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This position serves as the Director, Research and Development Directorate (RD), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
This is an SES Tier 3 position.
10/23/2023 to 12/06/2023
$171,628 - $212,100 per year
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1 vacancy in the following location:
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Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Travel to national and international locations is required, to include official travel into hazardous duty zones.
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Permanent -
Full-time -
Senior Executive
None
Yes
Yes
DTRA-24-12178736-SES
756213900
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
This position is open to the public. All qualified individuals. Current and former Senior Executive Service members. U.S. Citizens, nationals, or those who owe allegiance to the United States.
The Director, Research and Development (RD) performs the following major functions:
The incumbent must possess a degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics OR Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
This is an Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S) Workforce Critical Acquisition Position (CAP) in the Engineering & Technical Management, Science and Technology functional area. The Executive will be required to become certified in the Practitioner tier within 5 years. The Executive is required to acquire a minimum of 40 continuous learning (CLPs) ever fiscal year as a goal and 80 CLPs being mandatory within 2 years.
The Executive of this position is subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes in addition to 5 CFR 2638.103, Government Ethics Responsibilities of Supervisors.
REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS: https://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25- V300.pdf
SELECTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENT: If you are a male born after December 31, 1959, and are at least 18 years of age, civil service employment (5 U.S.C. 3328) requires that you must be registered with the Selective Service System, unless you meet certain exemptions under Selective Service law. If you are required to register but knowingly and willfully fail to do so, you are ineligible for appointment by executive agencies of the Federal Government.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Human Resources will review your resume and supporting documents, for the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience and education as it relates to the fundamental competencies, identified below. Your application package will be evaluated by an Executive Evaluation Panel rating and ranking panel, and highly qualified candidates may be contacted for an interview and provide reference checks.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Resume - Your resume listing your name, contact information, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be referred for consideration.
2. ECQs-Your narrative statements should include specific examples of experience, education, and accomplishments applicable to this position. Your narratives should be no more than 2 pages per ECQ, not to exceed a total of 10 pages. Current and former career SES employees or graduates of a SES Candidate Development Program who have been certified by OPM do NOT need to address the ECQs.
3. Technical Qualifications- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each mandatory technical qualification. Your MTQ narratives should not exceed 2 pages per mandatory technical qualification for a total of 6 pages.
4. Transcripts- REQUIRED- education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
5. Standard Form (SF) 50- If you are a current or former Federal civilian employee, you must submit your last or most recent SF-50 showing grade and tenure. Current and former career SES or equivalent members must provide an SF-50 showing their status or reinstatement eligibility.
DO NOT submit additional information (i.e. awards, appraisals, pages in excess of the limit for the MTQs and/or ECQs ) as they will not be considered.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, please email your completed application package to include (your resume, your responses to the mandatory technical qualification statements, your responses to the Executive Core Qualification statements, Transcripts, SF-50 (if applicable), to include the announcement number of the position you are applying for directly to Lisa.e.shipe.civ@mail.mil by the closing date of the announcement.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date to receive consideration.
Applications mailed using government postage or through an internal federal government mail system will not be considered.
Once you submit your application, you will receive confirmation of receipt. Your application package will be reviewed to ensure you meet basic eligibility and qualification requirements. An Executive Evaluation Panel will review your resume and your responses to the MTQ and ECQ statements and will determine the Best Qualified candidates. A list containing the Best Qualified candidates will be provided to the selecting official. Interviews will be conducted with the top candidates. All applicants who apply and are not referred for an interview will be notified.
Once the selection is made. you will receive a notification of the decision.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/756213900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency provides cross-cutting solutions to enable the DoD, the United States Government, and international partners to DETER strategic attack against the United States and it's allies; PREVENT, reduce, and counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and emerging threats; and PREVAIL against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict.
