Clarification from the agency

Open to all U.S. Citizens, Senior Executive Service, Excepted and Competitive status candidates

ABOUT THE POSITION

The incumbent of this position will guide and promote the operations of the Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Office of Community Services (OCS), and Office of Family Assistance (OFA). Have full authority to act commensurate with responsibilities assigned and refers to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for advice and decision on these matters, which in their judgment are of an unusually sensitive, precedent-setting, or highly consequential nature. Serves as an authority and principal advisor to the office on developing and providing complex operational support on the offices' work with states, tribes, territories, localities, agencies, and programs that deliver services.


Supports a strategic vision to build a coordinated system of high-quality economic mobility services for children and families and provides oversight of the operations of existing and new programs across the partner offices. Provide support and direction on initiatives for economic mobility programs including Child Support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), and Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG).

Conditions of employment

• This employer participates in the E-Verify Program
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Subject to satisfactory security and suitability determinations
• New appointees must successfully complete a 1-year probationary period
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test; random testing after appointment
• This is a career position in the SES. Unless the selectee is already a member of the SES with career status or has successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program certified by OPM.
• Executive qualifications must be approved by OPM before appointment can be effected. If you are selected, you will be responsible for working with an HHS Executive Consultant, or QRB Writer to develop an ECQ narrative for submission to OPM
• You must meet the qualification requirements of this position no later than the closing date of the job opportunity announcement.

Qualifications

Open to all U.S. Citizens, Federal Competitive Status Candidates, Current SES and SES Reinstatement Eligibles, and SESCDP Graduates. SESCDP graduate candidates may also apply for noncompetitive consideration if applicable.

As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Failure to meet this basic qualification requirement and all executive and technical qualification factors will automatically exclude you from further consideration.

All candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show IN YOUR RESUME that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, Five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Job Specific 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.

Fundamental Competencies:Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation.

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs):

1. Leading Change: 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.

2. Leading People: 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.

3. Results Driven: 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.

4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

5. Building Coalitions: 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 (MTQs)

This position also requires that you possess MTQs that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role.

1. Demonstrated capability managing an organization and providing executive direction, team management, and oversight on a wide-range of operational objectives governing the administration and funding of economic mobility programs, such as developing sound people strategies; overseeing and executing a fiscally sound budget; developing a vision to improve business processes; supporting strategic operational alignment across offices; implementing accountability programs; providing leadership in implementing best practices in grants and contracts, management and oversight; enhancing customer service; managing facilities; and deploying change management and employee development programs.

2. Demonstrated experience deploying executive diplomacy skills to develop, maintain, and enhance relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and service providers toward the strategic operational goals of complex offices.

3. Demonstrated ability managing cross-cutting, diverse and inclusive teams in a complex operating environment to promote maximum utilization and development of staff. Demonstrated ability to integrate activities across silos, adapt team efforts to changing priorities and feedback, direct and balance complex assignments concurrently, and navigate through transitions.

It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview

IF SELECTED, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs and be certified by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in order to be placed in this position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you WILL NOT need to draft the ECQs.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your resume (NOT TO EXCEED FIVE PAGES), demonstrating possession of the technical qualifications and achievement of the five executive core qualifications are the documents that will be used to determine your basic and specialized qualifications for the position. Your resume will be rated on the scope of experience listed in the qualifications section. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. YOU MUST ADHERE TO THE PAGE LIMIT ABOVE OR YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.