources/capital issues, initiatives, and programs.
  • Provide executive leadership and direction in human resources/capital areas such as: personnel administration, pay administration, human resources information systems, workforce planning, position management and classification, staffing and placement, awards, employee relations, employee benefits, performance management, senior executive resources and other HR/HC functional areas.
  • Manage and support the assessment of organizational needs and the design, implementation and evaluation human resources programs.
  • Develop human resources policies, programs, initiatives, assure integration with all other functions of administration (ex. budget, organization planning, diversity, equity and inclusion, facilities operations, and executive direction).
  • Analyze and provide guidance and assistance in executing HC solutions; serve as thought-partner to stakeholder and customers; quickly analyze problems and impediments and offer options/solutions; identify and implement appropriate corrective methods, strategies and actions to operate a customer focused Federal HC organization and environment to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of services.
  • Balance priorities and align organizational expertise and resources to effectively respond to new or anticipated requirements.
  • Manage and align staff and resources effectively to ensure smooth and efficient operations, supporting execution of the OIG plan.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • United States Citizenship is required.
  • Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
  • Time in grade must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service.
  • You may be required to serve a one year supervisory probationary period.
  • You may be required to serve a one year probationary period.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as:
(1) directing day-to-day operations covering the full spectrum of leadership responsibilities and human resource functions, across the majority of the following: staffing and placement; position classification; compensation and benefits, work life programs, employee relations, performance management, executive resources, talent management, human resource information technology, human capital analytics, and/or strategic workforce planning;
(2) formulating and implementing agency-wide HR/HC policies and procedures for an agency (Ex: for the Senior Executives and/or Senior Foreign Service, and Civil and/or Foreign Service;
(3) Partnering with senior managers to reengineer business practices to support, and align with, the organization's strategic goals, objectives, and mission while ensuring compliance with federal laws, rules, and regulations; and
(4) developing, writing, and conducting senior level leadership briefings, information papers, strategic planning documents and decision memos on federal human resources policies, strategic workforce planning and federal human resources procedures and practices.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, 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 relevant to the position's duties to be filled, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date. This means that you must have served at least 52 weeks in a position no more than one grade lower (or equivalent) than the position to be filled.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates will be referred to the selecting official if they are found well qualified. Well-qualified means an eligible employee who possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities that clearly exceed the position's minimum requirements. A well-qualified employee must meet the qualification and eligibility requirements of the position, including any medical qualifications, suitability, and minimum education and experience requirements, meet all selective factors (where applicable); meet quality ranking factors and are assigned a score of 85 or higher; be physically qualified with reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position; meet any special qualifying U.S. OPM-approved conditions; AND be able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry without additional training.

A well-qualified candidate will not necessarily meet the definition of highly or best qualified when evaluated against other candidates who apply for a particular position. Selecting officials will document the job-related reason(s) for qualification determinations in the absence of selective and quality ranking factors.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement.

Additional information

This is a position with the Office of Inspector General (OIG), characterized by excellence and professionalism, and responsible for assisting the OIG in its efforts to increase accountability and promote good stewardship of foreign assistance funds.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the OIG maintains international investigative and audit offices throughout the world with offices in Cairo, Egypt; Dakar, Senegal; Manila, Philippines; Pretoria, South Africa; San Salvador, El Salvador; Port au Prince, Haiti; Islamabad, Pakistan; Tel Aviv, Israel; Frankfurt, Germany; Kampala, Uganda and Bangkok, Thailand. The OIG is centrally located in downtown Washington, D.C. at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Federal Triangle Metro - Blue, Orange and Silver Lines).

This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

These are Testing Designated Positions (TDP's) under the Agency's approved Drug-Free Work Place Program. All applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.

Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required.

Moving and relocation expenses are not authorized.

Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies: https://hru.gov/Studio_Recruitment/tools/Mythbuster_on_Federal_Hiring_Policies.pdf.

EEO Policy: EEO Policy Statement.

Veterans' Information: Veterans Information.

Telework: https://www.telework.gov/.

Selective Service Registration: http://www.sss.gov/.

Reasonable Accommodation Policy:
USAID is committed to equal employment opportunity; therefore, reasonable accommodations are available to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you need an accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodation Division in the Office of Civil Rights at reasonableaccommodations@usaid.gov. Reasonable accommodation decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. To learn more about the Reasonable Accommodation Division, please visit our website at: Reasonable Accommodations: What You Should Know | Careers | U.S. Agency for International Development (usaid.gov)

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 application package to ensure you meet the job and eligibility requirements, including the education and/or experience required for this position. If you meet the minimum qualifications stated in the vacancy announcement, we will compare your resume, optional cover letter, and supporting documentation to your responses on the scored occupational questionnaire (True/False, Yes/ No, Multiple Choice questions) to determine if your answers to the assessment questionnaire are supported in your resume. If your answers to the online assessment questionnaire are not supported in the resume it will affect your eligibility for further consideration. You may be found "not qualified" if you do not possess the minimum competencies required for the position. If your application is incomplete, we will rate you as ineligible. Candidates rated as Highly Qualified will be referred to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview.

The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies:

  • Developing Others
  • Human Resource Management Theories
  • Leadership and Management
  • Oral & Written Communication
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Technical Competence


It is the Government's policy not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. USAID will use information about an individual's employment experience only to determine their qualifications and assess their relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including behavior during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.

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