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United States citizens. Veterans. Individuals with disabilities. Because the position is exempted from the "in/out" rule, all former Peace Corps employees are eligible to apply, regardless of when you separated from the agency.

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The Deputy Director - Office of Global Operations performs the following major duties:

• Provides support to the AD/OGO in the leadership and coordination of operations across OGO sub-offices.
• Builds cooperative working relationships and open communications among the sub-offices, helping them to gain efficiencies as they share best practices.
• Develops and implements plans and procedures for communicating best practices to overseas staff.
• Supervises all activities of the SPD Unit, directly providing oversight and leadership to SPD supervisor.
• Manages the pre-departure environment for departing Peace Corps Volunteers, convening stakeholders as required and ensuring content, timing and requirements of staging and pre-departure are adequate and reasonable.
• Participates in the development and documentation of OGO and agency long- and short-range planning efforts, including the agency strategic planning process and the Integrated Planning and Budget System process.
• Tracks achievement of strategic performance goals assigned to OGO and reports on a quarterly basis.
• Participates in OGO resource allocation and priority setting, making recommendations on planning efforts that can be undertaken within existing resource levels and advises on the impact of efforts that require additional resources.
• Oversees coordination of OGO sub-office participation and support of Overseas Staff Training and other training for overseas staff in consultation with the Office of Staff Learning and Development.
• Identifies, evaluates and proposes solutions to management problems which are of major importance to OGO program direction.
• Leads analysis of projects, issues, or programs to build consensus around solutions that address constraints to excellence among OGO sub-offices and overseas Posts.
• Informs and advises the AD/OGO of major issues having significant impact on OGO programs and operations, offers recommended solutions and updates on work projects through informal/formal discussions, meetings, and conferences.
• Supports the Senior Policy Committee and provides oversight and coordination of OGO policies and development of cross-office policies that impact support to overseas Posts and support of Volunteers.
• Provides leadership, oversight, and direction on the development and revision of OGO sponsored agency policies and procedures.

Conditions of employment

Please read this announcement in its entirety prior to submitting your application.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• All Federal employees are required to have federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. For additional information, see www.sss.gov.
• You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• You must go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired originalor certified copies.
• You must successfully complete a background security investigation with favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet this requirement will be grounds for employment termination.
• Prior to employment, and in compliance with statutes 5 USC 3322 and 22 USC 2507b, Peace Corps will conduct a check of Peace Corps records for both Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and former Peace Corps employees.
• All new employees are required to certify and submit a state of understanding acknowledging adherence to the Peace Corps condition of employment prior to day 1 of employment with the Peace Corps.
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Clearance.
• This job has been identified as a testing designated position under our Drug-Free Workplace Program. Therefore, you must satisfactorily complete a drug test prior to being hired. As an employee, you will be subject to random drug testing.
• This position requires the filing of a Financial Disclosure report.
• This is not a bargaining unit position.
• A one-year probationary period is required.
• A one-year supervisory probationary period is required.
• This position is eligible for additional reappointments, per 22 USC §2506 (a)(8). The initial appointment is a term of five years and subsequent reappointments are in terms of up to five years.

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by 05/27/2024 (the closing date of the announcement). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure full credit for your experience, please indicate the start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and the location of employment in your resume. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

Specialized Experience:

This vacancy is being announced at one grade level:

Specialized Experience at the FP-01 (GS-15): To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-01 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-02 or GS-14 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes:

• Engaging with executive level internal and external stakeholders to coordinate, integrate, and advance an organization's strategic objectives; and
• Ensuring effective and efficient integration of a range of highly visible domestic and international programs through planning, execution, and reporting; and
• Serving as the principal advisor to an organization's executive-level staff on program and operational support, priorities, and problem resolution, with oversight of a wide range of mission-critical, sensitive, and controversial issues; and
• Developing and approving an organization's short and long-range plans for the operation of programs, allocation of resources, and management of issues identified during the execution of programs; and
• Overseeing and coordinating the strategic support and management of an organization's overseas and domestic operations; and
• Exercising final authority on a wide range of managerial and programmatic decisions, with organization-wide impact; and
• Directing the performance of subordinate supervisors, who are engaged in evaluating, analyzing, and executing critical organization-wide programs.

Education cannot be substituted for experience at this level.

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Selective Placement Factor:

Selective Placement Factors (SPFs) are knowledge, skills, abilities, or special qualifications that are in addition to the minimum requirements in a qualification standard, but are determined to be essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of a particular position. Applicants who do not meet a selective placement factor are ineligible for further consideration.

This position has one selective placement factor defined below:

Three (3) years of: 1) executive leadership experience in transitioning or developing countries involving international development work, or 2) community development experience working with underserved communities in the United States. Experience may be with private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or government organizations (local, state, and/or federal). Executive experience must include either an international focus or a focus on domestic communities that are made up of a majority of culturally diverse members.

Examples of specialized professional experience include: held a senior level position such as Country Director, Executive Director, Regional Director, Chief of Party, CEO, Ambassador, or others in a complex organizational environment; experience leading and managing programs with an international development focus or a focus on work with underserved U.S. communities that are made up of a majority of culturally diverse members; experience providing strategic direction to complex programs; and experience that includes high level representational duties.

Please note:

• Past experience that satisfies the Specialized Experience and Selective Placement Factor MUST be well documented within your resume. Failure to provide this information in your resume with corresponding start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and location of employment may result in disqualification from further consideration.
• Specialized Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector, or through volunteer work done with National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) or other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
• One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.
• Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site.
• Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases. The FP-09 is the lowest entry-level grade and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level grade.

How you will be evaluated

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

Applications will be reviewed once the vacancy announcement closes. We use a multi-step process to review and evaluate applicants:

1. Eligibility and Minimum Qualifications

We will review your submitted resume and documents to determine if you meet the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, including any required education, experience, and/or selective placement factors. You will be rated as ineligible if you are outside of the area of consideration (i.e., who may apply) or your application is missing any required documents. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated or falsified your qualifications, education, eligibility claims, and/or experience, this is cause for disqualification. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You will be rated as not qualified if you do not possess the minimum qualification requirements.

2. Rating and Ranking

If you are found to meet both the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, we will assess the quality of your experience and the extent to which you possess the required experience by comparing your submitted resume and documents against your responses to the occupational questionnaire and the specialized experience at the grade level(s) for which you are applying. The occupational questionnaire is the list of questions in the automated system that you will have an opportunity to answer once you apply for the position. Based on the outcome of this evaluation, you will be assigned a numerical score (out of 100 possible). If your responses to the occupational questionnaire are not substantiated by your submitted resume, you may be disqualified from receiving further consideration.

3. Referral and Selection

If you are found to be amongst the most highly qualified applicants, you will be referred to the selecting official. As part of the assessment and selection process, the selecting official may invite you to participate in a structured interview, check your references, and/or request that you submit a writing sample or complete a written assessment or exercise to further evaluate your qualifications for this position.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Leadership
• Organizational Awareness
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Thinking