Skip to main content
U.S. flag
Back to results

Chief of Staff CHIPS R&D Office

Department of Commerce
National Institute of Standards and Technology
CHIPS R & D office
This job announcement has closed

Summary

The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, establishes investments and incentives to support U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and supply chain security.

The Position serves as Chief of Staff to the CHIPS R&D Office. Responsible for prioritizing, planning, developing, executing, and managing all strategic and operational activities to meet the goals of CHIPS R&D Office Programs.

Overview

Help
Job canceled
Open & closing dates
09/13/2023 to 09/26/2023
Salary
$155,700 to - $183,500 per year

Minimum starting salary is $155,700. Salary will be determined based on experience.

Pay scale & grade
AD 00
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 - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Term - 4 years
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
CHIPS-301-23-12126636
Control number
748883700

This job is open to

Help

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from all U.S. Citizens.

Videos

Duties

Help

The incumbent serves as Chief of Staff to the CHIPS R&D Program. Responsible for prioritizing, planning, developing, executing, and managing all strategic and operational activities to meet the goals of CHIPS R&D Office Programs. Individual acts as a senior advisor to CHIPS R&D Director and provides expert guidance and advice. Independently develops policies and procedures and provides recommendations to the CHIPS R&D Director. Work is considered well researched and accurate.

Facilitates top-level decision making & effective internal and external communications. Responsible for coordinating, responding, and targeting communications to CHIPS R&D stakeholders both internal and external to NIST. Coordinates messaging of relevant CHIPS R&D efforts targeting positive interagency relationships and policy outcomes. Communicates to Senior Leadership as well as internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

Help

Conditions of employment

  • U.S. citizenship
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
  • Suitable for Federal employment
  • Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure, Form OGE-450
  • Designated and/or random drug testing required
  • Bargaining Unit Position: No
  • Ethics pre-clearance
  • You must be able to successfully pass a background investigation. Security clearance required following onboarding. TS/SCI security clearance required following onboarding

Qualifications

  1. Demonstrated experience leading new programs of significant size and complexity, and experience conceptualizing, planning, organizing, and implementing new or evolving policies and activities.
  2. Demonstrated experience analyzing executive level policy and program issues and providing comprehensive recommendations.
  3. Demonstrated experience engaging on technical and scientific programs and translating program objectives into policy briefings for senior leadership

Education

The incumbent must possess, at a minimum, a Bachelor's or other Advanced Degree in a scientific, engineering, or recognized or traditional professional field, or significant experience in a scientific, engineering, or recognized or traditional professional field.

Transcripts are not required in the application package. An official transcript will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Additional information

  • This position will be in the excepted service as a non-competitive appointment under the CHIPS Act authority.
  • This position is covered under the Administratively Determined pay scale.
  • This position does not confer non-competitive conversion to the competitive service.
  • Acceptance of an excepted service appointment from applicants in the competitive service will require a written statement of understanding when voluntarily leaving the competitive service.
  • A trial period may be required.
  • This position requires the passing of a drug test
  • This position requires the filing of an OGE-450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of onboarding and annually thereafter
All applicants will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. This public notice is a mechanism to collect applications. You will not receive notification of referral, selection/non-selection. Once a selection has been made, it will be submitted separately from this announcement and then this announcement will be cancelled. Under this CHIPS hiring authority, applicants are not rated and ranked and veteran's preference does not apply.

NIST strives to build a flexible and encouraging work environment to bring out the best in our employees. To help our employees balance responsibilities at home and at work, NIST offers a variety of work-life flexibilities such as:
  • Telework
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid vacation
  • Sick leave
  • Family-friendly leave
  • Childcare subsidy program for qualifying families
  • Child and elder-care resources
  • On-site childcare center
  • Lactation spaces
  • Wellness programs
  • Fitness center
  • Employee assistance programs

How you will be evaluated

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

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

We will review your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documents to assess your qualifications for this position.

All applicants will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. This public notice is a mechanism to collect applications. You will not receive notification of referral, selection/non-selection. Once a selection has been made, it will be submitted separately from this announcement and then this announcement will be cancelled.

Under this CHIPS hiring authority, applicants are not rated and ranked and veteran's preference does not apply.

Your session is about to expire!

Your USAJOBS session will expire due to inactivity in 8 minutes. Any unsaved data will be lost if you allow the session to expire. Click the button below to continue your session.