This vacancy announcement is only open to all current or former federal employees and those eligible under other hiring authorities.
This announcement has been revised to remove the applicant count limit. The close date has been revised to allow time for additional applicants to apply.
Summary
This vacancy announcement is only open to all current or former federal employees and those eligible under other hiring authorities.
This announcement has been revised to remove the applicant count limit. The close date has been revised to allow time for additional applicants to apply.
Join our dynamic team in the Immediate Office of the Department of the Chief Executive Officer in Washington, DC, as the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS). This pivotal role serves as an operational linchpin and strategic advisor, providing crucial operational, financial, and strategic leadership to align with the vision and goals of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the agency's Strategic Plan.
As the DCOS, you will work closely with the Chief of Staff, effectively acting as their alter ego. You will provide day-to-day oversight of agency operations and priorities, ensuring seamless execution and coordination across all departments. Additionally, you will act as a trusted sounding board for new ideas and initiatives, contributing to the continuous improvement and advancement of our organization's mission.
Plans and directs operational, financial and strategic activities for the CEO or Chief of Staff, keeping both parties abreast of agency climate to include budget and planning cycles, project statuses, new proposals, policy changes and operational challenges;
As directed by the Chief of Staff or CEO, oversees and directs staff in the CEO immediate office and works across agency components to lead high priority initiatives and projects;
Convenes key AmeriCorps leaders or stakeholders to drive business results and address business issues or needs. Ensures that senior leaders are responsive to and accountable for operational priorities and compliance. Escalates critical issues to CEO or Chief of Staff for key decision making;
Serves as the gatekeeper between the Chief of Staff or CEO and AmeriCorps executives and senior leaders, working closely and collaboratively with both parties. Involves CEO or Chief of Staff in operational priorities or issues as appropriate;
Proactively identifies barriers to successful execution of CEO priorities or initiatives through root cause analysis and employs risk mitigating approaches to address issues, raising critical issues to the CEO and/or COS for awareness, guidance or decisions;
Works closely with the Chief of Staff to grow and transition AmeriCorps into a high- performing, well-structured organization, broadening staff capacity and developing/refining policies and procedures, and promoting accountability as appropriate;
Ensures that data analytics across program and operational components are available, timely and accurate to support CEO and Chief of Staff in data-driven decision making;
Ensures that CEO department annual operating plans and budget align with organization's long-term strategy. Ensures that the agency has an effective management team and active plan for management development and succession;
A 2-year probationary period is required for new Federal employees and supervisors.
Merit Promotion and internal applicants must submit a SF-50 to verify Status and grade
Satisfactory completion of a background investigation.
A financial disclosure SF-278, Public Financial Disclosure Report will be required to satisfactorily complete a background investigation
Dates of employment, including beginning and end dates in the following format: month/day/year, must be included on resume.
Qualifications
As a basic requirement, your resume must clearly demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that validates executive level managerial capabilities in a job or combination of functions directly related to this position. Qualifying experience to be at least one year equivalent to, or above, the GS-14 level in the Federal service or NY-04/NX-1 AmeriCorps pay band. In addition, you should have a broad range of progressively responsible experience in providing leadership, direction and coordination of programs, as directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ's) and and Technical Qualifications (TQs) identified below:
Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs)
ECQ 1: Leading Change
This core qualification involves 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.
ECQ 2: Leading People
This core qualification involves 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.
ECQ 3: Results Driven
This core qualification involves 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.
ECQ 4: Business Acumen
This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
ECQ 5: Building Coalitions
This core qualification involves 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 (TQs):
TQ 1: Planning and directing global strategic, programmatic, financial and operational goals, policies, and/or initiatives across functional components.
TQ 2: Forging alliances across interdepartmental executive and senior leaders to drive business results and address organizational needs and challenges.
TQ 3: Leading execution of enterprise-wide change initiatives and strategies to advance an organization's mission or improve operations.
TQ 4: Addressing critical operational challenges by analyzing underlying issues and implementing tailored, sustainable solutions that reduce risk.
The ECQs and TQs listed above must be addressed separately as a narrative statement and be attached as part of your application package.
Do not exceed more than 10 pages total for the ECQs and 4 pages total for the TQs.
Narrative statement addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (TQs). All applicants must submit narrative responses to the TQs (4 pages maximum).
Current or former SES Career members or applicants who have completed a SES Candidate Development Program approved by OPM are not required to address the Executive Core Qualifications, but must address the Mandatory Technical Qualifications.
Additional information on the Executive Core Qualifications is available at:
If you meet the above criteria to waive the requirement to submit ECQ narratives, you must clearly state this in your resume.
Education
Education may not be substituted for experience at this grade level.
Additional information
Additional Selections: Additional selections may be made from this announcement or for similar positions across AmeriCorps. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) at AmeriCorps.
Military Selective Service Act: If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
Veteran's Consideration: If you are claiming 5-point or 10-point veteran's preference, you must submit documentation described below in "Required Documents."
Special Employment Consideration: Persons with disabilities, disabled veterans who have a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the Armed Forces, VISTA volunteers, some Peace Corps employees and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for noncompetitive appointment. If you are eligible and would like to be considered for one of these noncompetitive appointments, applicable documentation that supports your eligibility must be submitted with your application package.
Ethics Requirement: Our Agency is committed to the highest ethical standards and, as an employee you will be covered by the criminal conflict of interest statutes (18 U.S.C. 201-209) and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (5 C.F.R. part 2635). Additionally, you may be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) or Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) within 30 days of your appointment date and on an annual basis thereafter.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application will be evaluated first for the basic qualifications described above. The applications that meet the basic qualifications will be evaluated further against the following criteria:
Important Note: Your resume must support your answers to the job specific questions. High self-assessment on the Occupational Questionnaire that is not supported by the information in your resume or supporting documents can/will result in elimination from further consideration. If you do not answer all of the job specific questions you will not be considered. Incomplete applications (resume and required supporting documents) will be considered ineligible.
Qualified applicants will be placed in one of the following three categories:
1 - Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements as described in the Qualifications section of this announcement.
2 - Well Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and demonstrates proficiency based on the answers to the job specific questions.
3 - Best Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and demonstrates high level proficiency based on the answers to the job specific questions.
NOTE: Status candidates will be considered under the provisions of the agency's Human Resources system which allows for:
1) Non-competitive referral of lateral candidates; and
2) The separation of status and non-status applicants for referral purposes.
Status candidates will be referred on one selection list only, i.e., either merit promotion or non-competitive. Non-status candidates who are eligible for Noncompetitive referral, e.g. Peace Corps, VRA, etc., will be referred under Noncompetitive procedures only. For Noncompetitive categories, See "Special Employment Consideration" below under "Other Information."
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Narrative statement addressing the Executive Core Qualifications (10 pages maximum. Current or former SES or SES equivalent (for example, NX-02 pay band) Career members or applicants who have completed a SES Candidate Development Program approved by OPM are not required to address the Executive Core Qualifications)
Narrative statement addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (TQs). All applicants must submit narrative responses to the TQs (4 pages maximum).
For Merit Promotion and Noncompetitive Eligibility: SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (must indicate grade, tenure and position
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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, you must complete the occupational questionnaire, which is available to preview here https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12490105, along with submitting the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 08/12/2024.
To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the Agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
Once the occupational questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful, however, you must also include a resume and any other documents that are applicable to you under the "Required Documents" section of this vacancy announcement. After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your status via email. Please be aware that emails could reside in your "junk," "bulk," or "spam" mail folder, depending on your filters. You will be notified of the final outcome.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Narrative statement addressing the Executive Core Qualifications (10 pages maximum. Current or former SES or SES equivalent (for example, NX-02 pay band) Career members or applicants who have completed a SES Candidate Development Program approved by OPM are not required to address the Executive Core Qualifications)
Narrative statement addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (TQs). All applicants must submit narrative responses to the TQs (4 pages maximum).
For Merit Promotion and Noncompetitive Eligibility: SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (must indicate grade, tenure and position
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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, you must complete the occupational questionnaire, which is available to preview here https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12490105, along with submitting the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 08/12/2024.
To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the Agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
Once the occupational questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful, however, you must also include a resume and any other documents that are applicable to you under the "Required Documents" section of this vacancy announcement. After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your status via email. Please be aware that emails could reside in your "junk," "bulk," or "spam" mail folder, depending on your filters. You will be notified of the final outcome.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
